1994 Dodge Dakota shuts down

338,000 MILES • 5.2L • V8 • 4WD • MANUAL
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ROOKMAN76
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I have a 1994 dodge Dakota slt, with a 318, 4 wheel drive, and a manual transmission. I was driving and it cut off, tried to start it back up &it would turn over, but not starting. I went into the fuse box under the hood switching relays and fuses around, but got nothing until I came to the auto shutdown fuse. Pulled it and checked it out and it seemed fine so I put it back in. When I did I heard clicking (I had the key still in the on position) so I reached in and turned the key and it fired up, but only got a short distance down the road, went straight to the auto shutdown fuse again, pulled it& put it back in.that worked again did that several times til I got it to a safe place. Since it's been in the shop the crankshaft position sensor, pick up coil, distributor cap, rotor button, and the computer has been replaced, but still doing the same thing. Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks
Jul 19, 2014 at 2:36 AM
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HMAC300
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did you try switch ing asd relay with a like relay to see if it's bad? what is fuel pressure. shold be 35-45 psi
Jul 19, 2014 at 5:03 AM
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ROOKMAN76
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Yes I changed the asd relay before discovering that pulling the fuse and putting it back in....and I don't know about the fuel pressure because the mechanic was positive the computer was bad, but unfortunately he was wrong because it's still cutting I'll have to get him to check on the fuel pressure....
Jul 19, 2014 at 6:31 AM
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