door locks go crazy when i turn the key

[Captain Morgan]

I can't see any relationship between the new starter and mysterious door locks and no indication that your rig wants to start.

Probably the only known good in all of this is the starter.

If you bought a new starter and new solenoid then work your way back toward the switch.

That spring loaded switch has a wire that it switches, find it, turn the key to RUN and jumper that wire. If the rig starts then maybe the ignition switch is bad.

Also you can turn the key to RUN and use the jumper cables to jumper to the starter solenoid. If the starter motor turns over every time, the vehicle runs and the door locks don't freak out, then you know it's not the solenoid and motor and something closer to the dash.



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[bigwick70]

ill keep an eye on it bro. it could just be the woman syndrome lol, plz dont repeat i said that lmao. ill get to the bottom of it. its seemed fine to me today>

dont know whats up but now the dome lights are'nt working... begining to think something is grounded somewhere and burning up the other stuff?

im not much of a DC electrician though, especially in troubleshooting... time will tell i know.

 

[Thermo]

bigwick70, I know this is going to sound like I am exorcising a demon from your truck, but the next time the truck doesn't start, hold the key in the START position and with the other hand, wiggle the gear shifter some. Did the truck start then? I bet it will. If so, your gear shift lever is off a little bit and it is causing the tranny position switch to be off some or the tranny position switch is grounding out and it is feeding back through the electrical system, driving the GEM nuts and causing the locks to do what they are doing.

 

[bigwick70]

you know Thermo, the linkage is off a bit on the tranny from where i assume someone has messed with the tranny for some reason. Actually its off to the point that it rests between "P" and "R" when its in park...and ive seen times i had to pull the shifter harder towards park to get the key to turn...i had no idea there were so many electronical issues with these trucks lol... like i said im from the 70's and 80's, when we had carbs and distributors ETC...OMG these newer cars have sensors for the sensors lmao... guess i know my next project... IS the linkage very hard to fix on these, the same ol rod running through a hole on the mecanism on the tranny, with a nut to tighten it down and hold it in place? Oh and i bought a voltage/ohms meter today also. figured it would be a wise investment.

 

[Thermo]

bigwick, adjusting it is not hard. If you look around, there should be a posting or two about adjusting it. I do not recall exactly what all is involved. I know in my case, a new sensor on the side of the tranny was all that was needed to get me back on the road. In my case, all it was causing was some lights to light on the dash every time I put the truck in Reverse. Confused the dealership for quite some time. They had never seen it before. Guess I shouldn't drive the truck through 4 feet of water. LMAO. I think that might explain why something on the tranny got water logged.

 

[bigwick70]

these trucks are awesome arent they? i used to take my expy through this mountian passage as a shortcut to work and its like strait up one side and strait down the other. the state road workers didnt even attempt it lol. anyway one night after work there came a 2 foot snow and i was like f... it, im not taking the long way. didnt spin a tire on the way up and when i reach the top, it was so froze that if i got outda truck, it was like the stuff thats in ur ice trays... started down the other side REALLY slow and went sideways a little... i thought "oh shit im in for a ride now"... never slid one more time, all the way off there. this is like an atv trail im talking about here. ive been a believer in that expy ever since... exelent truck, i love it like my ol lady lol...
oh and its running fine now - so far "Crosses fingers" ...
love ma truck

im having a fit fixing the ol ladys neon now... front wheel bearings lol... cant get the top bolt back in the strut no mater what i do...wont go back far enough

 

[bigwick70]

you guys know anything about dodge neons? lmao... i got the bottom ball joint on first, then the bottom bolt on the strutt and now i cant pry it back to put the top bolt in (strutt)... you know the two lower bolts on the bottom of the strutt