2003 Ram Hemi-Spark Plug Replacement

From : bigz69z

Q: you didnt mention if it had rear or 4 wheel abs. if you have 4 wheel abs it could still be a failed sensor on one of the front wheels causing the abs a bad speed sensor doesnt cause the lights to come on until theres movement. .

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From : budd cochran

and here http//quad4x4.com/dodge%20frt%20axle&steering.htm and here http//www.dtprofab.com/dodge.htm -- laszlo almasi carolina watercraft works inc. in the battle between money and love money will always triumph i may have to change my signature......on second thought i was right the first time. ktm wrote talk 2 me. help me!!!!! got 1999 dodge ram 5.9 4x4 w/ fried front end. i see everything that says stock blows blow cant find ne thing different. i need to replace all ..... tie rods track bar poly bushhings upper and lower ball joints front wheel bearings etc. etc. i found one place called bullet proof steering but seems scary. point me in a direction i do not have a lift only rancho 5000adj shocks w/remote and dont want to lift. all i want is oem better front end. id try this first http//www.lukeslink.com/trackbar.html .

From : stephen harding

a computerized overly complicated overly expensive way of injecting water into the intake flow. i see no verifcation of his 70 mpg claim nor any proof that he knows anything about combustion physics thermal dynamics fuel manufacture . . ..no evidence hes anything but a charlatain. how does water injection help it allows a much leaner mixture by moderating the combustion process and preventing lean mixture detonation problems. it was commonly used in ww ii on many of our fighters to give higher power outputs under combat conditions. the moisture also flashes into low pressure steam to add to the power output. in 1970 mother earth magazine ran an article on how to build your own water injection system with an aquarium air stone a mayonaise jar and some vacuum line. add water and rubbing alcohol. on a 225 slant six in a 1964 valiant i got 41.25 mpg on a 145 mile round trip between canon city co and colorado springs co. the engine was running tighter than stock valve lashes mechanical lifters and a recurved distributor. otoh my eldest is now driving my old 1979 d150 318auto 3.55 axle long bed and getting 19 mpg around town and 23 highway but the vacuum advance has been seriously recurved. it also kicks 350 chubbie butt regularly. now what all this points out is there is no miracle carburetor only careful tuneups and modifictions combined with sensible driving habits aggressive driving is a no-no for fuel economy folks will achieve a net increase in economy. budd saw this though id post in groups see reaction if possible someone follow through building one. mcburney cracks the super carburetor code address http//www.freeenergy.com/directory/carburetors/mcburney/pressrelease03 1117.htm .

From : budd cochran

my 92 w250 360 v8 wont start. some initial tests proved it has no spark. so i tried to check for voltage at the coil primary with a test lamp. nothing. got out my scanner and checked for codes none. went into the actuator test menu and did the coil check. has good spark. if the distributor was not outputting pulses from the pickup coil i should have fault code 11. no distributor reference signal detected during engine cranking. is there something im missing any backyard distributor tests i can do to be confident i have signal btw the truck ran perfect the day before yesterday. and it rained last night. if this was an old nash i would expect it not to start after a little rain al .

From : mike simmons

does the weather this year seem a bit extreme so far hurricanes all over the place tuisami sp earthquakes torrential rains and floods. if this continues the winter will be a real bitch especially with heating costs going through the roof. been raining here for the past week serious flood to the north and west. unfuckingbelieveable. roy hmmm... its been absolutely beautiful here in s. oregon. we have had about a month of upper 70s to low 80s weather sunny and mild. it finally clouded up last night and we have had a couple of light showers but tomorrow and the rest of the week is supposed to be sunny and nice again. we did have a long cool wet spring with a seemingly long hot spell this summer but that is kind of normal for this area. theres something to be said for living in the mountains! hd ps as far as energy costs i think it is time to regulate the industry again. .

From : budd cochran

on fri 14 oct 2005 140647 gmt budd cochran mr-d150@spam.citlink.net wrote on thu 13 oct 2005 092032 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote i got caught spot lighing a bunny rabbit years ago but that is a whole nother story. i wont ask. what you and denny do is your business . . . . wait a sec.. this is the weekend perhaps we should explore what greg and the friggin rabbit are doing under a spot light. id like to hear more. of course we can always make something up.vbg roy .

From : mike simmons

on fri 14 oct 2005 140647 gmt budd cochran mr-d150@spam.citlink.net wrote on thu 13 oct 2005 092032 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote sunk an arrow into one monday but never found her after hours of searching. watching for buzzards now so i can get my arrow back! the idea is to kill it not torture it. practice on a friggin target!! it was a good shot right about the shoulder area. arrow half way in so she isnt going to suffer too long. sounds like you hit the sturnum. was it a downward shot from a tree stand actually a perfect side shot. i figure i hit the shoulder blade and then a rib to slow the arrow down that much. it should have gone slam through her not just half way. what amazed me was that i never found a drop of blood! i have tracked many a deer in the past after shooting them with a shotgun and have found most. i waited a full 1/2 hour before even leaving my tree stand so i wouldnt jump her too. i could see where she ran for about 50 yds by the leaves and dirt kicked up but then nothing. i went back home and got the dogs to help and they didnt pick up on her either. now that is curious. no blood it may have only pooled internally under the lungs. or a dull broadhead they gotta be sharp enough to shave with as a minimum will cause the bleeding to stop too soon. there are many variables. i do wish you had found it. i shot about 50 arrows a day for over 2 months getting ready. i have no problems hitting a paper plate @ 50 yards. size matters but its how many of the 50 were in the paper plate each day that counts the most. my best grouping was 10 in a circle the size of a 2 lb. coffee can at 35 yards shooting intinctive no sights or stabilizers bear whitetail hunter 60# recurve. i have a peep sight and 5 pins set for 10 - 50 yds. in the 10 to 30 yd range i could put most through a quart jar lid and at 40 - 50 a pie pan. i am using carbon arrows as well. im no expert but it seams that the field points fly a little truer than the broadheads. standard broadheads literally fly like small wings at the 300+ mph your arrows move. so much the old solid blade points could vary a shot by a foot or more at 35 yards. thats enough to miss a the kill zone on a eastern whitetail.you may want to look into those fancy retractable blade style heads or give your arrows a faster spin tightens up the spiral during flight. or both maybe. i tried a peep a long time ago but being an instinct shooter i didnt adjust to it easily. i can see the benefit for some but it didnt work for me. i have used pins and my hand draws to a very consistent position naturally but they didnt help my accuracy much. i find that learning to judge the distances in the field while under the influence of buck fever the tough part. i got to get one soon as muzzelloader season comes in on the 20th. believe it or not you can kill 36 this year and 4 counties dont have a limit! 36 whitetail ill bet theyre getting stunted or diseased from over-population. makes you wish for that machine gun crossbow from the movie van helsing sp doesnt it i find the adrenelin flow a little higher shooting at deer than a hay bale. its an mild form of buck fever as is found among primitive cultures. aborigines for example will shake their boomerangs at roos when b.f. hits them instead of throwing the boomerang. hence the source of the old austrailian hit song by rolf harris my boomerang wont come back. in your case a full blown case will result in you knocking then dropping every arrow in your quiver and never take the shot. at which time we will have to take a vote to see if you should be called bunny jr i got caught spot lighing a bunny rabbit years ago but that is a whole nother story. i wont ask. what you and denny do is your business . . . . but as a side note a friend back in co told me of a time he took a new bowhunter out hunting and the poor guy got b.f. so bad he pulled out every arrow from his bow quiver and just dropped them on the ground. that would be like a rifle hunter jacking every round out of his gun and never taking a shot . . . .which also happens. budd .

