95 RAM engine swap
From : krusty baguette
Q: when i purchased my 2007 dakota quad cab i was assured by the dealership that it was ample to tow my short & light 5th wheel camper. im now being told by a number of rv supplers that they dont make a 5th wheel hitch for that year dakota because of a design issue with the bed. any thoughts would be appreciated. thanks. i tow lots of trailers and campers. in my experience most fifth wheel campers are actually pretty big. my question is what size camper do you have and does it have slide outs etc. my next question is what engine and transmission package does your truck have i own two dakotas and i wouldnt even consider towing any camper over 18 ft. with them. in fact that would only be in an emergency and no more than far enough to get the camper across town. the crux is not whether or not the truck will pull the camper but will it stop it or keep it stable in a big cross wind. i have seen a good cross wind flip more than one camper that was tied to 3/4 ton and bigger trucks. i was pulling a trailer on my 2500 hitting speeds of 90 on i-10. i later broke down and had my brother-in-law come and get the trailer in his 05 surburban. he would hit 65 and the trailer would start swaying very badly. michael .
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From : john kunkel
on fri 11 apr 2008 195307 +0930 jmc nogroupsspam@nojodibody.homeus wrote need some help from someone in mt. were returning to the us soon and my spouse has purchased a jeep that he is picking up from a dealer in montana. we dont live in mt so we need to get temp tags so we can drive across the us and register the vehicle at our final destination. having a bit of trouble finding information on montana temporary registrations. it appears to be good for 40 days. can some one confirm this or provide me with a more accurate time if this is wrong thanks! jodi to stay on topic yes the dakota is being shipped back to the us after its multi-year adventure overseas. assuming of course that it doesnt end up in the ocean someplace on its way home... jmc im sure montana has transit plates most states do. what you want to do is not uncommon just make sure you dont pay sales tax in montana if you dont have to. some dealers will charge you the tax even if you are not required to pay it most states the dealer doesnt collect sales tax it is done at registration time. transit plates that ive seen are usually 10 or 20 days. also *important* transit plates are issued by the state where you will eventually register the vehicle not the state where you buy it! in nh where i am to get transit plates i have to show a bill of sale or other documentation that ive bought the vehicle. they then issue a transit registration and a paper plate. took me about 20 minutes the last time mostly a wait in line because someone was ahead of me! g . 222 343778 42puv31p85knbct6tne15oqaae1j99topc@4ax.com on fri 11 apr 2008 195307 +0930 jmc nogroupsspam@nojodibody.homeus wrote need some help from someone in mt. were returning to the us soon and my spouse has purchased a jeep that he is picking up from a dealer in montana. we dont live in mt so we need to get temp tags so we can drive across the us and register the vehicle at our final destination. having a bit of trouble finding information on montana temporary registrations. it appears to be good for 40 days. can some one confirm this or provide me with a more accurate time if this is wrong thanks! jodi to stay on topic yes the dakota is being shipped back to the us after its multi-year adventure overseas. assuming of course that it doesnt end up in the ocean someplace on its way home... jmc im sure montana has transit plates most states do. what you want to do is not uncommon just make sure you dont pay sales tax in montana if you dont have to. some dealers will charge you the tax even if you are not required to pay it most states the dealer doesnt collect sales tax it is done at registration time. transit plates that ive seen are usually 10 or 20 days. also *important* transit plates are issued by the state where you will eventually register the vehicle not the state where you buy it! in nh where i am to get transit plates i have to show a bill of sale or other documentation that ive bought the vehicle. they then issue a transit registration and a paper plate. took me about 20 minutes the last time mostly a wait in line because someone was ahead of me! g .
From : ed medlin
on fri 11 apr 2008 093646 -0700 dimbo spams cuervojoseremove@jps.net wrote when i bought my truck on ebay in st louis and then drove it back to wa. state. i did so on temp missouri plates. no hassles no problems when i was ready i went to dmv in washington and registered it. the op should be able to do the same thing with montana plates and drive to their destination and register the jeep there. each state is so different it is a pita. ct doesnt have temporary plates when i got a jeep in ct the only way i could get it back to nh was with transit plates! i got those here in nh... id guess mt does have something that will work for the time needed to drive it back to wherever. .
