Posted by jdemaris on April 03, 2015 at 08:31:02 from (70.209.139.212):
Yeah, I know, NOT a tractor. Well, I bought this d*mn van as part of a trip that involves getting rid of MANY old tractors - so it is loosely connected.
Here's my story and problem. I now live in northern Michigan but had to come back to central NY April 1st. Got to spend a month here cleaning out my property that is selling on May 1. In Michigan - I could not find a van to rent one-way like I did another time. So I bought a van with intent to drive it one-way, and then sell it here in NY. I found a 1994 Dodge B250 van with a 3.9 V6 that was just driven to MI from Texas. 135K miles and NO rust anywhere. Paid $650 for it. I put new brakes and tires into it and drove it to NY. ZERO problems. After driving 800 miles pretty much non-stop except for gas - got to my place and parked in the driveway. Well, actually had to spend an hour first digging snow by hand to get in. Anyway, parked the van. Next morning - started it up, and tried to back out and up probably the steepest hill this van has ever been on with the rear being the high part. It suddenly died -just like I had shut the key off. No sputter, no gradual loss of power - just DEAD. Being on the hill, I was able to roll back down onto a flat parking spot. Once on the flat - I started right up but was obviously a bit flooded with gas. That tells me when it had died - it was lack of ignition. I cranked for awhile and the TBI sent a lot of gas into the engine. So here I am, kind of stumped. I know nothing about this van and have no manual. Not sure where to even start trying to diagnose something like this - especially now that it runs. Anybody got any ideas? I can't imagine how a steep hill could effect spark unless it is sheer coincidence.
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