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I was having issues the one day with starting and a coworker noticed the middle connection was loose so he held it in while I turned the key and it roared to life. So I duct taped it as a temporary fix then zip tied it for a tighter connection.
I had a few minutes this evening. Checked those connectors and they were in fact a tiny bit loose, so tried your fix. It had no positive results or effects at all, if anything after doing so it now idles worse.....BUT, that may be a good thing. Maybe now I need to spend some time, checking out each wire in that connector for solid transmission between points a and b.
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have been having the common stalling problem with my 96 dodge Dakota 3.9L. I have put in so much money to it to try and fix the problem but no luck. However on the computer by the left side if you are facing the engine head on you will see three clip ons to the computer module. For some reason the middle clip does not fit tight enough to the computer and over time will cause your truck to stall. The simple solution I did was zip tie the clip as tight as I could to the computer and for 2 weeks my Dakota has not stalled nor backfired. So do yourself a favor and try this before you sink anymore money into your truck. Finished product and no more stalling or backfiring. Hope this helps
I did the same thing on my nephews Dakota, it did fix the stalling and no start, but now for whatever reason the heater doesn't work, any thoughts appreciated in advance.
