no codes, but the computer on the top where the mpg is reads CCD. WHAT IS THAT?

 

WHAT DOES PCM MEAN?

 

PCM = Power Control Module ... your truck's brain. If it overheats and shuts down so does your truck. I have no experience with overhead console systems so the "CCD" means nothing to me. Someone else may recognize it though.

 

SO YOU MEAN IT COULD BE MY COMPUTER?

 

If you're not getting a CEL ... not throwing any codes ... but the truck shuts down when hot (no gauges, no indications at all) but it still cranks but won't start ... it sounds like the computer to me. If you had working gauges, I'd figure fuel pump cutting out.

It does still crank after it shuts down, yes?

 

IT WILL SHUT DOWN AND NOT TURN ON. YES IT STILL CRANKS OVER, BUT NOTHING. ONE OF THE MECHANICS PLACED A TEST LIGHT ON ONE OF THE INJECTOR PLUGS WHEN THE TRUCK WOULD NOT START, AND SAID THE THERE WAS NOT POWER TO THE INJECTORS. ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH COME ON BUT NON OF THE GAGUES WORK. I PUT A NEW FUEL PUMP ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

 

The injectors are fired by the computer.

Don't panic ... if it is the PCM, they're pretty cheap. We've see rebuilt units for $66 on-line. I'm not tech certified but I am an electronics technician. I'd still wait and check with some of the more seasoned Dodge guys here before throwing parts at this problem.

You also might want to restart this problem in a new thread as you piggy-backed this onto the tail-end of someone else's problem. You might get more folks responding to it that way.

 

I ALSO THOUGHT I COULD BE THE CRANK SENSOR THATS WAY I GOT IN THIS THREAD. THANKS

 

Crank sensor won't cause dead gauges.

 

WHERE CAN I FIND THE PCM AT?