ok i have never owned a dodge in my life always been a chevy man so i have had some bad luck with chevy trucks last few years so i thought i would try this dodge out i picked it up for 2 grand k ran great no real problems with it or anything the guy said that they had just put a crate 318 in it so it had around 10k miles well this week the truck keeps leaving me stranded on the side of the road it just dies all of the sudden thought it was the coil because when it did that on the freeway i fiddled with the coil wire plug at the bottom and it fired right up so i went and got a whole new tune up kit right got the cap rotor coil plugs and plug wires put them on and then it does it again so my girls dad who is a dodge fan and a diesel mechanic says it sounds like fuel pump so i go get a fuel pump put it in it finally fires runs good so i take it out and son of a bitch it does it again so i get it home messing with the plug at the bottom of the coil again well it shuts the engine off so i go to a salvage yard and get me a plug put it on so i am confident that i fixed the problem right? well WRONG the damn truck leaves my *** stranded again i dont know why this truck keeps loosing spark but it does and im getting really sick of it so is there any suggestions that anyone can think of to help me with this problem before i have to dump another 400 bucks into a mechanic to fix something that i could have?

 

Crank position sensor, or Cam position sensor, or rollover switch..... getting a service engine light at all?

 

look in your power distribution box beside the battery for 2 relays ASD and Fuel. swap them around with something else like horn and wiper.

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yeah i tried swaping the relay's not sure if it helped out or not? and where is the cam position sensor and crank position sensor located at?

 

Cam sensor is in the distributor.

Crank sensor is on the back of the block. Cleverly hidden.....

 

If you replace the crank or cam sensor use OEM only!!!
I replaced mine wiith a Napa crank sensor and what a joke that was.
Six monthes later replaced it with OEM, problems gone.

Also check this thread post 18 https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...isfires-2.html.

Dave

 

so where about is it in the distributor? like right underneath the umm rotor?

 

You have to remove the air intake and filter and the houseing for the air filter,
and it is very cleverly hidden behind the intake manifold. PITA!!!
Why they didnt put the ditributor up front like on the big blocks is beyond me. Such easy tune up.
Im thinking of doing 3" body lift on mine before next tune up just to make it little easier. LOL!!

Dave

 

Yeah the tune up was one of the worst ones i have ever had to do i couldnt see **** and it was even harder to get my hands back there! do you happen to have a pic of what it would look like so i can get an idea of what im gonna be feeling for cuz im blind when it comes to getting in the back of that motor?

 

What do you need picture of distributor or crank sensor?

Dave