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From : edtheward
Q: its weird - my neighbor has an 02 ram red and its gorgeous. sits out in 90-degree-plus sunshine every day just like mine and his paints beautiful. i love the truck but some stuff on it is just garbage. abby.normal back.off@nospam.net wrote in i know that dodge has never learned to paint a vehicle. ive seen that happen on a lot of them. the paint sort of wears off. they dont put enough clear on and the clear they use must be cheap. once you get it repainted by someone that does know how to paint it will last. i had a 1988 pontiac do that and gm repainted it all for free. dodge would never consider that. they dont even recall anything until the maximum allowed people have been killed first. all in all i still think they are a pretty nice vehicle. although after this last crap they offered i am changing next time around. they just offered free lifetime drive train warranties on everything purchased after sep. something this year. i just spend over $40 on two new vehicles from dodge/chrysler and do not qualify because i purchased them both just about a month or so prior to them making that offer. im done buying from them now. gm would have made that reasonably retroactive. ford is simply crap in every aspect - dont even go down that road without a full box of tools towing insurance and a cell phone. nope only waxed in the garage. but it stays out in the south florida sun all the time. still... abby.normal back.off@nospam.net wrote in coming off an 03 did you ever wax it in direct sunlight yeah all my dakotas did that but the truck is worth it. i got an estimate for repainting the hood and roof for $600 and did it myself for $250. paints bubbling and flaking off on my black 03 dak leaving rough white discolored areas on the roof and hood. of course clearcoats totally gone in those areas. havent been able to find it so far but is there a warranty period for the paint theres no rust only paint problems. tia. .
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From : ed h
on sep 12 829 am steve lusardi stevenos...@lusardi.de wrote sounds lke the flex plate flywheel to torque converter bolts are loose. check before the thing self destructs. steve hmm how much would something like that usually cost to fix price range wise -thanks -tim .
From : edtheward
audit2 wrote i have a ram 1500 with 275/60 r20 tires. these are after-market tires so reading the door jam will not work. bought it used. i think max air pressure is 80* anyone know about what pressure these should carry thanks linda you need enough tire pressure to maintain a flat contact patch when warm. the exact pressure reading will vary from vehicle to vehicle. the sidewall will tell you max pressure only. doesnt tell you normal operating pressure. start at about 50psi. put a few miles on the tires on a sunny day. let them get warm. find a flat lot to play in. cover a patch of tread with simple childs colored chalk. cover the entire width of the contact patch. now drive a few truck lengths. look at the chalk. it should be scrubbed off evenly across the contact patch. if more is left on the outside edges the pressure is too high. if more is left in the middle pressure is too low. -- ..bob 2006 fxdi hot rod 2001 dodge dakota qc 5.9/4x4/3.92 1966 mustang coupe - daily driver 1965 ffr cobra - 427w efi damn fast. .
From : ed h
i have a ram 1500 with 275/60 r20 tires. these are after-market tires so reading the door jam will not work. bought it used. i think max air pressure is 80* you need to carry a lot of pressure in those kinds of tire/rim combos too to minimize the chance of impact damge to rim with limited sidewall between tread and rim. 6.5 of sidewall isnt exactly limited.... in fact its barely less sidewall then on a stock 16 tire from earlier years my 95 3500 came stock with 215/85r16s which had 7.1 of sidewall on a much heavier vehicle. .
From : bigironram
napalmheart olsonfam@iserv.net wrote in ed m. ed@edmedlin.com wrote in abby.normal wrote coming off an 03 did you ever wax it in direct sunlight yeah all my dakotas did that but the truck is worth it. i got an estimate for repainting the hood and roof for $600 and did it myself for $250. paints bubbling and flaking off on my black 03 dak leaving rough white discolored areas on the roof and hood. of course clearcoats totally gone in those areas. havent been able to find it so far but is there a warranty period for the paint theres no rust only paint problems. tia. have you been using a buffer on it jam that was my first thought. many folks take their vehicles to detailers and they have some kid with a buffer doing it and it scares the hell out of me.......-. buffing out a vehicle is a very touchy job to do and sometimes can take the clear coat right off a vehicle if not done properly. ed no buffer. just the occasional hand-applied meguiars in the garage. its just a crappy paint job. and now the headliners coming down to boot. glues disintegrating and the headliners drooping. south florida sun is killer but any vehicle sold in this country should be able to withstand the elements for at least 4 years. mine simply didnt. concerning the headliner does this vehicle regularly have someone smoking in it stuff in the smoke can cause the glue to breakdown. the headliner in my dak is starting to sag no smokers but its a 97. ken nobodys ever smoked in the truck and im the original owner. i suspect its sagging from the heat just like the paint. the areas right in front of the visors near the windshield is coming down as is the whole area above the front seats. the rear is ok because its got a bit more breathing space between the actual roof and the headliner back there its a cc. one of these days ill remove the headliner and redo it. joann fabrics has spools of headliner material ready to go - all id need is the glue and the time to redo everything. .
From : marsh monster
suddenly without warning ed m. exclaimed 9/11/2007 905 pm so i finally got the truck in to have the manifold gasket replaced per my posts a little bit ago. walked to the mechanics this afternoon to find my truck still in the shop with the hood up. he was supposed to call if it wasnt ready! ah well. he said the manifold was warped and hed sent it out to have it machined. that was done and the truck will be ready tomorrow. in my short google excursion i saw that warped manifolds are usually replaced. but this is outback australia and replacing parts aint always easy and doubly hard for a yank tank so i imaging machining is probably the norm around here. but for my particular truck 2001 dakota should i be concerned will a freshly machined manifold be as good as new are there consequences to this i should know about and how does a manifold warp anyway was it likely always that way and the gaskets just gotten old enough for me to notice the tik and could a warped manifold cause the p0455 code exhaust leak the mechanic didnt seem to think replacing the gasket would fix the leak... as always any advice appreciated. jmc if a good machinist does the job it should be fine. warped manifolds assuming exhaust manifold since i missed your previous post are usually caused by extreme changes in temperature but can just happen from normal usage in rare cases. it could have been an improperly machined manifold right from the start and the gasket hid the problem for the most part but you had some small leakage causing your code. i would assume that the mechanic pre-mounted the manifold and saw some daylight between it and the block and decided to fix the problem the right way instead of just covering the problem with another gasket. this is probably the most likely scenario because a very small leak may not be noticeable until it finally just blows the gasket completely. ed ed thanks for the response. yup exhaust manifold. mechanic didnt have the option of covering the problem with a second gasket cause he only has one. i live overseas and had to order the gasket from the us. extreme changes in temperature. well we got that here gets well into the 100s but the computers had the small code since we were in a place without extremes p0422 cant remember; the code though did change to a bigger leak while in this much hotter desert location. jmc .
From : tom lawrence
abby.normal wrote coming off an 03 did you ever wax it in direct sunlight yeah all my dakotas did that but the truck is worth it. i got an estimate for repainting the hood and roof for $600 and did it myself for $250. paints bubbling and flaking off on my black 03 dak leaving rough white discolored areas on the roof and hood. of course clearcoats totally gone in those areas. havent been able to find it so far but is there a warranty period for the paint theres no rust only paint problems. tia. have you been using a buffer on it jam .
From : edtheward
brand cb even tell you in the instructions like men read them that you should hook it direct to the battery. which is a real good way to wind up with a dead battery because you forgot to turn off the radio. well than i suggest you dont forget to turn it off. .
From : kapop
brand cb even tell you in the instructions like men read them that you should hook it direct to the battery. which is a real good way to wind up with a dead battery because you forgot to turn off the radio. .