Chrysler Repair: 94 Ram van:No start, no spark, no power to fuel pump, inner fender, size vans


Question
I put a motor in a 94 dodge ram 150, 3.9 L, the van sat for 3 yrs. It
has no spark, and no power to the fuel pump. With what I've been seeing
I am wondering if it might be as ASD relay, if so where is it, if not
do you have any idea what might be the problem. The motor I put in is out of a 94 or 95 dodge dakota. Thank you very much for
any help you can give me.  

Answer
Hi Nortie,
I would suggest that you do a measurement for voltage at the spark coil plug's dark/green orange wire and also listen for the fuel pump to run: both should last for about 1 second when you switch the key to run (not the start position). Then when you start cranking it both should be present for as long as you crank.   If you get neither, then indeed I would suspect the ASD or the control thereof by the computer. You could try jumping across the pins in the ASD spclet from what is a hot wire at all times (likely red/white) to the pin that is directly across from it and then try to start it. That is by-passing the ASD and would thus, if it starts, verify that there is a problem with the ASD or the control of it. The ASD is probably mounted on the inner fender on the driver's side of the van, there should be several in a row there, and if there were three together it might be the center one. I don't have a manual for the full size vans but am basing it on the layout of the mini-van. The red/white wire should be across from a dark green/orange wire if that were the ASD relay, and the other two wires should be dark blue and dark blue/yellow, across from one another.
Finally, use the ignition key to readout the engine controller memory for stored fault codes. Turn in "on-off-on-off-on and leave on" doing that in 5 seconds or less elapsed time. The check engine light will remain lit, but then begin to flash, pause, flash, pause, etc. Count the number of flashes before each pause. Then repeat the readout to verify the numbers. Then group the numbers in the order they readout into pairs to form two-digit numbers that are the fault codes. The last two sets of flashes are always 5 in each, which forms the code 55 which means end of readout. Either write back or go to www.allpar.com/fix/codes.html for a translation.
One of these suggestions will probably pay off for you. I have to admit a lack of manuals and experience with the full size vans, but the principles should be the same.
Roland