From : mike simmons

on thu 13 oct 2005 092032 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote sunk an arrow into one monday but never found her after hours of searching. watching for buzzards now so i can get my arrow back! the idea is to kill it not torture it. practice on a friggin target!! it was a good shot right about the shoulder area. arrow half way in so she isnt going to suffer too long. i shot about 50 arrows a day for over 2 months getting ready. i have no problems hitting a paper plate @ 50 yards. i find the adrenelin flow a little higher shooting at deer than a hay bale. stop in and chat once and awhile. questions get asked here that pertain to dodges built long before my time. ya the ones with the crank on front.vbg roy .

From : tom lawrence

i read where a poster said to use the air intake tube off the throttle body but i dont know where that is. 99 360. it is the air intake on top of the throttle body. mike .

From : roy

on thu 13 oct 2005 131301 gmt budd cochran mr-d150@spam.citlink.net wrote good to see you alive and kicking. things have been good here and the old dodge is still going. it must be related to the everready bunny 268 k and purring. hmmm goes to show even ammco can get one right occasionally . . . .but dont tell them theyll want to fix it till its broken. i have no complaints with aamco. ya just had to remind me didnt ya vbg havent been in here much myself as i have taking up a new endevor bow hunting. sunk an arrow into one monday but never found her after hours of searching. watching for buzzards now so i can get my arrow back! i used to shoot bow some but always at targets like pigeons squirrels rabbits or hay bales. havent done much since the old shoulders began acting up. what bow did you get how do you cook the hay bales boil in lots of water with only a smidgen of salt till tender. give the bale to the goats and use the water for your weeds. i bought a used bear whitetail ii. good bow a compound iirc. have you had a good archery shop help you get set up and equipped not one of those shops that cater to cityslickers and sell every bell and whistle invented just one that knows whats really needed have you gold plated the cushman yet nope. its on hold again while we get the lebaron repaired help my younger brother out a bit and hopefully make it thru the winter. i havent done much bike building the past year and the dodge d-50 trike is still on hold. a d-50 trike now that could be wild. why a d-50 instead of the usual vw/porsche/corvair type drive train i picked up the d-50 at a govt auction for $300.00. the frame and drive train is pretty much done wioth a ninja front end. i still have the brakes electrical steering and body to finish. the rear axles were shortened 7 inches each. i like the look of the engine in front plus the weight is better distributed. uh greg you want most of the weight on the rear in a single front wheel trike configuration for stability in turning and braking. i cant bug you if you end up plowing someones field with your head take a peek here http//www.rqriley.com/3-wheel.htm robert riley has been building innovative vehicles for about 45 years now. i got into building a bee box making machine last fall. had to make it all pneumatic/battery voltage controls so the amish could use it. it works pretty good producing 200 boxes an hour but i am still modifying it. those amish had better be careful or theyll reach the 17th century. the technology will be too much for them. sorry. i know theyre wonderful people but their theology has some serous problems. but thats what makes them amish. i wouldnt do anything to change them. im just saying many of thier beliefs are not supported by scripture. stop in and chat once and awhile. questions get asked here that pertain to dodges built long before my time. lol you aint that much younger iirc. besides someone has to use the the second floor toilet. vbg beekeep budd budd .

From : max dodge

denny . . . . .are you sure you want to know budd not to be nosey bu how would you know vbg budd his wife told me! ;^ mike wait a minute. you aint never talked to my wife....... or have you denny .

From : tbone

tbone wrote my jack can lift any corner of the vehicle high enough to change a tire and i do have oversized tires on mine. why would they put a useless jack in the vehicle in your case it sounds more like a defective operator than a defective jack and if you know for a fact that it doesnt work why didnt you go back to the dealer to enquire about it funny how mike also questioned this and yet i dont see you whining to him why not question all you want. you dont know didly and thats some funny stuff! sorry miles but i have probably forgotten more about these vehicles than you will ever know and that becomes more and more obvious every time you talk about them. i dont claim to know everything or even more than most but you are never able to answer anything i ask you about them. why is that miles why cant you even answer any of these simple questions. looks to me like something didnt work right the first time you attempted to use it and with you thats about as far as it went. tell me did you storm off to the store and buy one of those $100 mini floor jacks and tossed the factory unit in the trash i bet thats what you did lol. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .

From : tom lawrence

iow the god of the group mike was w r o n g for a change and wrong during a rather childish attack and now you need to cover for him. it seems that you guys are wrong more and more lately. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving well if you will look in an older dictionary like my websters college dictionary copyright 1992 you will not find the word preventative. you will also note in the web link you provided that preventative is a variant of preventive. right... but if you notice the last entry copyright 2003 by princeton university what the heck do they know anyway right i mean... theyre in joisey they list preventative as a synonym for preventive. in my best cartman from south park voice those damn hippies.... i hate hippies! /cartman its just a loosing battle mike. frankly i could care less about it. i guess we could agree that while listed in some dictionaries it still makes him sound foolish. deal .

From : tbone

tbone wrote like i said you simply dont know how to use it. it can and does reach what it needs to and if not you are either not using it correctly or it is defective. either way i would either take a look in the users guide or take it back to the dealer and let them either show you how to use it or give you a complete unit. lol typical boner answer. the manual shows where to put the jack. on a stock 2000 1500 qc the oem jack will not lift the back high enough to get the wheel off....period. youll argue anything woncha .

From : mike simmons

well do you think its really fair that we gang up on someone in a battle of wits when they havent the means to defend themselves i agree so lets continue. budd on thu 13 oct 2005 125922 gmt budd cochran mr-d150@spam.citlink.net wrote that viagra must be going to his ears... good shot bro.. denny still as your friend i will not participate in what now has become a severe ass kicking they work good as a team dont ya think roy sic im budd... its your turn! ;^ mike so . . .she agrees hes as quick as a bunny budd not to be nosey bu how would you know vbg budd his wife told me! ;^ mike wait a minute. you aint never talked to my wife....... or have you denny of course how else would i know that your nickname is minuteman vbg mike mac please remove splinters before emailing .

From : mike simmons

on thu 13 oct 2005 143707 -0500 mike simmons mikesim@yhti.net wrote can anyone tell me what the purpose of this tiny insignificant jack is supposed to be i finally took it out from underneath the passenger-side seat and couldnt believe what i saw! i almost laughed my head off at dodge for even thinking of placing such a useless piece of hardware in such a truck. m2cw hawkeye65 ive used mine on one occasion and it worked as intended thank you very much! your point is mike there is no way that this jack could even reach the jacking point on my truck let alone raise it any! that is my point hawkeye65 ok remove it from the truck and extend it to its maximum length and measure the length of the jack and report back. i will check the specs and see if its extending as fully as designed. mike maybe we should find out how much of a lift kit and what size tires hes running ;- greg .

From : tom lawrence

on thu 13 oct 2005 125922 gmt budd cochran mr-d150@spam.citlink.net wrote that viagra must be going to his ears... good shot bro.. denny still as your friend i will not participate in what now has become a severe ass kicking they work good as a team dont ya think roy sic im budd... its your turn! ;^ mike im really glad that i could supply the entertainment today. sorry that i cant stay to trade jabs with all youuns but the ground is dry the beans are ready and theres a big ole deere calling my name. could yaall get a little more creative with the insults these are like watching re-runs of i love lucy... vbg denny .

