Guaranteed every backyard mechanic has muttered that to himself 😂

Heck yeah! Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching brother! Seems like most people these days tune in for the Turbo Chrysler stuff but I gotta stay true to my roots! Glad there’s still some people enjoying the 2nd Gen content.

I appreciate the kind words! I got really fortunate to find the Daytona. It took months of looking but was worth it. Thanks for following along, glad to have you!

I definitely prefer old school as well!

It’s hard to diagnose the early OBD2 stuff like these, the codes are so vague. Sometimes you just get lucky and stumble on the issue!

@@TheMoparGarage yeah, codes were telling me O2 sensors but upper and lower had been replaced and was scratching my head for a while on that one. Never thought about the blow by not circulating. 220K miles still rolling.

Thanks brother!!

Heck yeah, that’s a collection of Mopars I can get behind. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching!

Let’s hope it stays sorted out this time! Last time I thought it was fixed it went back to it’s evil ways 3 days later…this thing has been known to have a mind of its own. The H2 is my buddies, but the story does also involve beer. He wasn’t….fit to drive home Friday. So 2 days later here it sits still 😂

@@TheMoparGaragelol, sounds like a good story. Been there, done that. Hope it stays sorted.

Haha sometimes it’s the simple/stupid stuff!! Glad you found the issue man!

Nice! Manual's are the best, but they are hard to find! I'm from New Hampshire originally so I grew up with a lot of Rusty trucks. We're spoiled down here in South Carolina, we very rarely have rust issues.

The downstream o2 sensor doesn't do a whole lot on these trucks. It's basically just there to read emissions.

No check engine light? I had a ‘96 that was stumbling on acceleration, it ended up being a crank sensor. But it did throw a code that led me there.

@@TheMoparGarage no codes

Thanks man! They’re Iron Alloy Style 171’s. 16x8 with -5 offset.

It was 70-80 bucks!

Yup, I only replaced the one o2. The downstream o2 on these trucks won’t do anything to change the way the truck runs if you don’t have a cat.

Did you change it and did it fix the issue? Mine just started doing this too.

My truck a ground squirrel chewed on the wiring harness and it off the map sensor connector pigtail and it has not ran since.... before because of the same ground squirrel or squirrels chewed on the injector cylinder 7 connector pigtail it would run but had a definite miss... and it is aggravating one because the truck ran strong for a magnum 318 before that happened, and two this truck is not all hacked up under the hood the ac is factory and it even worked it's connector pigtail is brittle so it is getting swapped out with a OEM used decent Dakota V8 connector so it should be fine.... And i have had several people tell me that the truck should still run, well do they know that the map sensor connector pigtail shares the ground wire in the harness with the tps sensor fuel pump relay and crank sensor so id say that is why it doesn't run currently.

It’s still not perfect, but it did seem to help. This thing has never been quite right but there’s nothing left to change haha

Hey man! It’s just a Flowmaster 40 series muffler with no cat, my local muffler shop built it for me. I did a video a little ways back about it.

So, Sensor 2 is the downstream o2 so it doesn’t exist anymore because I don’t have a cat. The sensor 2 code is still prevalent, but that’s always going to be there. Or at least it should be…in reality, for whatever reason, it took this truck several months to realize it was missing and throw a light. Only the California emissions trucks have 2 upstream o2’s. I cleared the codes post video, but I expect the CEL to come back on once it goes through another cycle for the downstream sensor. I COULD very well be wrong on this, but I’m pretty sure that the key cycle code check trick didn’t start until 2000 when they upgraded the electronics in the cluster.

