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From : gendow u38317 uwe

Q: roy -- max everyone is entitled to his own opinion he is not entitled to his own facts. sen. daniel patrick moynihan of new york tdr is also a corporate slave with the main thrust of lining the owners pockets. a corporate salve a little dramatic imo. yup you pay a membership to get full access and to recieve a fairly informative 150 page magazine 4 0r 5 times a year but you can read the info at no charge i believe. if its inhabited by the same types thatwere there several years ago its more my truck is faster than yours because im smarter than you than it is informative. still there may be gems to find among the crap. iow its little better than this group and the ng is free. you gotta be kidding!!! . roy -- max everyone is entitled to his own opinion he is not entitled to his own facts. sen. daniel patrick moynihan of new york ive never registered on this website but tried to since i recently bought me a cummins ram. it tells me my email addy has been banned and to contact the administrator. i did but no response. is this website private by invite only or what anyone know the admins there miles im a little late getting to this but you might want to check out the tdr. it is a moderated site but i have yet to find one more informative when it comes to cummins/dodge info. the other sites mentioned are good guess you have to find one that fits your needs. heres the addy www.turbodieselregister.com roy . 222 339829 zmmri.5605$w22.1225@trndny04 nope not kidding. i was a member there for several years. at one point they handed webmaster duties to a guy who hated dodges and drove a ford. sadly it showed in his attitude towards the members. one guy got banned from promoting his product even though people were asking him directly about it. so he had to reply in a manner which didnt answer the question. iirc he finally posted that he could discuss things in full on the phone and left tdr. there were other instances that made no sense where a member was shown the door for no apparent reason. finally when tdr admins went noisily public about how they had taken the site from its actual founder and then how they were suing him for starting another site i discontinued membership. tdr seemed far more interested in holding its status with chrysler and promoting its own retail outlet than allowing free exchange of information. maybe that has changed but im doubting it. -- max everyone is entitled to his own opinion he is not entitled to his own facts. sen. daniel patrick moynihan of new york tdr is also a corporate slave with the main thrust of lining the owners pockets. a corporate salve a little dramatic imo. yup you pay a membership to get full access and to recieve a fairly informative 150 page magazine 4 0r 5 times a year but you can read the info at no charge i believe. if its inhabited by the same types thatwere there several years ago its more my truck is faster than yours because im smarter than you than it is informative. still there may be gems to find among the crap. iow its little better than this group and the ng is free. you gotta be kidding!!! . roy -- max everyone is entitled to his own opinion he is not entitled to his own facts. sen. daniel patrick moynihan of new york ive never registered on this website but tried to since i recently bought me a cummins ram. it tells me my email addy has been banned and to contact the administrator. i did but no response. is this website private by invite only or what anyone know the admins there miles im a little late getting to this but you might want to check out the tdr. it is a moderated site but i have yet to find one more informative when it comes to cummins/dodge info. the other sites mentioned are good guess you have to find one that fits your needs. heres the addy www.turbodieselregister.com roy .

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From : bob

on oct 24 632 am steve lusardi stevenos...@lusardi.de wrote unfortunately this is a common problem especially with aluminum heads. the problem you are facing is that very likely the threads are already destroyed. if they are then the only recourse you have is to remove the head restore the threads with a helicoil and overhaul/rebuild the entire head. the large cost is the labor whether you do it or a shop does this. parts are cheap labor is expensive. my advise if you are a mechanic is to remove the head as is bring it to an automotive machine shop and have then check the valves seats and guides. replace or regrind as necessary check the springs for set or cracking reassemble with new seals. at the same time they will check the deck for straightness and retap or replace all sparkplug threads. this machine shop service is not expensive because they have all the tools and machines required. the whole head can be done within 3 hours 4 hours tops if all actions must be taken. very often helicoiling a sparkplug thread can only be done from the combustion chamber side because of thread access limitations of the retapping tools or the coil staking tool. when reassembling the engine always use antiseize on both the headbolts and sparkplugs infact every bolt if threaded into aluminum. steve i managed to remove the stuck plug this evening. a little heat some penetrating oil and working the plug out and back in a little and so on did the trick. the old plug came out with perfect threads and nothing extra thankfully! however the misfire is still there with a new plug installed. my next thought... if i have a dead cylinder shouldnt i eventually start smelling raw gasoline vapor out the exhaust i smell no gasoline whatsoever. the old plug came out bone dry by the way - not oily or sooty or anything like that. i suspect i might have a dead fuel injector. i should be able to verify this by pulling a couple spark plugs removing the ignition fuse and cranking the engine over right a good injector would result in gas squirting out the hole whereas a dead #5 injector would result in nothing coming out - thats my theory .

From : lyndell thompson

beekeep wrote http//tinyurl.com/379fuh that should keep him occupied for a few days weeks or months. beekeep i dont know about snowman but tom l. is stuck. in fact this whole thread went off-topic like theres suddenly no interest in the test any more. .

From : edtheward

max dodge wrote unfortunately most of the problems i encounter dont seem to be things the average joe on a website can solve. this is likely because ive been turning wrenches longer than the average joe i grew up tearing cars apart in my school days. problem is that much of that isnt relevant to todays vehicles. gone are the days of solving most engine problems with basic hand tools and a volt meter. on many websites ive found some highly skilled individuals and mechanics. you do have to filter out the non-answers. .

