RAM 2500 Van V8-5.2L Prop VIN 2 (2000)
Power Distribution Center (PDC): Service and Repair
The Power Distribution Center (PDC) is serviced as a unit with the headlamp and dash wire harness. If any internal circuit of the PDC or the PDC
housing is faulty or damaged, the entire PDC and headlamp and dash wire harness unit must be replaced.
REMOVAL
1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
2. Disconnect each of the headlamp and dash wire harness connectors.
3. Remove all of the fasteners that secure each of the headlamp and dash wire harness ground eyelets to the vehicle body and chassis components.
4. Disengage each of the retainers that secure the headlamp and dash wire harness to the vehicle body and chassis components. Refer to Connector
Locations for the location of more information on the headlamp and dash wire harness retainer locations.
5. Unlatch and remove the cover from the PDC.
Power Distribution Center Remove/Install
6. Remove the nut that secures the eyelet of the engine wire harness generator output take out to the outboard B(+) terminal stud in the PDC and
remove the eyelet from the stud.
7. Remove the nut that secures the eyelet of the battery positive cable take out to the inboard B(+) terminal stud in the PDC and remove the eyelet
from the stud.
8. Disengage the PDC from the mounting bracket.
9. Remove the PDC and the headlamp and dash wire harness from the engine compartment as a unit.
