[AT] 98 Dodge 3500

[Stephen Offiler]

Who me?  ;-)

SO

PS:  Excellent suggestions, every one of them.  I usually grab a set
of jumper cables when running a temporary known-good ground, and might
consider running straight to battery (-) rather than to chassis.  Just
a thought.

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 12:58 PM, charliehill
<charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Yes Steve I know it should be converter.
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> Subject: Re: [AT] 98 Dodge 3500
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>> In case Farmer isn't following us, CHECK THE GROUNDS.  Every ground you
>> can
>> find.  Little ones and big ones.  Clean them and tighten them.  Run a
>> seperate ground wire from the transmission case to the chassis.
>> Check the plugs and wires.  Check the circuit that locks up the torque
>> convertor too.
>>
>> Charlie
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Stephen Offiler" <soffiler at gmail.com>
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>> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 11:56 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] 98 Dodge 3500
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>>
>>> Sounds like Doug and I are pretty much on the same page here!
>>> Everybody else is sincerely trying to be helpful, but so far it seems
>>> to me that the other suggestions ignore the fact that it runs fine in
>>> park and reverse, and runs bad in neutral and drive.
>>>
>>> Adding to my earlier suggestion to crawl under and look:  you should
>>> probably have another person in the driver's seat to move the shift
>>> lever for you while you're under there.
>>>
>>> Steve O.
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Doug Tallman <dtallman at accnorwalk.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Shift linkage hitting or pulling a wire harness?? If it was between rev
>>>> and drive, I'd maybe think engine twist causing something but there
>>>> isn't much difference between park and neutral except shifter position.
>>>> It may be real obvious with a scan tool, anything else is just a guess.
>>>> Doug T
>>>>
>>>> oldiron62 at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>> I picked up a 98 Dodge 1 ton truck the other day 360 gas engine. This
>>>>> thing runs fine in park and reverse, but shift to N or drive and it is
>>>>> over. I mean this thing runs so bad that it will not move its self
>>>>> except in reverse, misses sputters. I got this with the intention of
>>>>> using it as a tractor hauler tow vehicle. Yall have any idea what is
>>>>> going on here ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Kevin Mosier
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