2004 Dodge RAM Rear-End
From : jwp
Q: not sure about 2004s but look in the glove box and see if there is a sticker in there. my 2001 has it listed there. jwp wrote hey yall.... is there any other way of verifying what the rear-end gear ratio is other than climbing under neat and reading the tag on a 2004 dodge ram 1500 q/c p/u i dont recall the ratio being listed on the sticker and i see now that the vin # doesnt have any clues. fwiw ive got the 5 speed manual transmission and the 4.7l v8. thanks... .
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From : mac davis
on fri 19 nov 2004 020121 gmt jeremy allsidesfinished@hotmail.com wrote can anyone tell me thier real world mileage for a dodge 3/4 ton 4x4 with the hemi i love the way it drives but need to know real world facts before buying. thanks. this has been covered recently. did you bother to look back yup this guy wants ya to go through a thousand threads before you ask. but after he busts yer chops he will grace you with a answer. go figure. .
From : maxpower
thanks for the advice.... some of it is technically beyond me but ive got a co-worker who does a lot of auto work and im sure he can explain it to me. a few ideas. the door lock/latch mechanism needs to be replaced. i had this happen a couple of times. for the lack of power some things to check put on a vacuum meter and check if its low. have the egr system checked out. have a mechanic put a manual guage on the fuel rail and check rail pressure. check the o2 sensors i you have a 3 way cat make sure the recirc line is intact and not rusted away. these are all things ive had to battle in the past. on thu 18 nov 2004 135230 -0600 carl chipman cchipman@nomadics.com wrote hey guys used to hang out on this forum right when i bought my truck five years or so ago but have dropped off till recently...however my 1999 dodge ram qc long bed is getting old and has 135000 miles on it in ive got the 5.9l v8 and gas mileage is pretty bad in the 12-13 on the highway and 10-12 around town... if im pulling something its falling down to 9 mpg. in short it sucks... does anyone have any advice.. ive just recently replaced the distributor cap well actually my mechanic did and we
From : jwp
lol gee i try to be nice and you still act like an asshole. oh well i tried. i buy the equipment so that i can see what is wrong and work from there. i doubt you would buy the drb2 and a smoke machine just to find the leak on your own vehicle. both are several thousand bucks apiece. and you would be correct. my code reader could possibly be considered a lower line diag tool as it can read and display data from the sensors and computer and send it to my pc as well as read and clear codes. as for the smoke machine i could probably fabricate that but i know thaty it would be no where near as effective as the several thusanddollar one. but as i know you get what you pay for. the list is dammed near endless on what the drb can do compared to a generic code reader. take just about any electrical system on the vehical and the drb can force relays/solinoids/servos to cycle. it can monitor you cruise control buttons for functioning. it can tell you what shut off the cruise the last time it was on. ie brake switch power button neutral safety switch ect. it can sweep the needles on your dash gauges check the climate control the list is endless. but it has never given me any sex yet. g ya see now you have me wanting to buy one damn you! - i guess that you are not as smart as i thought never mind. ya know mr. bone a few of your posts you act like a man and although i dont always agree with your opinion i respect it. most of the time tho you just sound like a whiney little baby bitch that likes to read his own posts and sit there and smile about how witty they are. in all honesty denny if you want me to take these comments seriously then you really need to be a little less one sided with them. i will be the first to admit that i am far from perfect and start my share of crap but i am far from alone in doing that and yet i seem to be the only one that gets any shit for it. one reason for that is that i dont have your e-mail addy. i have voiced my opinion and listened to others from several different members of this group but i do it thru the mail. i just feel that all this bs does not do anything good for the group. myself i like the off topic discussions. ive learned a bunch over the years about all kinds of shit but it usually degrades into name calling and insults and no offence you are right in the middle of it nearly every time. i never said you started all of it but you sure dont hesitate to join in at the first chance. that answer is fair enough. the email address connected to these post does work after the nospam is removed. you are correct i dont hesitate to join in more than i should and catch myself doing it every now and then. no offence taken but i wind up right in the middle of it sometimes because multiple people jump on me for something i said and i am trying to defend myself. i admit that is not always the case but it happens far more than you realize or at least that is how i honestly see it. as you know there are a few people in this group including me that like to carry on or have the last word and the problem is that i tend to be on one side and the rest of them are on the other. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : mac davis
on fri 19 nov 2004 162819 gmt mac davis mac.davis@comcast.net wrote there is a certain attraction to that life style if you can give up having a home base.. i cant yet my wife and i have an agreement - when she is ready to give up the stick house im ready to retire. shes onboard with that idea and the time is getting close. ive got a minimum two more years since i just accepted orders but after that . . . i talked to a couple in an rv park this summer that lived in their 5er.. when i asked them where they were from they said for the last 4 years anywhere that its 75 degrees that was their comfort level and whenever it got too warm or cold they moved north or south.. that has been my parents philosophy since 1978 when they started full-timing. they have now settled back into a park model trailer in the benson skp park but still have a 29 footer and spend part of the winter in quartzsite. we tried it for a few months before i entered the navy in 1982 and enjoyed the lifestyle and that has been one of the main goals of my retirement plan. greg .
From : miles
on fri 19 nov 2004 091731 -0600 jwp justin@jwpauler.org wrote hey yall.... is there any other way of verifying what the rear-end gear ratio is other than climbing under neat and reading the tag on a 2004 dodge ram 1500 q/c p/u i dont recall the ratio being listed on the sticker and i see now that the vin # doesnt have any clues. fwiw ive got the 5 speed manual transmission and the 4.7l v8. thanks... there should be a label in the glove box.. .