1999 Ram fuel pump, update

From : steve k

Q: i posted a note last week with a noise problem on my 1994 ram 1500 4x4. i had a couple of responses that suggested that the rear differential was going bad. i would like to up date everyone. as i understand it its very common for the bearings in the chrysler rear end to go bad but as i drive down the road the sound seems to be closer to the front of the truck. now i cant tell this for sure as i cant hear it very well with the windows open. the other interesting piece of data is the front passenger axle seal went last week. i replaced the seal and within 100 miles im blowing a lot enough to leave a puddle of oil again . has anyone had a problem with their front axle that caused both the passenger axle seal to blow oil and a noise what could be causing both here is my original description of the noise............it sounds like a winning howling sound that seems to increase in pitch with road speed. its the loudest between 30 - 40 mph but can be heard slower and faster. sort of like tire noise but i don think its the tires. i also replaced both front hubs and axle joints over the summer about the same time i put tires on. i dont think is the transmission the noise does not change when i push the clutch in put it in different gears or even coast in neutral. the noise doesnt seem to change with load either. i even put the transfer case in neutral and ran the tranny through the gears with no noise. i replaced the rear u-joints and changed the fluid in the transfercase and front differential with no change. any more ideas .

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From : coasty

help! i have a 1997 dakota with the p1763 code. it apears that i have to change the trans solenoid. can anyone tell me what i need to do drop the pan and is it right there or do i have to drop the valve body also. thanks andy .

From : coasty

it was on the drivers side and i cant say for certain that it helped. i do remember the individual said that if it did it again the computer codes should indicate what the issue was. i do not have a scanner and i believe the nearest autozone is about 220 miles away. i should be able to look around and see if i can get someone to read them for me. thanks .

From : coasty

could be but other codes should have showed up too with the starting issue especially if it is plugs/wires you should get a miss fire code or with a bad/ clogged fuel pump/system a lean run code. but alas poor steve k no codes. coasty if it were the crank position sensor he would have got a check engine light and probably an error code of p1398. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving thanks for all your replies. right now the truck is still in the shop. we had it towed to the shop because on the phone the mechanic said if it was the fuel pump which he was sure it was it would be covered by our extended warranty. but now the mechanic says the fuel pump is fine. he says he cant start it it turns over but wont start. now says we need new spark plugs wires rotor and cap. i might have believed him if i it werent for the fact that i changed the spark plugs about 8 months ago. he said he knew that but we didnt put in the correct ones dodge factory plugs this conversation with the mechanic was between my wife and him by the way. how could my truck run for the past 8 months if i had installed the wrong plugs... a lot of people i talk to feel it is the fuel filter. origin of problem. the odometer was around 270 when my wife took the truck out for some kind of errand. i usually get 300 miles per fill up. she drove about 3 miles and starting losing power. she had to pull over. she knew it wasnt good so she turned around to go home. she only had enough power to get it up to 20 mph the whole way home 3 miles. i have run out gas twice with this truck and i got the exact same symptoms lose of power. but the only difference in her episode was that she was able to go a much farther distance. in my two cases i lost power drove for another 500 yards and could go no further couldnt start it again. out of gas. all this took place while i was out of town. her father put about five gallons in it and it wouldnt start. it would turn over but wouldnt start. so we had it towed to the shop. i dont really believe we need the new wires plugs rotor and cap. i think its the fuel filter clogged partially with some junk that was in the tank. thats why some gas was getting through and allowing my wife to make it back home. should i just tell the mechanic to change the fuel filter and go from there see if that works dont you think he should have suggested that in the first place any help would be great. thanks could be just the crankshaft position sensor. but what do i know. coasty .

From : tbone

oops sorry. it is a 98 24 valve and the lights are the abs and brake lights and at times the check engine light. okay... was it the two big electrical connectors to the ecm on the drivers side of the engine down towards the bottom or was it the three connectors on the pcm on the passenger-side firewall did greasing those connectors solve the problem for a while and now its back or are you saying its always been doing this regardless do you have access to an obd-ii code scanner or do you have an autozone local to you autozone will read your diagnostic codes for free for you. if you can get the codes that are stored in the computer it will help to narrow down the problem. .

From : coasty

to locate this relay the haynes manual indicates the power distribution center but it is not. just to be clear - youre looking in the pdc under the hood not in the fuse panel on the dash correct i know vans are a little different but i dont see how they can not have a pdc in the engine compartment without a major electrical re-design from the trucks. .

From : tom lawrence

tom lawrence wrote slips too. any ideas yeah - see that little book in the glove compartment probably with the cellophane wrapper still on it read it. tom. you beat me to it. bob .

From : tbone

ahh...those rich greedy republican business owners are only greedy certain years eh nah - its all about the germans. just like when they bombed pearl harbor they forced dodge to use sub-standard brake lines. ve vant you to use zee crappy lines for zee amerikaner vehicles yah .