polara10x500
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MY BROTHERS 98 DAKOTA V6 AUTO STARTED OCCASIONALLY SHUTING DOWN ON HIM JUST LIKE YOU TURN THE KEY OFF AN SOMETIMES IT WOULD STUMMBLE AN DIE OR STUMMBLE AN RUN NORMAL AGAIN. ANY WAY VERY INTEMETTENT PROBLEM SO I START TO INVESTIGATE AN ELEMINATE FROM IGN. SWITCH OVER TO FUSE AND RELAY BOX IN ENG. BAY. THEN WHILE TRUCK WAS RUNNING I TRY TO MAKE IT DIE BY CHECKING VARIOUS AREAS OF WIREING IN THE ENG. BAY. FINALLY OVER ON PASS. SIDE I WIGGLE THE CONNECTORS TO THE COMPUTER AN SURE ENOUGH TRUCK STUMMBLES AN DIES. STARTS RIGHT BACK UP BUT I CAN STILL KILL THE ENG. BY WIGGLING THIS CONNECTOR. OK FOUND PROBLEM. WELL NEXT IS DISCONNECT BATT. AND HAVE A LOOK AT THAT CONNECTOR. I UNLOCK THE CLIP AND COVER TAKE OFF THE TAPE LOOK AT THE WIRES THEN THE CONNECTOR AND THE PINS IN THE COMPUTER SOCKET, NO CORROSION LITTLE DUST AN DIRT BUT NOTHING BAD. IT DOES SEEM LOOSE WHEN I PLUG IT BACK IN BUT HOW IN THE HELL TO FIX IT I HAVENT A CLUE. THOSE PINS ARE SMALL AND THE CONNECTOR SIDE WITH THE FEMALES..ARGG. I THINK WERE MAKING IT WORSE THE MORE WE MESS WITH IT CAUSE YESTERDAY HE COULDNT HARDLY START THE TRUCK AND WHEN IT DID IT RAN STUMMBLED AN DIES. NEED SOME IDEAS HOW TO FIX IM ALL OUT. GOING TO GET SOME ELETRICAL CONTACT SPRAY AN TRY THAT NEXT I GUESS. THANKS AN SORRY FOR SUCH A LONG POST.