'93 Dakota - Won't Start
From : fmb
Q: john wrote thanks again - thats the info i was looking for. you just made my life much easier tomorrow. on my 2004 durango i used the dash cigarette lighter to tap into. needed it to install an after market stereo. its proximity to the stereo made it very simple to tap. .
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From : stormin mormon
thanks for the report. simple things can be big problems. who bought the gas to refill your gascan did your son offer to replace the gas ive stopped to help people several times and found em out of gas. got to the point that i buy gas on schedule and also keep a gascan in my vehicle. im just kinda hoping your not driving around with a full gascan in your vehical. just doesnt seem safe in an accident. denny .
From : denny
-ed howdershelt author you know with all this talk about the new emissions and all and about how problematic the fords are it got me wondering. at least here everyone from the utility companies to construction to contractors that have a need for a medium to heavy duty truck all use the ford powerchoke. and it get me thinking why any thoughts i know for quite some time they were using the stroke in the lighter trucks but in the heavier they used the cummins. dont know if that is still the case. roy i really think that low bid has a lot to do with it. ford is very aggresive about fleet bids. neither gm nor dc is anywhere as close. ford gets a lot of their numbers off of fleet bids. they bid a ton of public service vehicles and bid very low. also please understand that im not trying to trash ford. they made a huge mistake with the 6l diesel but ford isnt stupid. they have always stepped up to the plate when it comes to warranty support. i think that their warranty support is better than dc. their truck is laid out very well. the interior is the best around. again on tdr you hear people ok you read people say all the time that if they ever put a cummins in a ford body it would put gm and dc out of business. i dont think that you are trashing ford. i agree with you that ford seems to have the best all around interior layout. being in the 12 volt electronics installation field i crawled around in under and through them all and the f-250 had so much room in it that i was able to lay completely down on the back seat floor fronts all the way back and do all the work i needed to. i couldnt do that on a gm or dodge with the seat all the way forward. i agree. the ford has a lot more room inside. i like it. i wish they would buy a 6 cyl cummins. that would be a very nice truck. the rumor a year or two back was that cummins had this 6.7l diesel in r&d because ford wanted to buy it. wish that would of been the case but now we find out it will be in the dodge. the dodge body is ok though i have no real complaints about mine the ford is just a little better imo. i feel the same way. dodge gives you an outdated but rock solid drive line and ford gives you a better body. the 6.0l ford diesel is already out. look at the new 2007s when you can. http//media.ford.com/room/releasedisplay.cfmrelease=24088 the 6.0 revs a lot higher than a cummins. if you drive a ctd dodge and you jump in a ford the power band will surprise you. al i have driven an 03 ford decked out with the banks big hoss package and it had the pda tuner in it too. man what a rush!! from what i have heard please correct if i am mistaken the biggest problem with the fords is the turbo itself. if this is the case changing it out with say a garrett sp would fix the problem and all correct they have had problems of one kind or another. i think im in the same boat as the others. if the cummins were in a ford or a chevy id probably be driving one. having said that this 05 hasnt been bad it is damn quick comfortable on long trips just a couple of warranty items one that was a little strange but all in all i have no complaints. ya have to go with what you are comfortable with. for me it was the cummins we use them at work and they get a beating that you wouldnt believe. they are like the bunny they keep going and going. roy some bunnys sit on their asses and make smart ass jokes about other folks seat prefeences. mike snicker yeah yer mom wears combat boots! ^p m denny . 222 323025 12hu1l072miim19@corp.super.com is there any online site that i can check my vin number to see what transmission i have in my 03 dak 4.7 4x4 quad cab with auto tia tom tom the vin does not have a single character which delineates the transmission. if you will email me your vin# i will gladly look it up and tell you what trans your dak was built with. mike .