From : tbone

and youre just one of the guys also arent you now now . . .put down the walker before mac has to stop the truck. vbg budd on thu 13 oct 2005 092032 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote sunk an arrow into one monday but never found her after hours of searching. watching for buzzards now so i can get my arrow back! the idea is to kill it not torture it. practice on a friggin target!! stop in and chat once and awhile. questions get asked here that pertain to dodges built long before my time. ya the ones with the crank on front.vbg roy well ask you the questions relating to the ones with the feed bag on the front bro.. *g* see denny!! now the friggin jackals are attacking me. thats what i get for being your friend! guess they let the nursing home comedy team take their show on the road. picture those old farts together in mikes truck fighting over the controls for the heated seats. i can hear the conversation now. budd

From : tbone

originally designs for use as plasma discharge ignitors for aircraft engines in an effort to reduce or eliminate the need for dual ignition systems on aircraft fyi. modern factory oem automotive ignitions are borderline at best for firing them now if this continues as an argument its on your head. budd well budd as i can see some things never change and you wonder why you get attacked the way that you do. i try to be nice and instead of simply saying that the plugs that you used were a surface gap plug that could not be adjusted you instead and once again resort to childish insults. you really need to grow up a little bit dude. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving uh tom how can you see those plugs from where you are what gap are you talking about theyre bosh plus 4 platinums. show us how to adjust the gap on a surface gap plug mister mechanic note deliberate lack of capitalization. budd you might want to open the gap on those platinums about a thousandth or so over the factory specification. that should bring back some of the heat in his spark and make the engine run a little better. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving my kid brothers astro van 4.3 doesnt like platinums. gas mileage is down 8% and the idle quality throttlebody injection sucks. myself i dont see any real reason to buy them and when he can he plans to go back to either champions or a.c. delco. budd tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcien5g@earthlink.net wrote in message engine but why would you want to do that the general opinion in the group is that they do little if anything as far as performance and cost a hell of a lot more. set of 8 autolite 5224 - $10.80 set of 8 autolite ap5224 - $17.12 given that the life expectancy of a platinum-tipped plug is 3-4 times that of a conventional plug 30k intervals for conventional plugs 100k intervals for platinum the platinum plugs are cheaper in the long run. my 95 v10s been running on the same set of ap5224s for over 50k and i have no plans on changing them anytime soon. for me that extra 8 bucks was well worth it - especially in those damn #7 and #9 cylinders.... $&^!%^$% master cylinder tears my arm up. if you are gonna use platinum plugs and leave em in for a loooong time be sure to use anti-seize on the threads... especially with loomnum heads... thats why i dont recommend the plats but hey its your money.. mike .

From : max dodge

lol well budd im not going down this road with you again. i will just take this as a reminder and let it drop. that would be a first. but do try anyway. -- max give a man a match and he is warm for a short while. light him on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life. lol well budd im not going down this road with you again. i will just take this as a reminder and let it drop. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving no tom i never said one way or another what kind of electrode the plugs had. you assumed them to be adjustable which is typical for you then decided to offer advice without a sufficient amount of information. that puts the blame squarely upon you for beginning an argument. all i said was what my brother experienced with the set of plugs he bought when i wasnt nearby to advise him. surface gap plugs and multigap plugs both require higher voltages to work as originally designed that is 30-80k volts or more. both were originally designs for use as plasma discharge ignitors for aircraft engines in an effort to reduce or eliminate the need for dual ignition systems on aircraft fyi. modern factory oem automotive ignitions are borderline at best for firing them now if this continues as an argument its on your head. budd well budd as i can see some things never change and you wonder why you get attacked the way that you do. i try to be nice and instead of simply saying that the plugs that you used were a surface gap plug that could not be adjusted you instead and once again resort to childish insults. you really need to grow up a little bit dude. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving uh tom how can you see those plugs from where you are what gap are you talking about theyre bosh plus 4 platinums. show us how to adjust the gap on a surface gap plug mister mechanic note deliberate lack of capitalization. budd you might want to open the gap on those platinums about a thousandth or so over the factory specification. that should bring back some of the heat in his spark and make the engine run a little better. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving my kid brothers astro van 4.3 doesnt like platinums. gas mileage is down 8% and the idle quality throttlebody injection sucks. myself i dont see any real reason to buy them and when he can he plans to go back to either champions or a.c. delco. budd tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcien5g@earthlink.net wrote in message engine but why would you want to do that the general opinion in the group is that they do little if anything as far as performance and cost a hell of a lot more. set of 8 autolite 5224 - $10.80 set of 8 autolite ap5224 - $17.12 given that the life expectancy of a platinum-tipped plug is 3-4 times that of a conventional plug 30k intervals for conventional plugs 100k intervals for platinum the platinum plugs are cheaper in the long run. my 95 v10s been running on the same set of ap5224s for over 50k and i have no plans on changing them anytime soon. for me that extra 8 bucks was well worth it - especially in those damn #7 and #9 cylinders.... $&^!%^$% master cylinder tears my arm up. if you are gonna use platinum plugs and leave em in for a loooong time be sure to use anti-seize on the threads... especially with loomnum heads... thats why i dont recommend the plats but hey its your money.. mike .

From : budd cochran

thats not a spec thats making a judgment call. spec calls for new since that is the only condition where things will be perfect. lol even new does not make things perfect and there are always tolerances for these parts for that reason. just because it is not new does not mean it is still not within those tolerances. ok so what are the tolerances and specs again please quote exact numbers not visual inspection ideas. -- max give a man a match and he is warm for a short while. light him on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life. lol what does this have to do with percentages 17.12 is not 200% of 10.80 as you claim. did the word almost slip by you or did you just redefine that one as well. 17.12 isnt almost 21.60 either. its about 4 short. when moving 10 increments having 4 more to go is not almost. go ahead argue...... it is a hell of a lot closer to 21.60 then it is to 10.80 no argument needed. within spec thats great show me a spec for a cap and rotor please. contacts clean little to no visible carbon arc trails no visible wear on the rotor or cap contacts and no cracks in the cap. sounds like in spec to me. now are you going to respond to this with three identical posts too. thats not a spec thats making a judgment call. spec calls for new since that is the only condition where things will be perfect. lol even new does not make things perfect and there are always tolerances for these parts for that reason. just because it is not new does not mean it is still not within those tolerances. and yeah ill post it four times if ya want...... yep thats what i want. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .

From : tbone

tbone wrote 17.12 is not 200% of 10.80 as you claim. did the word almost slip by you or did you just redefine that one as well. 1.58* is almost twice as much must be a new math thing. what the hell does 1.58* even mean talk about new math. 17.12 is 79.26% of 21.60 which is almost there to me. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .

