Installed a lift kit . . . now the truck will not run
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Installed a lift kit . . . now the truck will not run
I posted about this problem a few weeks ago, but I am still troubleshooting it...
I installed a 3" lift on my '97 Dakota. Now it will not run. I can start it and the idle kind of cycles, but it keeps running. As soon as I push on the brakes, put it in reverse, or turn on the headlights it dies instantly. Also, the fuel gauge is reading zero with at least half-of-a-tank.
I am thinking that it must be an electrical issue, since it dies whenever any of the lights in the rear of the truck come on. I pulled the brake light circuit breaker and sure enough. The truck kept running with the brake pedal depressed.
Problem is I cannot find any loose, broken, crushed, shorted, or in any way out of place wires. I followed the whole bundle from the tail lights to under the hood...nothing.
Any ideas?
I installed a 3" lift on my '97 Dakota. Now it will not run. I can start it and the idle kind of cycles, but it keeps running. As soon as I push on the brakes, put it in reverse, or turn on the headlights it dies instantly. Also, the fuel gauge is reading zero with at least half-of-a-tank.
I am thinking that it must be an electrical issue, since it dies whenever any of the lights in the rear of the truck come on. I pulled the brake light circuit breaker and sure enough. The truck kept running with the brake pedal depressed.
Problem is I cannot find any loose, broken, crushed, shorted, or in any way out of place wires. I followed the whole bundle from the tail lights to under the hood...nothing.
Any ideas?
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hey sounds like a bad ground or a short i would check the front wiring harness near the steering and if not then look for maybe some where you used to jack the body up and caught a wire.
spend a few hours sliding around with a flash light and sticking your head around haha
spend a few hours sliding around with a flash light and sticking your head around haha
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Just to close the loop....
After hours of tracing wires with a flashlight. I finally found the problem! It was a plug just inside the front driver's side wheel that had separated by a fraction of an inch. I had looked at the plug a hundred times, but I never noticed that it was not fully seated. I reconnected it and magic, it runs like "a champ".
After hours of tracing wires with a flashlight. I finally found the problem! It was a plug just inside the front driver's side wheel that had separated by a fraction of an inch. I had looked at the plug a hundred times, but I never noticed that it was not fully seated. I reconnected it and magic, it runs like "a champ".
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Sounds like the same connector that I had problems with, except my problem was that every time I put it in reverse, the breaker for the reverse lights would pop. After I unwound all the electrical tape near the connector, and got all the dirt and crud off the wires, it was fine. I sprayed everything with Liquid electric tape, and than rewrapped it. My problem wasn't a result of the lift though, just all the dirt and crud build up.
