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94 dodge Dakota starting and running problems

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Old 09-30-2017, 05:49 PM
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Okay tried to clean pins out by using a few small strands of wire out of a 16 gauge wire I had laying around and put it in the end of a drill spinning it and gently rotating around inside each pin using electronic cleaner with it and then used a brush and cleaner on the pins coming out of the pcm. Plugged it back in started truck and it made no difference. Still doing weird stuff like dying and not starting back stuff like that.
 
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Does it stumble and die when you press on the PCM itself? Or when you wiggle the connector?
 
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Does it stumble and die when you press on the PCM itself? Or when you wiggle the connector?
Just now tried to start it again and it fired up and was running rough so I walked around and just touching the wires going into the back side of the connector it died. Now whether I just so happen to touch it at the right time and be coincidence I'm not sure lol
 
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Old 09-30-2017, 05:57 PM
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Try repeating the experiment a couple times. Grab a helper if you can......
 
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Yeah I'm gonna get a helper it gets fuel bc u can smell it it starts to flood so I'm gonna let it sit for awhile and get a helper and I'll see what I results I come up with. Be back in a few hours.
 
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Okay new update wiggling the connector does not seem to have the same effect but a few thumps on the front corner of the pcm and the truck will die and if it won't start I come up and thump it in the same spot a few times and it will fire up pretty much every time
 
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Also it's as if u hit it in the right spot enough times truck will fire up and sit there and run for a long time.
 
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Think its time for a new PCM......
 
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Think its time for a new PCM......
Thats kinda what I'm starting to think. Like it's pretty reliable to get it running again by giving it a few smacks
 
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Old 10-06-2017, 10:19 PM
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Okay guys put a junkyard computer in today that had matching numbers and truck is doing fine now. Now that I have been able to get it on the highway some ive got some other things to address that I will post on another thread thanks for everyone's help!
 


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