From : krusty baguette
suddenly without warning roy exclaimed 4/12/2008 136 am on fri 11 apr 2008 195307 +0930 jmc nogroupsspam@nojodibody.homeus wrote need some help from someone in mt. were returning to the us soon and my spouse has purchased a jeep that he is picking up from a dealer in montana. we dont live in mt so we need to get temp tags so we can drive across the us and register the vehicle at our final destination. having a bit of trouble finding information on montana temporary registrations. it appears to be good for 40 days. can some one confirm this or provide me with a more accurate time if this is wrong thanks! jodi to stay on topic yes the dakota is being shipped back to the us after its multi-year adventure overseas. assuming of course that it doesnt end up in the ocean someplace on its way home... jmc im sure montana has transit plates most states do. what you want to do is not uncommon just make sure you dont pay sales tax in montana if you dont have to. some dealers will charge you the tax even if you are not required to pay it most states the dealer doesnt collect sales tax it is done at registration time. transit plates that ive seen are usually 10 or 20 days. also *important* transit plates are issued by the state where you will eventually register the vehicle not the state where you buy it! in nh where i am to get transit plates i have to show a bill of sale or other documentation that ive bought the vehicle. they then issue a transit registration and a paper plate. took me about 20 minutes the last time mostly a wait in line because someone was ahead of me! g nh hell they dont require insurance there.g backwoods no teeth state.bfg i think her deal is that they are going directly to mt to get the truck then cross country to the east coast i believe. so to do what you suggest is a nightmare imo. unless they have a agent that will do leg work and will get them a insurance binder go to the dmv and spend some time on a fax. might be easier to ship the truck i still think with a couple of phone calls the correct procedure can be determined. probably not necessary but i wont stop you if you want to its hard to call the us from here with the time zone differences. jmc .
From : krusty baguettenunya
need some help from someone in mt. were returning to the us soon and my spouse has purchased a jeep that he is picking up from a dealer in montana. we dont live in mt so we need to get temp tags so we can drive across the us and register the vehicle at our final destination. having a bit of trouble finding information on montana temporary registrations. it appears to be good for 40 days. can some one confirm this or provide me with a more accurate time if this is wrong thanks! jodi jodi take a look here http//doj.mt.gov/driving/licenseplates.asp down at the bottom of the page is a section on temp plates. id think your selling dealer would have all the info at hand. if you need some phone searching done give me a shout and if needed i will call the plate issueing folks. roy oh i sniped the on topic stuff screw the nannies.g . 222 343777 47ff51d0$0$12564$4c368faf@roadrunner.com need some help from someone in mt. were returning to the us soon and my spouse has purchased a jeep that he is picking up from a dealer in montana. we dont live in mt so we need to get temp tags so we can drive across the us and register the vehicle at our final destination. having a bit of trouble finding information on montana temporary registrations. it appears to be good for 40 days. can some one confirm this or provide me with a more accurate time if this is wrong thanks! jodi jodi take a look here http//doj.mt.gov/driving/licenseplates.asp down at the bottom of the page is a section on temp plates. id think your selling dealer would have all the info at hand. if you need some phone searching done give me a shout and if needed i will call the plate issueing folks. roy oh i sniped the on topic stuff screw the nannies.g .
