Evil,

I'm pissed off that I can't get this to work. I have had power / battery related issues since the truck came out here from Alberta and no one, including me has ever been able to find. Now this. What a **** off.

I have inspected the wire loom, checked the connections to the connector on the bottom of the column and all is well based on my testing equipment, test lights and wiring diagram from the big blue book. So, replacing the key switch or whatever on the wheel to make this work is pretty much my last straw because right now I have to get it towed to get it to a shop for a costly seek and destroy repair job which I'm not looking forward to.

Enough is enough.

 

Being a standard you might be able to pull start it.


I imagine its hard to find a good electrical shop to look at it out there. Good luck.

 

wow what alot of bad luck any updates

 

I'm busy working now. Headed to Edmonton tomorrow so it sits until I get more time.

I'm still pissed off mind you.

 

have you used a voltage meter to check if one of your wires might be broken or have the proper voltage could have a broken wire and not be able to see it i dont know if this will help but sure would like to see you find the problem but probably not as much as you

 

there was a recall on the fuse box under the hood i dont remember all the years but mine had a problem, it has to do with the main power wire coming into the box something goes wrong like the stud or some thing might wanta look at that have you checked all your grounds. I will look around there was a recall website

 

recall site? This one?

Heres the TSB's - Dodge Ram Pickup TSB index

and heres the recalls - http://dodgeram.info/tsb/RecallCanada.htm

 

thanks dr evil i looked every where
we should make that a sticky good to have

 

I will see what I can do.


www.dodgeram.org is basically a bible for anyone with first and second gen Cummins diesels.

 

well, after a month of sundays I have got the truck running. I'm not proud but it would seem that my original testing of the starter relay was poorly performed. I couldn't get a reading from the 86 side of the relay today so I replaced it and poof, it started.

Now, I've got one helluva mess to cleanup inside the truck with respect to the trim and bits from the dash but it was worth it at least partially anyway. With all this apart as it is now, I'm thinking I will remove the fan and replace that since it doesn't work either.

The mess that was made with the installation of the remote starter and the alarm when this truck was new is still something that just drives me nuts and since I now have most of it pulled apart I think I'll just get if all fixed on my own.

I need about 3 days of solid work on this thing to get it back to what I would consider good but it sure was a sound for sore ears when it fired up and I stood on the skinny pedal and threw some soot...

Now for a line on replacement fans, receiver dryers (a/c is dead too). It's needs a clutch and a new windshield as well as to solve an oil leak from the front diff cover, and the sump as well.

9 years old I guess it is time to throw some money at it...

Thanks guys for the help.