Re: [Amc-list] Anyone Around Charlottesville VA know anything about 96 Dodge Truck with 3.9 V6?

[Jock J JocewJ Jocewicz <namdra@xxxxxxxx>]

Is a Ram 1500 with 3.9 V6 an AMC?
 
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:22:11 -0400 "jerijan baldwin"
<jerijan@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Greetings Gang,
> I am back in Virginia trying to 'get wheels rolling'.  I bought a 
> computer
> (ECM) for the 96 Dodge Truck knowing it was from a V8...I was told 
> it
> 'might' make it run long enough to determine what the problem 
> actually is.
> I does NOT run with the wrong computer.
> Oh, well.
> Here's the rundown on my problem; I've got a Ram1500 with 3.9 V6 
> which has
> beem running quite crappy.  Six months ago I left it in Virginia and 
> went
> home.  I grabbed an ECM on the way home since it was a shot in the 
> dark (and
> cheap...it is also 'remanufactured' and it is also now for sale.  It 
> came
> from a wrecked truck so it clearly worked before I grabbed it).  So 
> when I
> got back here I plunked it in confidently, started it...err, TRIED 
> starting
> it...tried again...and again...  Put the old ECM back in and it was 
> back to
> it's old self (Starts and idles super good.  It will NOT accelerate 
> PERIOD.
> Under load it just sits there with the accel pedal mashed to the mat 
> idling
> but crappier.  Will not move..
> Here is what the problem is NOT: MAP Sensor.  Temp Sensor.  Wires.  
> Plugs.
> Dist Cap/rotor.  Compression (it has to have good vacuum in the 
> manifold to
> make the MAP sensor work, so it ain't lousey head or inlet manifold 
> gasket),
> good compression also rules out 'jumped time' or timing chain , 
> Exhaust
> system (Cat can't have hairballs in it since it's brandy new and 
> not
> installed.  Exhaust is wide open so it isn't 'consitricted').  Fuel 
> pump
> Pressure is fine and on the money.  O2 Sensors.  How do I know it 
> isn't
> these things?  Either they've been replaced or they have been tested 
> for
> input and output.
> One other trait it manifests: when you mash the accel pedal you get 
> the
> pooppoppffftpooppop (the bogged down sound).  When you squirt some 
> carb
> clean down the throttle body?  It wakes that sucker up in a way I 
> ain't
> never hear ANY six cylinder sing!  HolyMoley, it actually acts like 
> it has
> POWER!
> So it's something telling something else to deprive the engine of 
> it's fuel
> (it is kind of like the accel pedal is disattached.  It runs better 
> at idle
> then when mashed...)
> Some of the other sensors (tps and others) have been 'ruled out' but 
> I don't
> recall why or by whom, but this game has got to stop.  I will either 
> junk
> this heap of iron or...well, something.  It is useless otherwise.
> I sent it out to a local garage for diagnosis (something I NEVER 
> do).  It
> came back with a new distributor cap and $110 out of my pocket.
> Unfortunately no other difference except that it did impugn the 
> garage's
> integrity (diagnosis doesn't mean 'pretend you found the problem and 
> fixed
> it').
> So...anyone 'sort of local' to here want to take a shot at this 
> thing?  I
> may be able to reward you with gold or parts or cars or, well 
> undying
> gratitude or something.
> Anyone?
> I can be phoned up at 802 310 9639 (I'll call you back if the cost 
> of the
> call is a problem).
> Thanks loads and loads.
> 
> And to you, EddieStakes...Thanks again.  But the lunatic is STILL at 
> it.
> Doesn't Texas require a Title for ALL cars unless 'otherwise 
> stated'?
> Further, is 'AS IS' a warrantee or a 'not titled' thing?  I always
> misunderstood criminal behavior and I admire your strength of 
> purpose!
> Hugely!  (and that is a compliment just incase anyone wondered)
> Jerijan
> 
> 
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