From : fmb
no looked like half inch gun with socket on it. but ill call and make sure. ed i hate touch pads! i asked the owner of the tire shop to be sure and have the lug nut torqued. he said no problem. they do it by hand. well i have been thinking about this since yesterday when they did it. the guy working on the truck cinches all the lugs with an air impact wrench i had the tires rotated too then goes around and checks the torque with a torque wrench. he didnt just snug it with the impact he tightened it all down. like i said. im no mechanic or tire guy. but this makes no sense to me. i think i should go home and loosen everything and re-torque according to the manual. what do you guys think yes you should unless the guy was using a torq-stick on the impact. denny .
From : mike
on fri 29 sep 2006 122924 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote on thu 28 sep 2006 135453 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote remember you told me that wal-mart had the thing that you could use so a aux socket would power more than one item anyway i cant find it. spent some time on line at wal-marts and nada. any thoughts roy ive used one of these for years... i like them because they only take up one plug space on the dash but they also have the y adapters that plug directly into the outlet and split to 2 outlets.. thanks bro you too larry. i found one at a auto zone a 1 to 3 deal that should get it done. roy i can imagine you with your thumbs in outlets but i dont even wanna think what the 3rd ones for... mac https//home.comcast.net/mac.davis https//home.comcast.net/mac.davis/woodstuff.htm .
From : xclimation
on thu 28 sep 2006 195701 -0700 azwiley1 azwiley1@cox.net wrote on thu 28 sep 2006 222439 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote any thoughts lowest bidder. -- max join www.devilbrad.com and find out what free exchange of info is all about. there are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty soap ballot jury and ammo. please use in that order. -ed howdershelt author you know with all this talk about the new emissions and all and about how problematic the fords are it got me wondering. at least here everyone from the utility companies to construction to contractors that have a need for a medium to heavy duty truck all use the ford powerchoke. and it get me thinking why any thoughts i know for quite some time they were using the stroke in the lighter trucks but in the heavier they used the cummins. dont know if that is still the case. roy i really think that low bid has a lot to do with it. ford is very aggresive about fleet bids. neither gm nor dc is anywhere as close. ford gets a lot of their numbers off of fleet bids. they bid a ton of public service vehicles and bid very low. also please understand that im not trying to trash ford. they made a huge mistake with the 6l diesel but ford isnt stupid. they have always stepped up to the plate when it comes to warranty support. i think that their warranty support is better than dc. their truck is laid out very well. the interior is the best around. again on tdr you hear people ok you read people say all the time that if they ever put a cummins in a ford body it would put gm and dc out of business. i dont think that you are trashing ford. i agree with you that ford seems to have the best all around interior layout. being in the 12 volt electronics installation field i crawled around in under and through them all and the f-250 had so much room in it that i was able to lay completely down on the back seat floor fronts all the way back and do all the work i needed to. i couldnt do that on a gm or dodge with the seat all the way forward. i agree. the ford has a lot more room inside. i like it. i wish they would buy a 6 cyl cummins. that would be a very nice truck. the rumor a year or two back was that cummins had this 6.7l diesel in r&d because ford wanted to buy it. wish that would of been the case but now we find out it will be in the dodge. the dodge body is ok though i have no real complaints about mine the ford is just a little better imo. i feel the same way. dodge gives you an outdated but rock solid drive line and ford gives you a better body. the 6.0l ford diesel is already out. look at the new 2007s when you can. http//media.ford.com/room/releasedisplay.cfmrelease=24088 the 6.0 revs a lot higher than a cummins. if you drive a ctd dodge and you jump in a ford the power band will surprise you. al .
From : fmb
on tue 3 oct 2006 214958 -0500 bigironram bigironram@aol.com wrote @k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com now drivin a powerful made in canton miss. nissan titan! with dana axles! i believe the dodge axles are dana also. they were in the 2500 and 3500s until 2002. with the new 2003 body also brought american axles. 1500s mostly use the the 9.25 corporate axle. good axle bad bearings. chevrolet has also had lots of problems with their 1500 trucks and vans bad bearings again. what about 2500 rams are they also shoddily made or are they more reliable i .