It died this morning !!

[MMeier]

Past 2 weeks been having sometimes long crank to start, couple seconds, not all the time though. Few nights ago checked what I could, fittings and what not, everything seemed ok and started fine for 2 days. This morning started fine get down the street and it dies , would not fire back up !! Help !

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

Start/run solenoid weak?

 

[MMeier]

Start/run solenoid weak?

Any special way to test the thing ?

 

[DVolk]

For the start solenoid ,run a jumper wire to the ignition wire on the pump from the hot side of the bat , my guess is your sucking air on the fuel supply line ,I cut the plastic quick connect off and put fuel grade line over the hose to the lift pump

 

[RWherley]

Could be your ignition switch is going bad, I had one go out in a way that every thing worked except the energize line to the pump, to test it wire the solenoid to the battery and see how it works.

 

[MMeier]

Hopefully get on it tonite or tomorrow, have to push it home one block ! Anyone tell me if a VE can pull through a dead lift pump ?

 

[Simplysmn]

They should pull through a dead lift pump but that could also make it run weak also.

 

[MMeier]

Lift pump it was !! Back to its whistling smoking self once again !!

 

[topfuelr473]

I've got a 1992 Club cab and in the middle of a U-turn it just died. Interior lights work, emergency flashers work but it dead as far as trying to get it to crank. Seems like no power to the relays that work the fuel shutoff solenoid. Has anybody had this problem? Any ideas? Thanks guys

 

[Simplysmn]

Fuse link on the fender well . Look for the Red 1 On the Outside of the wiring .

 

[topfuelr473]

Thank You Simplysmn, I'll check that. Do you know what the rating is on a fusable link like that is? I'm thinking about replacing it with a slow blow fuse.

 

[Simplysmn]

If you do a search on Diesel truck resource DTR.COM they have at the top page for first gen's a Post called a sticky .It give you a List of the fuse link's But I believe the red 1 is 40 amp .

 

[topfuelr473]

Well I changed out the fuse links with fuse holders and fuse and it didn't help. When I bought the truck it had been sitting and the rats or squirrels had chewed wires etc. I didn't notice that the wiring to the A/C was chewed up and bare wires were in a position to touch the frame, so on my way home I thought I would turn on he A/C. The fan worked but it was blowing hot air due to the aforementioned chewed up wires. I was thinking that when I turned it on the hot wires from the chewed ends could have hit the frame and caused a failure somewhere. I just don't know where. What I really need is a book on this truck with the wiring diagram, those seem to be hard to come by as well.

 

[Bluebird]

Check FleaBay, Internet searches. You should find one easy at a decent $. I'll check now, PM me so I can send links to you. I got mine in first months of ownership 14-years ago from Chrysler, priceless!

Patrick

 

[Bluebird]

Found 2-shop manuals on fleaBay, '93-$105.00, '92-$91.00. Hope you get the book somewhere. Put your signature in your post so we can know detils/specifications of yo' Rig. Ask here, TDR members reply, help...

Godspeed, Patrick

 

[dodgenstein]

Geno's Garage has print versions for the 92's for $110.

 

[topfuelr473]

Well with your help, which I appreciate, I thought I had the problem ironed out. Well today I went to start it and nothing. If the ignition switch is off the fuses are fine. Turn the ignition switch on and it pops the one fuse. I think somewhere between the ign. switch and the fuel and starter relays
there is a short. I guess more crawling around on and under this truck is what is needed to fix this thing. Maybe a new wiring harness is in order, but who could afford that.

 

[Simplysmn]

Check the wiring going down to Transmission .we had a Truck that was doing the same thing and 1 of the wires going to trans was shorted out .

 

[topfuelr473]

Thanks again Simplysmn, that was exactly where the problem is. I found 1 wire that was bare about 2 inches. As soon as I pulled it loose and got it clear of the transmission it started and ran fine. Thanks again for all you guys helping out with this problem. Were on the road again.

 

[Simplysmn]

SWEET glad it got you going .Have a Safe Trip.