From : tbone

ah but will you remember it i hope so. you have from your track record in the group always been quick to argue with just about everyone and especially anyone that dares to correct your errors or point out a lack of knowledge you have demonstrated. why all it does is cause hard feelings and doesnt this old world already have enough of that peace tom between us when either of us screws up ok budd lol well budd im not going down this road with you again. i will just take this as a reminder and let it drop. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving no tom i never said one way or another what kind of electrode the plugs had. you assumed them to be adjustable which is typical for you then decided to offer advice without a sufficient amount of information. that puts the blame squarely upon you for beginning an argument. all i said was what my brother experienced with the set of plugs he bought when i wasnt nearby to advise him. surface gap plugs and multigap plugs both require higher voltages to work as originally designed that is 30-80k volts or more. both were originally designs for use as plasma discharge ignitors for aircraft engines in an effort to reduce or eliminate the need for dual ignition systems on aircraft fyi. modern factory oem automotive ignitions are borderline at best for firing them now if this continues as an argument its on your head. budd well budd as i can see some things never change and you wonder why you get attacked the way that you do. i try to be nice and instead of simply saying that the plugs that you used were a surface gap plug that could not be adjusted you instead and once again resort to childish insults. you really need to grow up a little bit dude. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving uh tom how can you see those plugs from where you are what gap are you talking about theyre bosh plus 4 platinums. show us how to adjust the gap on a surface gap plug mister mechanic note deliberate lack of capitalization. budd you might want to open the gap on those platinums about a thousandth or so over the factory specification. that should bring back some of the heat in his spark and make the engine run a little better. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving my kid brothers astro van 4.3 doesnt like platinums. gas mileage is down 8% and the idle quality throttlebody injection sucks. myself i dont see any real reason to buy them and when he can he plans to go back to either champions or a.c. delco. budd tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcien5g@earthlink.net wrote in message engine but why would you want to do that the general opinion in the group is that they do little if anything as far as performance and cost a hell of a lot more. set of 8 autolite 5224 - $10.80 set of 8 autolite ap5224 - $17.12 given that the life expectancy of a platinum-tipped plug is 3-4 times that of a conventional plug 30k intervals for conventional plugs 100k intervals for platinum the platinum plugs are cheaper in the long run. my 95 v10s been running on the same set of ap5224s for over 50k and i have no plans on changing them anytime soon. for me that extra 8 bucks was well worth it - especially in those damn #7 and #9 cylinders.... $&^!%^$% master cylinder tears my arm up. if you are gonna use platinum plugs and leave em in for a loooong time be sure to use anti-seize on the threads... especially with loomnum heads... thats why i dont recommend the plats but hey its your money.. mike .

From : tbone

lol well budd im not going down this road with you again. i will just take this as a reminder and let it drop. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving no tom i never said one way or another what kind of electrode the plugs had. you assumed them to be adjustable which is typical for you then decided to offer advice without a sufficient amount of information. that puts the blame squarely upon you for beginning an argument. all i said was what my brother experienced with the set of plugs he bought when i wasnt nearby to advise him. surface gap plugs and multigap plugs both require higher voltages to work as originally designed that is 30-80k volts or more. both were originally designs for use as plasma discharge ignitors for aircraft engines in an effort to reduce or eliminate the need for dual ignition systems on aircraft fyi. modern factory oem automotive ignitions are borderline at best for firing them now if this continues as an argument its on your head. budd well budd as i can see some things never change and you wonder why you get attacked the way that you do. i try to be nice and instead of simply saying that the plugs that you used were a surface gap plug that could not be adjusted you instead and once again resort to childish insults. you really need to grow up a little bit dude. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving uh tom how can you see those plugs from where you are what gap are you talking about theyre bosh plus 4 platinums. show us how to adjust the gap on a surface gap plug mister mechanic note deliberate lack of capitalization. budd you might want to open the gap on those platinums about a thousandth or so over the factory specification. that should bring back some of the heat in his spark and make the engine run a little better. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving my kid brothers astro van 4.3 doesnt like platinums. gas mileage is down 8% and the idle quality throttlebody injection sucks. myself i dont see any real reason to buy them and when he can he plans to go back to either champions or a.c. delco. budd tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcien5g@earthlink.net wrote in message engine but why would you want to do that the general opinion in the group is that they do little if anything as far as performance and cost a hell of a lot more. set of 8 autolite 5224 - $10.80 set of 8 autolite ap5224 - $17.12 given that the life expectancy of a platinum-tipped plug is 3-4 times that of a conventional plug 30k intervals for conventional plugs 100k intervals for platinum the platinum plugs are cheaper in the long run. my 95 v10s been running on the same set of ap5224s for over 50k and i have no plans on changing them anytime soon. for me that extra 8 bucks was well worth it - especially in those damn #7 and #9 cylinders.... $&^!%^$% master cylinder tears my arm up. if you are gonna use platinum plugs and leave em in for a loooong time be sure to use anti-seize on the threads... especially with loomnum heads... thats why i dont recommend the plats but hey its your money.. mike .

From : tbone

on fri 14 oct 2005 141626 gmt budd cochran mr-d150@spam.citlink.net wrote dont you guys wonder why no one really builds a vehicle designed for plow use diesel 6-8 speed auto locking axles load equalizing blade mount heater core the size of most radiators heated seats with built-in coffee pot and pop-corn popper . . . . optional carrot dispenser mac please remove splinters before emailing .

From : tbone

university what the heck do they know anyway right i mean... theyre in joisey they list preventative as a synonym for preventive. in my best cartman from south park voice those damn hippies.... i hate hippies! /cartman its just a loosing battle mike. frankly i could care less about it. i guess we could agree that while listed in some dictionaries it still makes him sound foolish. deal .

From : tbone

the question is if he can reverse his direction. . . . . . budd so . . .she agrees hes as quick as a bunny budd ceptin she sez hes not the energizer bunyy who keeps going and going and going........ ;^ mike not to be nosey bu how would you know vbg budd his wife told me! ;^ mike wait a minute. you aint never talked to my wife....... or have you denny of course how else would i know that your nickname is minuteman vbg mike .

From : miles

i have a 91 dodge w250 with the cummins diesel engine. recently i experienced some air in my brake lines and when i pressed the pedal to the floor my emergency brake and anti-lock brake light on my dash lit up. i bled the brakes but the lights on my dash stayed lit except now they go out when i press the brake in. i also began experiencing intermittent static on my radio and my speedometer is fluctuating wildly. i have recently noticed that my oil pressue gauge and temperature gauge also appear to be reading erratically. i have checked all the fuses but nothing was blown. i also have not experienced any engine problems. does anyone have any ideas what might have caused this it does seem to have originated when my brake pedal was depressed all the way. could this have broken something the brake computer is behind the glove box. open the door and the glove box will come out. unplug the computer for a few minutes and plug it back in. this will reset it. if the lights stay on you need to look for the problem. get a service manual at the library and follow the test procedure. al .

From : tbone

addisons wrote can anyone tell me what the purpose of this tiny insignificant jack is supposed to be i finally took it out from underneath the passenger-side seat and couldnt believe what i saw! i almost laughed my head off at dodge for even thinking of placing such a useless piece of hardware in such a truck. m2cw hawkeye65 i guess youve never used it. maybe you should try before griping. for its size it does a pretty good job. -- ..bob 1997 hd fxdwg - turbocharged! 2001 dodge dakota qc 5.9/4x4/3.92 1966 mustang coupe - daily driver 1965 ffr cobra - finally on the road! .

From : budd cochran

just a wild guess here to change tires when flat if so inclined - can anyone tell me what the purpose of this tiny insignificant jack is supposed to be i finally took it out from underneath the passenger-side seat and couldnt believe what i saw! i almost laughed my head off at dodge for even thinking of placing such a useless piece of hardware in such a truck. m2cw hawkeye65 .

