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Late Model Help

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:02 am
by Mike-Casella
My daily driver, 2000 Dodge Dakota 4.7 V8 will not start. By accident I found out the problem is with the camshaft position sensor. Does anyone have any idea where it is located? I feel so helpless when it comes to this late model crap.

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:20 am
by pro70z28
Just drop a SBC in there with HEI & a carberator and I'll tell ya' where to look. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :?: :oops:

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:25 am
by jim sanders
Mike i haven't seen that vehicle but i read it is in the right cylinder head near the front held in with a single 10mm bolt

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:29 am
by Mike-Casella
Thanks Jim. That's what I have heard from quite a few people now, so when I get home tonight I'll have to check it out. I do like the SBC suggestion though, but you know me, it would have to be more than a SBC as far as cubic inches go.

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:41 am
by jim sanders
:lol: ok now tell me how you found the ploblem by accident ? :P

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:46 am
by Mike-Casella
I did a google search for error codes, and that lead me to the code I got this morning. It showed P0340 where the odometer usually is after I turned the key on and off a few times. That part I remembered someone telling me a very long time ago. The accident part was remembering the sequence.

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:53 am
by jim sanders
8) I wasn't aware they still had the cycle the key deal to display codes on the late models after onboard 2....

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:57 am
by Mike-Casella
When I lift the hood on this truck, I just feel so helpless because I know absolutly nothing about what I am looking at. I couldn't even tell you where the damn spark plugs are!! Up until this morning, I thought OBD II had something to do with females. :roll:

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:03 am
by jim sanders
nope that wood bee OBGYN III :lol: