[AT] 98 Dodge 3500

[charliehill]

I'd wager a pretty good bet it's something very minor.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <oldiron62 at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 7:17 PM
Subject: [AT] 98 Dodge 3500


>
> First off I want to thank everyone for their help . Second I will try not
> to get smashed in under this :-)
> Ok I bought this thing in as is dead on arrival condition, clear tax paid
> only clear title.
> Not tagged or insured for the road, until I can find out the problem it 
> will
> stay this way. If it was tagged I would just run by the autoparts store in
> reverse, see what the reader come up with.
> I just thought that it runs too good in P + R for their to be much wrong.
> This is where I ask yall thinking that someone has seen this before ?
> It could be anything but probably electronic.
> Kevin.
> ..............
> Doug, I can not see any wires in contact with the shift linkage when I was
> under it.
> ..................
> 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
> ..............................................
>
> Is the Check Engine Light on?
> Steve O.
> .............................
> Yes but only when in N or drive123, not on in reverse or Park. Also
> sometimes a Check Gauges light comes on in N and foreward.  While the 
> engine
> is struggling to keep on turning itself. Idles same as WOT and runs the
> same, go back to park, r and engine straightens up instantly. Would a 
> vacuum
> leak only occour in N or D123, and not in P or R ?
> Kevin.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 1:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] 98 Dodge 3500
>
>
>> Stephen Offiler wrote:
>>> HL:  thanks for the safety reminders.  Unfortunately I assumed that
>>> any enthusiast of old iron already has those bases covered.  One
>>> should never assume.'
>>>
>>> Steve W:  I was hoping you'd chime in, thanks!  Hope Kevin takes your
>>> good advice.  The last time scan tools were mentioned here, it became
>>> clear that some of us old iron guys don't have a lot of patience with
>>> the newer technologies... but it is, what it is.  Does he have to buy
>>> a whole new CPS in order to clean up that connection?
>>> Steve O.
>>
>> The problem with the Packard style connections is that they appear to be
>> very secure. In reality there are quite a few that look great but the
>> backside of the connector doesn't seal and they get water/air in them.
>> Then they corrode and you get intermittent connections. Another problem
>> is if the wire insulation gets nicked, water will wick through the wire
>> into the connector with the same result.
>>
>> Scan tools are a great help BUT only if you have kept up to date and
>> know what it is your looking at in the first place. Sort of like handing
>> someone a voltmeter and telling them to see if the alternator is working.
>> If they don't know that they need to measure the voltage with the engine
>> running you get the wrong answer.
>>
>> The CPS on the Dodges vary, some have the connector on the CPS itself,
>> Others have a 6" pigtail with the connector on it. There are also at
>> least three different connection configurations as well.
>>
>> Steve W.
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