From : miles

low emisions leak i put on a new gas cap but code came back about 4 days later. i will check hose to canister due to other posts but would a vac line leak cause your mpg to drop alot. i put about 150 miles on my truck last week and went through a full tank. could it be the o-2 censor i guess there are 2 of them and i do not know if i would need to replace both thanks for the help. .

From : budd cochran

uh has anyone checked the timing chain for wear if youre over 80k miles its probably worn out. budd after trying unsuccessfully on my own to diagnose a stalling problem i took the pickup into procare. they found that the distributor gear is badly worn so that the timing is affected leading to the stall and often a backfire in the exhaust. fuel pressure egr valve and injectors are all good. this solution was previously suggested by users of this group. procare wants $1022 plus tax to do this repair. they say the major cost is to remove and reinstall the intake manifold in order to get to the gear. the local dodge dealer wants about $300. they say the gear can be replaced without removing the manifold. each party suggests the other estimate is way wrong. i would appreciate comments. dlc .

From : budd cochran

how about 80% of your take-home pay budd 1.58* is almost twice as much must be a new math thing. what the hell does 1.58* even mean talk about new math. 17.12 is 79.26% of 21.60 which is almost there to me. less than 80% is almost there wow you can have the doctors that score 80% on their exams ill take the ones that are almost there at 95% and above. -- max give a man a match and he is warm for a short while. light him on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life. tbone wrote 17.12 is not 200% of 10.80 as you claim. did the word almost slip by you or did you just redefine that one as well. 1.58* is almost twice as much must be a new math thing. what the hell does 1.58* even mean talk about new math. 17.12 is 79.26% of 21.60 which is almost there to me. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .

From : max dodge

peace tom between us when either of us screws up ok agreed -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .

From : tbone

thats about what im gettin im averaging around 17 to and from work and around town. 05 2500 2wd 6 speed 3.73 gear anyone have real numbers on fuel mileage on a late model ctd i can get 19+ around town but on the highway it goes down to around 13 if i drive over 75 mph. al 2004 2500 600 ctd six speed 4x4 3.73 gears. .

From : max dodge

yeah but youre just as homely as ever. thank god!!! ifn you thought i was getting cute i just dont know what id do.... vbg. when you gonna get those ears ironed straight i dunno. i kinda like the floppy style. denny yeah they match your.....well.....ummmmmm.....never mind..... ;^ mike .

From : miles

max dodge wrote but hey if ya round up vigorously its almost anything ya want to hide behind. true. 2 + 2 = 5 for very large values of 2. .

From : tbone

lol what does this have to do with percentages 17.12 is not 200% of 10.80 as you claim. did the word almost slip by you or did you just redefine that one as well. 17.12 isnt almost 21.60 either. its about 4 short. when moving 10 increments having 4 more to go is not almost. go ahead argue...... within spec thats great show me a spec for a cap and rotor please. contacts clean little to no visible carbon arc trails no visible wear on the rotor or cap contacts and no cracks in the cap. sounds like in spec to me. now are you going to respond to this with three identical posts too. thats not a spec thats making a judgment call. spec calls for new since that is the only condition where things will be perfect. and yeah ill post it four times if ya want...... -- max give a man a match and he is warm for a short while. light him on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life. set of 8 autolite 5224 - $10.80 set of 8 autolite ap5224 - $17.12 like i said almost twice the price. i see you still have problems with percentages. lol what does this have to do with percentages 17.12 is not 200% of 10.80 as you claim. did the word almost slip by you or did you just redefine that one as well. if you couldnt see that you dont have a handle on percentages. that is why i said almost instead of is get it yet the damn thing still has its original cap and rotor. yet you blame the lack of performance on the plugs..... i said no improvement in performance and the cap and rotor were within spec at the time of replacement of the plugs. within spec thats great show me a spec for a cap and rotor please. contacts clean little to no visible carbon arc trails no visible wear on the rotor or cap contacts and no cracks in the cap. sounds like in spec to me. now are you going to respond to this with three identical posts too. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .

From : tbone

to both ya bums; been ok keeping the old blood sugars under 6.5 mg/l about 110 in american measurements so dont expect me to be a sweet as i used to be. and still dont need a heated seat on that old cushman either. vbg budd on tue 11 oct 2005 081521 -0700 mac davis mac.davis@splinters.comcast.net wrote on tue 11 oct 2005 023830 gmt budd cochran mr-d150@spam.citlink.net wrote hey budd! how ya been same question here. honestly glad to see you back and well. hope you stick around. gawd . . .some things just never change . . . . budd on sun 9 oct 2005 105149 -0500 mike simmons mikesim@yhti.net wrote okay decided to go back into plowing with a friend. his office will handle the billing phones and other such bs. i have to do all the estimates. decided all subs have to own a 2003 or newer 3/4 ton or bigger and have a driver to fill in. we put together 8 pick ups and a loader. should be interesting a winter. guess im back looking for that elusive cj. roy damn. do ya have to have a diesel heated leather seats and a wool covered spinner knob to work for you guys too i was gonna volunteer to help out for free but i just dont qualify. bg real men dont need heated seats! bfg ahem!... well what the hell did i expect anyway.... its getting cold out and heeeere we go again with the heated seat slurs.... sigh ;^ m sorry mike but theres some things that real men should never admit to......... yeah you mean like blastin innocent bowling balls with large caliber handguns you are just damned lucky i didnt sic the petbb* people on ya when i heard about it....... mike * people for the ethical treatment of bowling balls give him a break mike... he probably used a bowling ball cuz he couldnt hit a baseball... ya know the right to arm bears probably doesnt cover bunnies does it course not.... it only covers bears! ^ mike mac please remove splinters before emailing mac please remove splinters before emailing .

From : denny

buy what ever you would like. most stores have a wiring harness or will install for a small amount or free - what brand did you get i dont want to make a major rewiring job out of this i would like to just stick another in if that is possible. bought an aftermarket cd/am/fm radio. nicer sound too!! out of the clear my radio quit working in my 94 dakota. it just went completly dead no noise nothing. fuse checks okay so must be an internal problem. has anyone else had this same problem and what did you do about it thanks for any help ron .

From : miles

on tue 11 oct 2005 191952 gmt budd cochran mr-d150@spam.citlink.net wrote to both ya bums; been ok keeping the old blood sugars under 6.5 mg/l about 110 in american measurements so dont expect me to be a sweet as i used to be. thats ok. we still love ya . and still dont need a heated seat on that old cushman either. yeah im with you. ive been able to keep my butt in a bunch of hot water at work anyway so who needs a heated seat i sure wouldnt want to be the one that mentions mikes name here. bg denny to hell with yall!! ;^ mike .

From : max dodge

but . . .ya did anyway. hey! who was that masked rabbit budd on tue 11 oct 2005 191952 gmt budd cochran mr-d150@spam.citlink.net wrote to both ya bums; been ok keeping the old blood sugars under 6.5 mg/l about 110 in american measurements so dont expect me to be a sweet as i used to be. thats ok. we still love ya . and still dont need a heated seat on that old cushman either. yeah im with you. ive been able to keep my butt in a bunch of hot water at work anyway so who needs a heated seat i sure wouldnt want to be the one that mentions mikes name here. bg denny .

From : max dodge

yeah but youre just as homely as ever. thank god!!! ifn you thought i was getting cute i just dont know what id do.... vbg. when you gonna get those ears ironed straight i dunno. i kinda like the floppy style. denny .