From : steve lusardi
fuse is good. power is def being sent through the switch to the intermittent controller so i think the switch is ok too. the intermittent is clicking when powered so it may be good but i dont have the test procedures to verify. rk is the power fuse to the wipers still good could be control power is from a different source. wag . 222 343773 47fe8a35.7568059@.epix.net on thu 10 apr 2008 140859 -0700 dimbo spams cuervojoseremove@jps.net wrote what part of the header to his post did u miss.....................i cant believe engine size matters to his question i would think that his questions would apply to anyone looking for the same problem regardless of engine size etc cause thats all the extra info he posted. so does that make this more relevant and you will now provide an answer to his question somehow i doubt it might be helpful if you included pertinent details on the truck youre talking about... my wipers stopped the other day. i started at the switch and worked my way up to the motor i am pretty sure the problem is in the motor itself but it might be the intermittent control module. i dont know how to test that though and hoping one of you might have some insight. this is why i think the switch is ok - the switch still works for the washer pump press down on this switch from any position. - when moving the switch into any of the on positions i can hear the intermittent controller click. i think the control arms and linkages are ok because the arms cant be moved. if the intermittent controller can be called good because it clicks can it thats one question then the problem is likely at the motor or between the ic and the motor. what i could use here are the electrical test procedures for the intermittent controller and the wiper motor harness. id love to get lucky and find out its just brushes rk is the power fuse to the wipers still good could be control power is from a different source. wag .
From : steve lusardi
on thu 10 apr 2008 140859 -0700 dimbo spams cuervojoseremove@jps.net wrote what part of the header to his post did u miss.....................i cant believe engine size matters to his question i would think that his questions would apply to anyone looking for the same problem regardless of engine size etc cause thats all the extra info he posted. so does that make this more relevant and you will now provide an answer to his question somehow i doubt it might be helpful if you included pertinent details on the truck youre talking about... my wipers stopped the other day. i started at the switch and worked my way up to the motor i am pretty sure the problem is in the motor itself but it might be the intermittent control module. i dont know how to test that though and hoping one of you might have some insight. this is why i think the switch is ok - the switch still works for the washer pump press down on this switch from any position. - when moving the switch into any of the on positions i can hear the intermittent controller click. i think the control arms and linkages are ok because the arms cant be moved. if the intermittent controller can be called good because it clicks can it thats one question then the problem is likely at the motor or between the ic and the motor. what i could use here are the electrical test procedures for the intermittent controller and the wiper motor harness. id love to get lucky and find out its just brushes rk is the power fuse to the wipers still good could be control power is from a different source. wag .
From : steve lusardisteve lusardi
what part of the header to his post did u miss.....................i cant believe engine size matters to his question i would think that his questions would apply to anyone looking for the same problem regardless of engine size etc cause thats all the extra info he posted. so does that make this more relevant and you will now provide an answer to his question somehow i doubt it. i see you have yet provided the answer yourself. might be helpful if you included pertinent details on the truck youre talking about... my wipers stopped the other day. i started at the switch and worked my way up to the motor i am pretty sure the problem is in the motor itself but it might be the intermittent control module. i dont know how to test that though and hoping one of you might have some insight. this is why i think the switch is ok - the switch still works for the washer pump press down on this switch from any position. - when moving the switch into any of the on positions i can hear the intermittent controller click. i think the control arms and linkages are ok because the arms cant be moved. if the intermittent controller can be called good because it clicks can it thats one question then the problem is likely at the motor or between the ic and the motor. what i could use here are the electrical test procedures for the intermittent controller and the wiper motor harness. id love to get lucky and find out its just brushes rk .
From : john kunkel
on fri 11 apr 2008 075556 -0400 roy roy@fhome.net wrote need some help from someone in mt. were returning to the us soon and my spouse has purchased a jeep that he is picking up from a dealer in montana. we dont live in mt so we need to get temp tags so we can drive across the us and register the vehicle at our final destination. having a bit of trouble finding information on montana temporary registrations. it appears to be good for 40 days. can some one confirm this or provide me with a more accurate time if this is wrong thanks! jodi jodi take a look here http//doj.mt.gov/driving/licenseplates.asp down at the bottom of the page is a section on temp plates. id think your selling dealer would have all the info at hand. if you need some phone searching done give me a shout and if needed i will call the plate issueing folks. roy also note my reply about transit plates being avaialble but issued by the destination state not the state where the vehicle is/was purchased. however this may vary. again in nh the dealer would put a 20 day temp plate on any vehicle they sell i think the cost is about $15. i suspect mt is the same in that regard. .
From : krusty baguette
please see jodis post on temp tags. roy .