Q: 1995 dodge ram 1500 360 5.9 will crank and run fine in the morning but does not want to crank in the afternoon.

asked by on October 04, 2017

No issue in the morning time but in the afternoon the truck gets no fire will turn over all day long just won't start.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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