From : max dodge

hi linda where in dallas are you from craig c. .

From : max dodge

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From : tom lawrence

as i have also said and if platinums were the answer to all that would be the factory plug for all vehicles do really belive this of course he doesnt believe it because it flies in the face of his argument that the manufacturer will cut corners on anything. his favorite example is the rear axle which he claims is assembled with substandard aack did i just say that word that caused a long standing bs routine to come from himbearings. but that doesnt apply to the spark plugs. only the best can be used there. -- max give a man a match and he is warm for a short while. light him on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life. as i have also said and if platinums were the answer to all that would be the factory plug for all vehicles do really belive this brass or copper contacts are better than aluminum on caps and rotors - but the standard mopar cap/rotor uses aluminum. spiral-cell deep cycle batteries are more durable and last longer than the standard lead-acid batteries yet the factory batteries are lead-acid. braided stainless steel brake lines are better than plain-old rubber lines yet the factory puts on rubber. so do you really think the reason dodge doesnt put in platinum plugs from the factory is because they dont last longer or maybe because theyre a bit more expensive and the lowest bidder won out ps - all these cars with 100k spark plug changes... how do you think theyre tipped .

From : max dodge

on tue 11 oct 2005 191952 gmt budd cochran mr-d150@spam.citlink.net wrote to both ya bums; been ok keeping the old blood sugars under 6.5 mg/l about 110 in american measurements so dont expect me to be a sweet as i used to be. thats ok. we still love ya . and still dont need a heated seat on that old cushman either. yeah im with you. ive been able to keep my butt in a bunch of hot water at work anyway so who needs a heated seat i sure wouldnt want to be the one that mentions mikes name here. bg denny .

From : budd cochran

on tue 11 oct 2005 191952 gmt budd cochran mr-d150@spam.citlink.net wrote to both ya bums; been ok keeping the old blood sugars under 6.5 mg/l about 110 in american measurements so dont expect me to be a sweet as i used to be. thats ok. we still love ya . and still dont need a heated seat on that old cushman either. yeah im with you. ive been able to keep my butt in a bunch of hot water at work anyway so who needs a heated seat vbg budd on tue 11 oct 2005 081521 -0700 mac davis mac.davis@splinters.comcast.net wrote on tue 11 oct 2005 023830 gmt budd cochran mr-d150@spam.citlink.net wrote hey budd! how ya been same question here. honestly glad to see you back and well. hope you stick around. gawd . . .some things just never change . . . . budd on sun 9 oct 2005 105149 -0500 mike simmons mikesim@yhti.net wrote okay decided to go back into plowing with a friend. his office will handle the billing phones and other such bs. i have to do all the estimates. decided all subs have to own a 2003 or newer 3/4 ton or bigger and have a driver to fill in. we put together 8 pick ups and a loader. should be interesting a winter. guess im back looking for that elusive cj. roy damn. do ya have to have a diesel heated leather seats and a wool covered spinner knob to work for you guys too i was gonna volunteer to help out for free but i just dont qualify. bg real men dont need heated seats! bfg ahem!... well what the hell did i expect anyway.... its getting cold out and heeeere we go again with the heated seat slurs.... sigh ;^ m sorry mike but theres some things that real men should never admit to......... yeah you mean like blastin innocent bowling balls with large caliber handguns you are just damned lucky i didnt sic the petbb* people on ya when i heard about it....... mike * people for the ethical treatment of bowling balls give him a break mike... he probably used a bowling ball cuz he couldnt hit a baseball... ya know the right to arm bears probably doesnt cover bunnies does it course not.... it only covers bears! ^ mike mac please remove splinters before emailing mac please remove splinters before emailing .

From : tbone

then you are an idiot. the voltage across the gap means everything and if you dont care about it why did you mention it i didnt. you did. talking out your ass about resistance and voltages.... the stuff ignites with a spark doesnt matter if the spark is 10v or 100000v. you simply have to have the setup working correctly for the voltage you have. fortunately sparkplug designers already did the math. hahahahahahahahahaha you really dont have a clue as to what a coil does or how do you obviously if you think 50kv is something to laugh about you dont either. my factory copper core went well over 50k and the only reason that i replaced them is that they were way over there expected life. funny thing is that they still were in pretty good shape and could have gone another 10k or more. um.... so...... you have proven exactly why the factory plugs arent holding up as well as the platinums. did you meant to do that hey my plugs did fine until they were well beyond spcification. then they didnt do too well did they but hey you replaced them and all because they were way over due... but the cap and rotor screw that those can sitt for as long as they want because they never go out of spec right see tom im done the factual part of the exchange now im just making fun of you waiting for you to slip... again. then youll disappear for a month and leave us in peace. lol are we a class or catagory perhaps you should look at the definition right under that one you know the one that actually deals with people. yeah well you categorized us as those in the group so if you dont like ht category stop making them and dumping us in them. yes max you have been done since you started your typical whining now lets see if you hold up to even this comment. lol it is you who is whining and pulling every move you can to get this to not be a massive failure on your part. i give ya a tip the easiest way to do that is to shut the hell up. -- max give a man a match and he is warm for a short while. light him on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life. if you had bothered to pay attention the factory champion plugs that seem to be a favorite for these trucks are a copper core plug but even if they were not the service schedule takes the expected life of the plug into account so my point is still valid and you are still full of it. you arent getting this are you i dont care about copper core or voltage across the gap. then you are an idiot. the voltage across the gap means everything and if you dont care about it why did you mention it why because at 50000v i doubt itll be a problem. hahahahahahahahahaha you really dont have a clue as to what a coil does or how do you im more interested in not having to pull the plugs every 10k because of soft electrodes. my factory copper core went well over 50k and the only reason that i replaced them is that they were way over there expected life. funny thing is that they still were in pretty good shape and could have gone another 10k or more. yep general opinion not all unless of course you are taking us back to maxworld where the meanings of words changes to suit your needs. yup you did. you claimed a general opinion. really please show me where general is defined as all. sure.... http//education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/general as in....concerned with applicable to or affecting the whole or every member of a class or category lol are we a class or catagory perhaps you should look at the definition right under that one you know the one that actually deals with people. 1.. affecting or characteristic of the majority of those involved; prevalent general discontent. now unless you care to prove that majority means all you are still wrong imagine that. done here move along..... yes max you have been done since you started your typical whining now lets see if you hold up to even this comment. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .

From : max dodge

no tom i never said one way or another what kind of electrode the plugs had. you assumed them to be adjustable which is typical for you then decided to offer advice without a sufficient amount of information. that puts the blame squarely upon you for beginning an argument. all i said was what my brother experienced with the set of plugs he bought when i wasnt nearby to advise him. surface gap plugs and multigap plugs both require higher voltages to work as originally designed that is 30-80k volts or more. both were originally designs for use as plasma discharge ignitors for aircraft engines in an effort to reduce or eliminate the need for dual ignition systems on aircraft fyi. modern factory oem automotive ignitions are borderline at best for firing them now if this continues as an argument its on your head. budd well budd as i can see some things never change and you wonder why you get attacked the way that you do. i try to be nice and instead of simply saying that the plugs that you used were a surface gap plug that could not be adjusted you instead and once again resort to childish insults. you really need to grow up a little bit dude. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving uh tom how can you see those plugs from where you are what gap are you talking about theyre bosh plus 4 platinums. show us how to adjust the gap on a surface gap plug mister mechanic note deliberate lack of capitalization. budd you might want to open the gap on those platinums about a thousandth or so over the factory specification. that should bring back some of the heat in his spark and make the engine run a little better. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving my kid brothers astro van 4.3 doesnt like platinums. gas mileage is down 8% and the idle quality throttlebody injection sucks. myself i dont see any real reason to buy them and when he can he plans to go back to either champions or a.c. delco. budd tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcien5g@earthlink.net wrote in message engine but why would you want to do that the general opinion in the group is that they do little if anything as far as performance and cost a hell of a lot more. set of 8 autolite 5224 - $10.80 set of 8 autolite ap5224 - $17.12 given that the life expectancy of a platinum-tipped plug is 3-4 times that of a conventional plug 30k intervals for conventional plugs 100k intervals for platinum the platinum plugs are cheaper in the long run. my 95 v10s been running on the same set of ap5224s for over 50k and i have no plans on changing them anytime soon. for me that extra 8 bucks was well worth it - especially in those damn #7 and #9 cylinders.... $&^!%^$% master cylinder tears my arm up. if you are gonna use platinum plugs and leave em in for a loooong time be sure to use anti-seize on the threads... especially with loomnum heads... thats why i dont recommend the plats but hey its your money.. mike .

From : tbone

what brand did you get i dont want to make a major rewiring job out of this i would like to just stick another in if that is possible. bought an aftermarket cd/am/fm radio. nicer sound too!! out of the clear my radio quit working in my 94 dakota. it just went completly dead no noise nothing. fuse checks okay so must be an internal problem. has anyone else had this same problem and what did you do about it thanks for any help ron .

From : mike simmons

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From : tom lawrence

out of the clear my radio quit working in my 94 dakota. it just went completly dead no noise nothing. fuse checks okay so must be an internal problem. has anyone else had this same problem and what did you do about it thanks for any help ron .

From : max dodge

set of 8 autolite 5224 - $10.80 set of 8 autolite ap5224 - $17.12 like i said almost twice the price. i see you still have problems with percentages. lol what does this have to do with percentages 17.12 is not 200% of 10.80 as you claim. if you couldnt see that you dont have a handle on percentages. the damn thing still has its original cap and rotor. yet you blame the lack of performance on the plugs..... i said no improvement in performance and the cap and rotor were within spec at the time of replacement of the plugs. within spec thats great show me a spec for a cap and rotor please. -- max give a man a match and he is warm for a short while. light him on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life. set of 8 autolite 5224 - $10.80 set of 8 autolite ap5224 - $17.12 like i said almost twice the price. i see you still have problems with percentages. lol what does this have to do with percentages the damn thing still has its original cap and rotor. yet you blame the lack of performance on the plugs..... i said no improvement in performance and the cap and rotor were within spec at the time of replacement of the plugs. they worked about as well as the factory plugs with 60000 on them. i think we know what direction this is going..... or is it the direction that you will try to spin it into -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .

From : tbone

and that sentence you wrote bodes real well for your knowledge of the english language...............example...the means huh and the proper word is youre not your i would hesitate to be so critical if you cannot be correct! jon patrick wrote @f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com beware of linda west 925 876-7441 of chipman united van lines/ caton mayflower she likes to put peoples names on moving contracts with out there knowledge or she likes to do fraud & forgery concordca or caton mayflower moving & storage movers & relocation service dublinca 925 876-7441 925-887-5515 925-825-5000 800-825-3866800-447-9771 925-609-1800 800-447-1771 925-935-4073 925-828-3985 judgin gby the eloquent way in which you put together run-on sentences with bad structure i dont believe a damn word you said -- when i figure out exactly what youre trying to say. well the fbi the cops and a judge can read it and figure it out - so the means you cant read so you need to go back to the 1st grade - wait your in the 1st grade. .

From : tbone

on tue 11 oct 2005 081521 -0700 mac davis mac.davis@splinters.comcast.net wrote on tue 11 oct 2005 023830 gmt budd cochran mr-d150@spam.citlink.net wrote hey budd! how ya been same question here. honestly glad to see you back and well. hope you stick around. gawd . . .some things just never change . . . . budd on sun 9 oct 2005 105149 -0500 mike simmons mikesim@yhti.net wrote okay decided to go back into plowing with a friend. his office will handle the billing phones and other such bs. i have to do all the estimates. decided all subs have to own a 2003 or newer 3/4 ton or bigger and have a driver to fill in. we put together 8 pick ups and a loader. should be interesting a winter. guess im back looking for that elusive cj. roy damn. do ya have to have a diesel heated leather seats and a wool covered spinner knob to work for you guys too i was gonna volunteer to help out for free but i just dont qualify. bg real men dont need heated seats! bfg ahem!... well what the hell did i expect anyway.... its getting cold out and heeeere we go again with the heated seat slurs.... sigh ;^ m sorry mike but theres some things that real men should never admit to......... yeah you mean like blastin innocent bowling balls with large caliber handguns you are just damned lucky i didnt sic the petbb* people on ya when i heard about it....... mike * people for the ethical treatment of bowling balls give him a break mike... he probably used a bowling ball cuz he couldnt hit a baseball... ya know the right to arm bears probably doesnt cover bunnies does it course not.... it only covers bears! ^ mike mac please remove splinters before emailing mac please remove splinters before emailing .

From : budd cochran

stardog wrote rain is leaking into my cab its been raining steady for a couple of days and i think it is its my satellite radio antenna. any one else have that problem and any fixes. i took it apart today to see but it was raining again so i couldnt do much. thanks for any help. im assuming youre saying your satellite antenna wire is routed into the cab through the brake light. if its leaking where the wire passes then just put a dab of silicone on it. .

From : budd cochran

@bgtnsc05-.ops.worldnet.att.net joe wrote tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcien5g@earthlink.net wrote in i seem to rmember something here about a blocked drain tube is it easy to find/clean or should i just take it to dealer look on the bottom of the firewall passenger side just above the wheel well for a little rubber 90 elbow. this is the drain. snake a pipe cleaner up in there and see if you can unclog it. the 03 at least mine doesnt have the elbow - its a straight pipe that exits the firewall horizontally. this is part of the problem in that the drip from the drain can be blown back into the cab as the truck is moving. the solution was to seal the area around the drain to prevent the drip from coming back in. joe 03 dakota 5.9 r/t cc 93 mustang 5.0 lx hatch with a few goodies thanks. i looked with a flashlight last night and didnt see anything similar to a drain tube. bottom of firewall just above wheel well ill try to look today before it gets dark. mine comes out of the firewall and simply ends; it sticks out only about 1/2 or so. if you follow the tranny dipstick down behind the passenger valve cover you should be able to see the tube poking out of the firewall. again note that clogging isnt necessarily the issue - its the water exiting the tube that gets blown back into the cab that causes the problem. because my tube wasnt clogged water never entered the cab unless the truck was moving over 30-40mph. that was fast enough for the airflow down there to push the water back around the tube and into the cab behind the firewall. .

