97 Ram 1500

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PHILIPL
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I have a 97 Dodge Ram 1500. It has 129000 miles on it. Recently the speedometer has started jumping around when I accelerate, the engine also will get very close to dying and the RPMs will drop very low when I accelerate. I have no idea why. Could the problems be related?
Dec 17, 2006 at 1:48 PM
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BOOTDOG
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replace the speed sensor. it's either on the transmission or the differential housing. :)
Dec 18, 2006 at 10:40 AM
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PHILIPL
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[quote:99534e97fc="bootdog"]replace the speed sensor. it's either on the transmission or the differential housing. :)[/quote:99534e97fc]




that will fix both problems or just the speedometer
Dec 18, 2006 at 10:46 AM
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BOOTDOG
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that should fix both :)
Dec 18, 2006 at 11:10 PM
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