From : gendow via carkb com u38317 uwe

do you have a portable camcorder if not. borrow one. try to capture the failure on it. i have a 2007 dodge dakota 3.7l 6 cylinder automatic i bought it brand new in july 2007. on two occassions september 14 and october 12 2007 my instrument panel indicated that my transmission was in drive however my vehicle could only reach 45 mph on the freeway with the tachometer winding out at 4000 which led me to believe that the vehicle was in 2nd gear. i would pull off the freeway and shift to neutral reverse park then back to reverse neutral and drive however the vehicle would still only go 45 mph with the tachometer winding out at 4000. i took the vehicle to the dealership the next morning on both occassions where my vehicle is covered under warranty and both times the dealership said that they test drove my vehicle and could not duplicate the problem. does anyone have any ideas what might be going on any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. .

From : ed m

1993 caravan... 3.3liter... awd abs vehicle was being driven and just died. heres the scenario.... no pulse width to injectors no dwell signal to any of the three coils in the coil pack good 12v at b+ coil pack and injectors good asd voltage to coil pack injectors etc 8-9 volts nominal during cranking cranks fine fuel pump comes on and fuel rail comes up to pressure checking all the following circuits right at the computer...... -good cam sensor signal -good crank sensor signal all 12 volt ignition and battery feeds to computer good all ground leads to computer good there is no pulse width signal to any injector.... shows battery voltage indicating complete circuit via asd relay and injectors there is no dwell signal to any coil.... shows battery voltage indicating complete circuit via asd relay and coils have checked play in timing chain.... 2 degrees max.... 145k 90 thousand miles on engine have tried 3 different computers from running engines - no change have tried 2 different body computers - no change vehicle antitheft indicates disabled scanner reports no trouble codes scanner reports good data - all sensors normal during cranking scanner reports good crank sensor signal and cam sensor signal during cranking scanner reports cranking rpm yet................. no trigger signal dwell to coil pack and no pulse width to injectors...... what am i missing thanks in advance...... jp .. .

From : ed m

thanks for your thoughts... but a i mentioned.... there is no pulse width signal from the computer to the fuel injectors to trigger them to open and deliver fuel...... no spark... no fuel delivery..... - 1993 caravan... 3.3liter... awd abs vehicle was being driven and just died. heres the scenario.... no pulse width to injectors no dwell signal to any of the three coils in the coil pack good 12v at b+ coil pack and injectors good asd voltage to coil pack injectors etc 8-9 volts nominal during cranking cranks fine fuel pump comes on and fuel rail comes up to pressure checking all the following circuits right at the computer...... -good cam sensor signal -good crank sensor signal all 12 volt ignition and battery feeds to computer good all ground leads to computer good there is no pulse width signal to any injector.... shows battery voltage indicating complete circuit via asd relay and injectors there is no dwell signal to any coil.... shows battery voltage indicating complete circuit via asd relay and coils have checked play in timing chain.... 2 degrees max.... 145k 90 thousand miles on engine have tried 3 different computers from running engines - no change have tried 2 different body computers - no change vehicle antitheft indicates disabled scanner reports no trouble codes scanner reports good data - all sensors normal during cranking scanner reports good crank sensor signal and cam sensor signal during cranking scanner reports cranking rpm yet................. no trigger signal dwell to coil pack and no pulse width to injectors...... what am i missing thanks in advance...... jp i might be way off-but sounds like something in the fuel line-- is stopping gas from coming in . .

From : ed m

michelin ltx m/s -- ------------------------------------------ laszlo almasi ----cool toys formerly carolina watercraft works ----mack daddy trailers ----ice angels i have a 96 dodge ram 1500 4x4 that i use 65% highway and 35% off road in rugged terrain. i have researched a bit and still need help on tire selection. which tire would you guys recomend .

From : bill

1993 caravan... 3.3liter... awd abs vehicle was being driven and just died. heres the scenario.... no pulse width to injectors no dwell signal to any of the three coils in the coil pack good 12v at b+ coil pack and injectors good asd voltage to coil pack injectors etc 8-9 volts nominal during cranking cranks fine fuel pump comes on and fuel rail comes up to pressure checking all the following circuits right at the computer...... -good cam sensor signal -good crank sensor signal all 12 volt ignition and battery feeds to computer good all ground leads to computer good there is no pulse width signal to any injector.... shows battery voltage indicating complete circuit via asd relay and injectors there is no dwell signal to any coil.... shows battery voltage indicating complete circuit via asd relay and coils have checked play in timing chain.... 2 degrees max.... 145k 90 thousand miles on engine have tried 3 different computers from running engines - no change have tried 2 different body computers - no change vehicle antitheft indicates disabled scanner reports no trouble codes scanner reports good data - all sensors normal during cranking scanner reports good crank sensor signal and cam sensor signal during cranking scanner reports cranking rpm yet................. no trigger signal dwell to coil pack and no pulse width to injectors...... what am i missing thanks in advance...... jp i might be way off-but sounds like something in the fuel line-- is stopping gas from coming in . .

From : abby normal

nope not kidding. i was a member there for several years. at one point they handed webmaster duties to a guy who hated dodges and drove a ford. sadly it showed in his attitude towards the members. one guy got banned from promoting his product even though people were asking him directly about it. so he had to reply in a manner which didnt answer the question. iirc he finally posted that he could discuss things in full on the phone and left tdr. that would have probably been bill k from dtt iirc. he makes a fantastic product but there were other vendors that paid to advertise on that site he refused. the choice was pretty much his. there were other instances that made no sense where a member was shown the door for no apparent reason. finally when tdr admins went noisily public about how they had taken the site from its actual founder and then how they were suing him for starting another site i discontinued membership. tdr seemed far more interested in holding its status with chrysler and promoting its own retail outlet than allowing free exchange of information. maybe that has changed but im doubting it. like every site it has its ups and downs but overall i dont think you can find more or better info o