You can pick up a tear down and rebuild manual from your local auto parts store. I have a Haynes manual and it does fairly well.. Not real detail on the wiring and I have found there are a few things that it doesn't list. Your local Dodge dealer may be able to get a diagram for the particular project that you are working on.
When making changes to anything electrical a person needs to have a diagram. The wiring diagram for the power windows on a 1988 Dodge Dakota can be found in its manual.
Down in the oil pan, at the bottom of the engine block.
Start engine, unplug coolant sensor, set to 12 btdc
The fuel pump relay on a 1988 Dodge Dakota truck is located in the engine compartment, near the fire wall. It is contained in a water tight box which houses a number of relays and fuses.
It is on the back of the engine, next to the distributor.It is on the back of the engine, next to the distributor.
No
alond the sides of the engine block prob under the exhaust manifold
Backfire is normally caused by engine out of time, or spark plug wires installed incorrectly.
How do I get to the flywheel bolts on a 98 dodge dakota to remove a transmission
depends what was in the 98 dakota. if you take out a v8 and put in a v6 you will need a whole new computer fulelines and whos knows what. and the 88 might possibly be carburated and the 98 fuel injected.
2-3 tones
A 1998 Dakota does not have a ballast resistor.