95 ram cranks no fire

[country60099]

hi,

first i have 95 ram 4x4 1500 5.9

one day it ran fine,,, let it sit for a few days then went to crank,,

engine cranked but no veroom

hear fuel pump start run and stop, but not even trying to fire

inserted a spare plug into a wire and in dark cranked,, no spark

ohmed the coil seemed to ohm ok, one of them low than book says but close

scratchin head here,,,,, dealer says bring it in and they will diagnos,

hmm it wont crank, so means tow,,, their time,, and then fixing,, yikes,,, for that money i can replace new parts till i get it right and have parts that wont fail in the future so soon

any thoughts

thanks

[BleedDodge]

The coil went on my '97 at 50k. It was hard to figure out.

[feduptranny]

Originally Posted by BleedDodge

The coil went on my '97 at 50k. It was hard to figure out.

You can read the codes yourself by cycling the key and counting the check engine light flashes. You must turn the key on and off 3 times in 5 seconds ending up with the key in the on position. Then you have to count the number of flashes that the engine light makes. there is a long flash to seprate the codes. ie; 4 short flashes, 1 long flash ,3 short flashes will give you a code of 43. It might be wise to have a pen and paper ready there may be more than one code. This might give you a starting point and point you in the right direction.

[country60099]

well tried the thingy of counting the flashes,,, now the best i can see is there is a long no flash between the numbers,,, 3 short flashes then pause 7 short flashes long pause,,, equals 37,,, now i did this twice to be sure and got same numbers

now the 11 is the kicker ,, as i diagnos the codes 11 is no ing reference during cranking bad hall affect?
and/or timing belt skipped, but i have chain

or loss of either camshaft or crank shaft position sensor????

now this kills the engine entirely

then there was 12,,, which i did disconnect the computer and battery recently

and 37 and all i read in 37 should not stop the cranking

so tell me of the indicators in 11 please

again thanks for the sequence,, i feell like im getting smart again now in this world of vehicles

give me my points back and book of matches

again thanks

[brattzzzzz]

take the wires off the coil and check them for voltage with the key on

also change your auto shutdown relay

[brattzzzzz]

i got the same exact problem

i have no power reading from the coil plug

and my computer reads code 12 and then 55 for end of codes

so no errors reported by the computer

[brattzzzzz]

on my 94 dodge ram i cant find the auto shutdown relay though