88 Ram 50 Idler Pulley Failure
From : scott
Q: damn close to the paper filter only 1% less effective wrong einstein nope. paper filter at 2% k&n at 3%. 3 - 2 still equals 1 the last time i checked it out. 3-2 = 1 like i said. 3 % - 2 % = 1 % exactly!!! which means that the k&n is 1% less effective than the oem like i repeatedly said. learn to handle percentages before you make an even larger ass of yourself if thats possible lol sorry gary but it is you that needs to learn how to accurately use percentages rather that the distorted fuzzy math way you currently do. it passes 50% more dirt than an oem 0.03 / 0.02 = 1.50 so what it still only passes 1% more dirt in total volume than the oem any way that you try to spin it. who mentioned total volume the numbers you are basing your distorted calculations on are based on total volume. what you are comming up with is meaningless bs. i was talking about relative filtering ability i understand that but when you are talking about high effeciency the number that you come up with is a distorted value that really means nothing. but thats probably beyond your comprehension no i have a full comprehension on how you are trying to distort the actual capabilities of the k&n with your fuzzy math. perhaps you need to comprehend the definition of fuzzy math although i believe that you are fully aware of its meaning. and still within factory spec.. btw now you are saying 50% more when befor it was 150% more. make up your mind or at least get your english correct. you know when i have to re-phrase it so even you can understand it then its time for you to admit youre in over your head it is not a matter of re-phrasing it it is more of a matter of stating it correctly. there really is a big difference between 50% more and 150% more like a 100% difference. it really seems like with so many other times the one over his head happens to be you. btw where exactly is that clockspring it depends on the vehicle therefore a k&n passes 150 % as much as or 50 % more dirt than an oem while true it is still meaningless unless you know exactly how much the oem passes thru and once you realize that an oem lets just about nothing thru 150% of just about nothing is still just about nothing. jesus f christ taking the lords name in vain is a sin you know. must i repeat yet again the numbers that this is based upon the numbers that it is based upon are already percentages that at least have some valid nmeaning. what you are calculating has no real value. reduced to semantic flames are you perhaps ypu should look up the definition of semantics before you fire up your accusations. this is not a matter of semantics becuaes what you said is simply wrong. face up to it for a change. tell me what is incorrect about 3 % / 2 % = 150 % go ahead fermat have at it that is not what is incorrect. what was incorrect was that you said the k&n allowed 150% more dirt into the engine which is completely incorrect. while this was fun for a while now it is getting tiresome so feel free to believe what you will. while the k&n is slightly less efficient at capturing dirt than an oem filter it does have less restriction to airflow and provided that both filters are within factory specs it is up to the owner of the vehicle to determine which property is more desirable. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
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From : scott
i disagree with you and you disagree with me. no matter what either of us say i doubt either of us will change our minds. again. .
From : scott
one of my kids has a 2000 ram. i was curious if cycling the ignition switch would show trouble codes on the digial odometer. some say it will and some say say it wont. i talked to a dodge dealership they said that wouldnt work. i cycled the ignition switch three times the digital odometer did change it read p done i dont know if that meant there were no codes i was tempted to unplug an engine sensor and run the engine just to see if a code would show-up i didnt. anybody ever read codes this way on this vehicle thanks .
From : webmaster carolinabreezehvac com
on tue 19 apr 2005 191633 gmt carolina watercraft works inc. loballeng@mindspring.com wrote keyword he used was warranty work. warranty work does not sufficiently compensate for the actual amount of time required to complete most tasks. with warranty work you get what the factory says and nothing more. if it actually requires 5 hours to complete a task the oem pays 3 hours for....you choke on the rest. i always found warrranty paid pretty darn good considering most warranty work on toyotas was due to infant mortality so nothing was rusted or dirty etc.a good tech could routinely beat the book on toyotas from 1969 to 1996 - dont know how much its changed since then. a good dealership with good techs..not outstanding but good techs considers warranty work to be bread and butter work most of the time.. we cant help it if brents just not up to the task at hand. sounds like hes just bitter and is not able to maintain with the other guys in his shop. .