From : budd cochran

in circles bg budd set of 8 autolite 5224 - $10.80 set of 8 autolite ap5224 - $17.12 like i said almost twice the price. i see you still have problems with percentages. the damn thing still has its original cap and rotor. yet you blame the lack of performance on the plugs..... they worked about as well as the factory plugs with 60000 on them. i think we know what direction this is going..... -- max give a man a match and he is warm for a short while. light him on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life. engine but why would you want to do that the general opinion in the group is that they do little if anything as far as performance and cost a hell of a lot more. set of 8 autolite 5224 - $10.80 set of 8 autolite ap5224 - $17.12 like i said almost twice the price. given that the life expectancy of a platinum-tipped plug is 3-4 times that of a conventional plug 30k intervals for conventional plugs 100k intervals for platinum the platinum plugs are cheaper in the long run. my 95 v10s been running on the same set of ap5224s for over 50k and i have no plans on changing them anytime soon. for me that extra 8 bucks was well worth it - especially in those damn #7 and #9 cylinders.... $&^!%^$% master cylinder tears my arm up. i did the same thing for the same reasons except for me it was the #5 and #7 cylinders but the same master cylinder and i can say that i was not impressed with the performance. they worked about as well as the factory plugs with 60000 on them. of course i didnt know or think to gap them a little wider to make up for the lower resistance which may have something to do with it and im not about to pull them out to do it now. it will be needing new wires soon so perhaps when i change them i might give it a shot. the damn thing still has its original cap and rotor. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .

From : max dodge

yeah but youre just as homely as ever. vbg. when you gonna get those ears ironed straight budd gawd . . .some things just never change . . . . budd yeh... aint it great!!! bg good to see youre back.. denny .

From : max dodge

my old compaq gave up the ghost and moneys been tighter than a old mizers wallet so ive been offline for a while. my eldest bought a motherboard/case and power supply for me and i wrangled a deal with a local compter expert to build a pent.iii system. sorry the cushmans on hold till i get the lebaron up and running again. darn trans went out. for now my kid brothers staying with us and were driving his shudder!!!! 89 astro van. budd yeah they suck the doors off ferds and chubbies and i got me a new computer and i aint afraid to use it. now go plow sumpthin before ya hurt youself. budd heh heh heh gotta love it! where the hell ya been older than me what been doin the cushman done roy on wed 5 oct 2005 115251 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote seeing as it has been slow around here i figured this might wake it up a bit. seems that the 06 viper is 7 10ths. slower and 9 mph slower than the corvette z06 in the quarter mile. one place the viper did beat the corvette was price. viper cost approx 35k more. these tests were not done at the same location or same time or by the same drive but are a pretty good indication of what is to come. bud drop in and say hello. roy this place aint been the same since budd left. i miss the old fart. beekeep im sure hes reading this. this will pry him out. road runners suck!!!bfg roy .

From : tbone

gawd . . .some things just never change . . . . budd yeh... aint it great!!! bg good to see youre back.. denny .

From : tbone

back to your childish bs again i see maxi. if you actually bothered to read it i did say no increase in performance and nothing about maintenance. ill repeat for the hard of understanding among you..... here comes the bs get out the boots!!!! if the gap stays more stable its performance is better over the long run. thus there is an increase in performance above non platinum tipped plugs over the long run. lol unless you also take into account that there lower resistance allows the arc to form at a lower voltage at factory settings which actually can decrease performance as demonstrated by budds brothers car as well as my own ram and if you follow the recommended maintenance schedule you would be replacing the copper core plugs way before the change in gap would have any measurable effect so once again you are still full of it. much bs snipped for brevity iow anything that proves you wrong is simply deleted. the point here is that despite your claim not all of us feel that platinum plugs are a waste of time and energy. now where did i say that all of you did oh thats right. i didnt. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .

From : max dodge

engine but why would you want to do that the general opinion in the group is that they do little if anything as far as performance and cost a hell of a lot more. set of 8 autolite 5224 - $10.80 set of 8 autolite ap5224 - $17.12 given that the life expectancy of a platinum-tipped plug is 3-4 times that of a conventional plug 30k intervals for conventional plugs 100k intervals for platinum the platinum plugs are cheaper in the long run. my 95 v10s been running on the same set of ap5224s for over 50k and i have no plans on changing them anytime soon. for me that extra 8 bucks was well worth it - especially in those damn #7 and #9 cylinders.... $&^!%^$% master cylinder tears my arm up. .

From : tbone

i seem to rmember something here about a blocked drain tube is it easy to find/clean or should i just take it to dealer look on the bottom of the firewall passenger side just above the wheel well for a little rubber 90 elbow. this is the drain. snake a pipe cleaner up in there and see if you can unclog it. .

From : max dodge

2003 dakota passenger carpet gets soaked after using a/c or defroster. i seem to rmember something here about a blocked drain tube is it easy to find/clean or should i just take it to dealer .

From : bigz69z

definitely also the wiring harness for about 18 back from the connector tom lawrence wrote are you sure about that pretty sure... a buddy and i spent the better part of the day troubleshooting his abs problem. he would get an abs light shortly after rolling. we disconnected each combination of two sensors leaving only one connected at a time to try and use the speedometer to detect a bad sensor. each time the abs lights would go out after the self-test but come back on when he started rolling because only one sensor was showing voltage pulses. now its possible that if a sensor failed in such a way as to short closed that would immediately trip the warning lights - i dont know we never shorted his connectors. is there a possibility for the connectors to the sensor to cause the problems .

From : tbone

can a person replace a hall effect setup on an 1988 3.9 d150 with a distributor with a vacuum advance. that way i could put a regular carb on it and do away with the smec .

From : max dodge

procare wants $1022 plus tax to do this repair. they say the major cost is to remove and reinstall the intake manifold in order to get to the gear. the local dodge dealer wants about $300. they say the gear can be replaced without removing the manifold. to just change the distributor gear nothing else is required except the obvious disconnect cap align to tdc remove rotor loosen hold-down clamp and pull distributor out. once the distributor is out the gear can be removed and a new one put on. its unlikely that the camshaft gear is worn since the distributor gear is usually bronze so that any wear occurs on it and not the camshaft which is obviously more difficult to replace. however the first shop may also want to replace the bushing which keeps the distributor shaft from wobbling. this is pressed into the top of the block and does require pulling the manifold to get to it. verify with procare if indeed the bushing is worn this can be felt by wiggling the distributor shaft with the hold-down loosened. but... its hard to justify an extra $700 to r/r the intake manifold. thats about 6 hours of labor plus gaskets sealer shop supplies etc. - and thats at a high $100/hr. labor rate to boot. theres probably about 3 hours of real work involved in doing that. .

From : max dodge

1.58* is almost twice as much must be a new math thing. what the hell does 1.58* even mean talk about new math. 17.12 is 79.26% of 21.60 which is almost there to me. less than 80% is almost there wow you can have the doctors that score 80% on their exams ill take the ones that are almost there at 95% and above. -- max give a man a match and he is warm for a short while. light him on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life. tbone wrote 17.12 is not 200% of 10.80 as you claim. did the word almost slip by you or did you just redefine that one as well. 1.58* is almost twice as much must be a new math thing. what the hell does 1.58* even mean talk about new math. 17.12 is 79.26% of 21.60 which is almost there to me. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .

From : tbone

do any of you folks that work for a dealer know if a rear bumper and back bars from a 2002 dodge 2500 pick up will fit on a 2005 dodge 2500 pick up tia roy .

From : bdk

theres a bolt holding the braket for the brake line that runs over the sensor on top of the housing. take the nut off move the lines bracket out of the way. and remove the rest of the bolt. the sensor simply slides out. i only replaced the one on the transmission not relizing that there was one on the rear as well. im not sure how that comes out though. it doesnt look like it screws in. .