my 1993 dakota keeps stalling (V8 318 engine)

From : peleeislander

Q: i cant figure it out. the truck stalls at unwanted times. it will sometimes start to chug and stall or it will just stall right away. it will either start up right away or it can take up to a couple of hours but it will always start right back up when it wants to. sometimes if i fiddle around with a few things under the hood like switching the coil wire with another coil wire or any other wires sometimes it will start up. i have replaced all thte following parts. ignition coil spark plug wires coil wire fuel pump fuel filter distributor cap and rotor. please give me a few different leads as to what it could be if you can cause it is getting very irritating it has been happening for about six months now. thank you .

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From : talk

in 215df685c516963fc7c506b1acae50d7@localhost.talkaboutautos.com on thu 27 apr 2006 101746 -0400 peleeislander wrote i cant figure it out. the truck stalls at unwanted times. yeah i hate that. i wish it would only stall at wanted times. its not that difficult to figure out though. any time a vehicle stalls is likely to be an unwanted time because if it was a wanted time you would have shut the ignition key off thereby not having stalled. see how that works it will sometimes start to chug and stall or it will just stall right away. it will either start up right away or it can take up to a couple of hours but it will always start right back up when it wants to. yes exactly. ive never seen an engine start when it doesnt want to so your statement that it will start when it wants to is redundant. sometimes if i fiddle around with a few things under the hood like switching the coil wire with another coil wire or any other wires sometimes it will start up. maybe it likes being caressed so then it wants to start. i have replaced all thte following parts. ignition coil spark plug wires coil wire fuel pump fuel filter distributor cap and rotor. random replacement of parts is always a good strategy. have you tried replacing the air filter yet how about the spark plugs if that doesnt work maybe just replace the whole engine. comes a time when random replacement gets more expensive than just swapping out the engine. please give me a few different leads you mean like leads for a multimeter usually they come with the unit. cause it is getting very irritating it has been happening for about six months now. thank you your copynpasting of this same problem on talkaboutautos.com is irritating too. parasitic web forums are also quite irritating. tell them to run their own forums instead of pretending usenet is their own service. .