From : webmaster carolinabreezehvac com
really please point me to some links. most of the compalints i see are in regard to them not being oiled properly over oiled and the oil messing up sensors. it seems that d/c cummins and the general both think that the 1% is meaningful enough to caution their owners against their use. funny then how dc ford and chevy dealerships have sold them as performance upgrades. finally the 99.5% spec tom alluded to is very much real world. paper filters are that efficient! some are but most are not as seen in the link that you provided. for everyones interest and edification please follow the below url for more info. interestingly you will see that the k&n efficiency vs a stock ac delco paper filter is much more that the 1% t-bone alludes to. also look at the loading factor. sorry mike but i have to stop you there. the one percent that you accuse me of alluding to was from gary or did you forget the basis of the calculation that started all of this crap. 3% / 2% = 150% and the more accurate 3% - 2% = 1%. http//home.usadatanet.net/jbplock/iso5011/spicer.htm i think that you may want to do a little research on this data before you present it as absolute fact. i did a little search on dogpile with the search being ken at testand and got multiple pages of results on all kinds of tests. it seems that ken test all kinds of things for free and even alvin is mentioned in many of these as well about all kinds of filters as well as the ionic breeze. i dont recall that particular device being uised to filter the air for the duramax but i could be wrong. although the test was primarily a direct comparison of the ac delco vs the k&n the comparison is valid for virtually all oem filters. perhaps you could answer a simple question based on these results. if all of the filters have the same surface area how could a media trapping filter the k&n flow less air while allowing more dirt to pass and still plug up faster while containing less dirt than a surface blocking paper one the ac delco. how come ken never gives his last name. now yall can argue all you want about fuzzy math 150%... 50%... etc. but i know math and the math gary used aint fuzzy. i also know that if you spend your money on a k&n filter you are wasting it.... but hey.... its your money and your engine...... think about it! as theguy said you are arguing apples and oranges. while the k&n may be 50% less efficient than the oem it still only lets in 1% more dirt than the oem by volume and that is the number that really counts. as for peoples choice as to buy it or not that is up to them. i have one and it has caused my engine no harm in 100000 miles but i doubt that i will buy another one. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving . 222 299763 wrj9e.21927$nt3.4912@trndny04 thats a 7-pin connector with flat pins. some trailers are wired for thecommercial 18-wheeler 7-pin with round pins. the pin connections are different so youll have to match your trailer connector to your truck. there is an electric brake line in both versions. but on different pin positions. you should have received two towing cable accessories with your trucks camper package. one is a 7-pin to 4-pin adapter for connecting lightweight trailers that dont have brakes. the other is a 4-pin pigtail to connect the brake controller to its harness connector which is tucked up into the wiring behind the dash right above the steering column. heres the wiring diagram for your 7-pin connector brake controller harness and 4-pin for lightweight towing http//www.marksrv.com/wiring.htm if your trailer should have the commercial round-pin 7-pin connector on its cable heres how its normally wired http//www.hitchmen.com/wirediag.html id recommend replacing the connector on the trailer cable with the flat-pin to match your truck rather than changing your truck or buying adapters. the cable connector is an $8 item most places and is easy to connect if you have the wiring scheme. rick i have the factory tow package on my 1999 2500 and i have questions about it as i just bought a 20 ft. tandem flatbed equipment trailer. the truck has this huge i guess 8 conductor trailer light socket on it which is also supposed to accomodate the trailer brakes according to the user manual. 1. does this mean that it will handle the trailer brakes as is or 2. does this mean that it will need a trailer brake controller wired up and fed into the socket with the lighting wiring and that huge socket is only to accomodate the wiring for a trailer brake controller should i choose to add it 3. what about the towing in overdrive i will only be towing about 5-6k or empty. 4. do i need to not use od anytimes i have the trailer hooked up or would that only apply when i have a load on it 5. is the 5-6k load big enough to warrant turning off od the manual s
From : scott
i own a 1994 dodge van with the 318 automatic trans. when i bout it this summer it ran great come winter though it just started to quit just like somebody turned the key off but it would usually start right back up and go just fine for a while then would quit again. replaced just about everything my hanes chiltons manual and a few friends reccomended but still to no avail. have lived with it that way for a while but now it is starting not to start at all after it quits. any help or advice would be greatly appreciated thank you stephen .
From : webmaster carolinabreezehvac com
thanks for the info!! greetings erik. jay jaysmith@insightbb.com schreef in bericht here is the what i got off the haynes web site for the u.s. http//www.haynes.com/naordin.html at the bottom it said to call for shipping to other than north america they do have a manual for your truck but paperback was all i seen. no cds. note when you call the time in tennessee is 7 hours behind amsterdam and california is 9 hours behind. also you can try https//techauthority.gltghosting.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/customerhomelangid=-1&storeid=10051&catalogid=10051 this is the web sight for the dodge factory service manuals. they are on cd and run off of pdf cost $90us. you can find them on ebay for under $50us good luck! i am looking for a digitalpdf or something haynes manual for a 98 doge ram pickup 1500 i have several of them digital but only for european cars. does somone knows a place wher i can dowloaded or get it greetings from the netherlands erik. .