@@TheMoparGarage Was the upstream o2 acting up before the CEL kicked on? I'm guessing the ECU - sorry I'm assuming it's custom or aftermarket is programmed to ignore or just set the downstream to 1 volt so it will appear to the ECU it's there, but since it doesn't cycle back and forth it will set the code, but never turn the CEL on. Yeah, I'd be curious to know if after it goes through its drive cycle will the CEL kick back on. I suspect that the upstream acting as it should, will keep the CEL from coming on. I'm not sure what that up-stream o2 voltage should be. My '09 Dakota with the 4.7 V8 has four (4) two pre-cat and two post-cat before the exhaust comes together...but unlike the M3 who also has four (4)...they all function for the gov't nannies 😁. I learned that the hard way when I bought two o2's to change while I was in there changing the 16 plugs on the truck and found out I had four but had to get the truck back together before the end of the weekend, so decided to hold off until I pull the trigger on the other two. I'm not sure on the 99 RAM 1500's, but I can tell you that key cycle works for all my Turbo Dodges 85 thru 87, and it also works on my 92 Dakota with the 5.2 Magnum. Hopefully you don't hear anymore from it and it runs like the beast it is!!

@@notsigningupforshit I have no idea what the upstream was doing pre CEL, sometimes I don’t think the truck did either 😂 ECU is stock, the computer must just default to 1V when the downstream sensor is unplugged. I’m sure the CEL will come back on once it runs a cycle but it shouldn’t effect the way it runs I wouldn’t think. Hopefully she keeps running well, who knows with this thing! I have had it “fixed” before and it went back to its old ways so I’m just holding my breath. If the key cycle works in all of those older Mopars, I am sure it does in this one too!

It’s always tough to diagnose without a check engine light…kind of strange it only seems to do it under a load. The 5.2 and 5.9 are known for intake plenum gaskets going bad, I’d maybe start there. Shine a light down the throttle body and see if there is oil build up in the intake manifold

@@TheMoparGarage got home from work and checked no oils in throttle body and doesn’t seem to be the plenum gasket. I still think it might be a missfire no vacuum leaks that I can find. Not sure where to turn next was thinking about the injectors but idk

@@x98secrets injectors/injector wiring isn’t a bad idea. It’s so tough without the CEL. Since this video mine has started to miss again too, but with no engine light I’m also out of ideas.

@@TheMoparGarage so I found out bad injector all together. Tested injector fires irregularly. Causing a missfire but the truck still thinks it’s firing. Appreciate your video. Keep working to keep those old cars alive. Replaced injector truck runs like a dream but I’m gonna swap them all.

@@x98secrets glad you got it figured out!

It sounds like it could be the intake plenum gasket, these things are known for that. If it was a sensor issue it would likely cause a check engine light.

@@TheMoparGarage Yeah it’s thrown a check engine light a couple times and I got mixed code readings one was for a sensor and another time it was for a no crank ref signal at PCM and one for multiple misfires. But the issue comes and goes I’ve gone multiple days where it fine but it seems to always comes back.

@@falcon_2611 I’ve had a crank sensor issue before on a ‘96, only acted up when the truck got hot. It would develop a terrible misfire. I replaced the sensor and that took care of that one.

@@TheMoparGarage Yeah I think I might just make my way through the sensors that might be causing my issue. Everything is leading back to being a sensor related issue so wish me luck.

@@falcon_2611 good luck man! Let me know if you get it figured out

Haha with this truck, who the heck knows! It seems to do what it wants. So far so good 😬

No tengo un tablero para un 1997, aunque puedes comprarlos en línea.

@@TheMoparGarage alguna pagina que recomiende para la compra de esas partes ?

Creo que puedes conseguir el tablero en Amazon. También está dashskins.com, que vende una almohadilla de vinilo que puedes pegar encima del tablero existente si queda suficiente, eso es lo que hice en esta camioneta.

Had a couple of fords nothing but problems. My ram has been good to me. I guess sometimes you get one.

They all break. And sometimes you get a bad one, regardless of the brand. My Dodge brand loyalty is simply because it's what I've always had, what I know, what I have parts for, and what I thought was cool looking when I was a kid (and still do).

Yeah, mine is still not perfect. I have thought I’ve gotten it a couple times, but the problem always comes back.