A/C Malfunction- Attn: CBHvac & GG

From : douglas matteo

Q: they need to offer diesel in more smaller packages like the tdi. i want a diesel dont really want a giant truck nor can i afford it. john i plan to trade my 97 5.9 gas truck on a new cummins ho 6 speed. i made the decision after towing my 5500 lb trailer cross country. my daily driver is an 01 vw beetle tdi. ive come to appreciate the attributes of the diesel engine with this car. there is one hill on a side road here that the vw will climb faster than anything ive ever owned. you sound like a fan of manual transmissions; with the torque of any good diesel they are as easy to drive as automatics only more fun. drive the 2500 ctd and i think youll forget about the 1500 even being an option! check out the discussion forums at http//www.turbodieselregister.com for everything you need to know! looking for some help deciding between 3/4 ton gas/diesel. since i dont tow much my reflex is to go gas... just by the new hemi. but here are my parameters... 1. i live at 9500 and my commute takes me up and down the mountain. i want an engine/tranny combo thats well suited for this over the years. making this climb one or more times a day will a diesel last longer... all other things being equal 2. i want the best fuel efficiency so will diesel fare better in making the climb than gas 3. for performance and safety winter mountain driving i want a manual transmission. unless im wrong that rules out the new 1500. 4. i will on occaision tow equipment up to my place for excavation landscaping work etc. so basically i need a really good utility vehicle that i can count on for years. i dont have a religious preference gas or diesel im just looking to make the sensible choice. suggestions/comments thanks. .

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From : tom lawrence

on tue 12 aug 2003 015020 gmt denny wddodge@woh.rr.com wrote if i say that 1 inchpound = .0833 footpounds damn give em an inch-pound and theyll take a mile-ton... can you convert that to kilometers denny umm.... give em a foot-mm and theyll take a foot-klic you gotta get a newton/meter in there somewhere.. denny .

From : gary glaenzer

--------------bd7b169d0cb3f410233b6384 content-type text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type=54455854; x-mac-creator=4d4f5353 content-transfer-encoding 7bit a/c malfunction continued so i take my truck into my local 5 sphincter dealer since im going to south dakota from san francisco and with all of nevada and the utah salt flats in front of me i aint goin without a/c... i leave the truck with them for nine count em nine days. fred the wrinkled shirted crooked necktied service writer calls me and says the system was pressure tested ultraviolet dye was injected and no leaks were found so they re-charged the system and it now blows cold as can be.... upon my return to pick up the truck i switch on the a/c and it is the same as when i dropped it off. no a/c! the service writer grabs his trusty ultraviolet light and starts scrambling all over the front end of the truck and can find no evidence of dye indicating a leak anywhere. service writer suggests i leave truck for another week so they can check further into the problem. my reply is sorry pal you just had nine days and fixed nothing. i gotta go to sd so check it now. i leave truck for rest of day. that afternoon service idiot calls me and sez they found failure in a/c lines condensor also evaporator. recommend to replace and recheck. at a cost of $1500+. i asked him about calling dodge to inquire about a good-will repair since the failure was so dramatic involving virtually every part of the a/c system short of the compressor. i pointed out that he could see the truck has very low mileage is obviously in perfect condition. i also indicated he had the records in front of him demonstrating a religious maintenance regimen and lastly is barely a year out of warranty. i further indicated that as someone with many years of experience with a certain american motorcycle manufacturer it was not impossible and certainly worth a try at the least. he refused this request acting as if he had never heard of such a thing. i actually told them over the phone to do the job since i had all that desert etc. to cross but fortunately the service flack told me they did not have all the parts in stock and couldt do the work until two days after my scheduled departure. thus i figured id take the truck tough out the drive and have it fixed in sunny south dakota since i was gonna be there for two weeks and discomfort aside id at least save money on labor compared to the bay area. knowing they used the dye i return to retrieve my truck and ask them to show me the leaks at the places mentioned. nothing was visible to my untrained eye. except at the valve where the dye was injected where any fool could see flourescent greenish-yellow fluid all over the nipple black light or not. i climb into the truck and flip on the a/c. voila! it is blowing cold! the next day it blew cold and the day after that too. i checked the pressure in the low pressure line daily and it remained the same day after day. so we loaded up and headed out to sd. that was two weeks ago yesterday. 16 days and 4000 miles later im still waiting for the leaking a/c to stop working! even in temps of well over 100 max ac cooled the interior to comfortable levels quickly and if i aimed the left vent at my hand i had to re-adjust it cause my hand got numb from the cold. all of which leads me to one last question; what is the correct pressure i should be seeing on the low line mine has not varied by a pound in over two weeks. i reads in the 30 lb range but it does jump up and down by about five pounds as the compressor cycles on and off. i also have frost forming which gary indicated is a possible sign of low pressure. as always tia doug --------------bd7b169d0cb3f410233b6384 content-type text/html; charset=us-ascii content-transfer-encoding 7bit !doctype html public -//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en html a/c malfunction continued brso i take my truck into my local 5 sphincter dealer since im going to south dakota from san francisco and with all of nevada and the utah salt flats in front of me i aint goin without a/c... pi leave the truck with them for nine count em nine days. fred the wrinkled shirted crooked necktied service writer calls me and says the system was pressure tested ultraviolet dye was injected and no leaks were found so they re-charged the system and it now blows cold as can be.... pupon my return to pick up the truck i switch on the a/c and it is the same as when i dropped it off. no a/c! the service writer grabs his trusty ultraviolet light and starts scrambling all over the front end of the truck and can find no evidence of dye indicating a leak anywhere. pservice writer suggests i leave truck for another week so they can check further into the problem. my reply is sorry pal you just had nine days and fixed nothing. i gotta go to sd so check it now. i leave truck for rest of day. that afternoon service idi

From : im right

this is from my friend who does not have usenet access i want to install stainless muffler on my dodge grand caravan. 3.3 l engine. could anybody recommend where can i get one. some places sell racing mufflers. if i use one with little restriction will it overheat exhaust valves. i will appresiate any advise. thanks. can someone help i .

From : tom lawrence

on tue 12 aug 2003 162313 gmt trey treydog90@hotmail.com wrote they need to offer diesel in more smaller packages like the tdi. i want a diesel dont really want a giant truck nor can i afford it. i had a mercedes with the 300 td in it.... love to see that in some cryco products! .

From : neil nelson

your 30 lbs on the low side running of course is about right. there are systems that cool well at 40 lbs some that are designed to work at 20 lbs. $1500 for an evap core condeser and lines is about $1000 mark up over a well paid job. a/c malfunction continued so i take my truck into my local 5 sphincter dealer since im going to south dakota from san francisco and with all of nevada and the utah salt flats in front of me i aint goin without a/c... i leave the truck with them for nine count em nine days. fred the wrinkled shirted crooked necktied service writer calls me and says the system was pressure tested ultraviolet dye was injected and no leaks were found so they re-charged the system and it now blows cold as can be.... upon my return to pick up the truck i switch on the a/c and it is the same as when i dropped it off. no a/c! the service writer grabs his trusty ultraviolet light and starts scrambling all over the front end of the truck and can find no evidence of dye indicating a leak anywhere. service writer suggests i leave truck for another week so they can check further into the problem. my reply is sorry pal you just had nine days and fixed nothing. i gotta go to sd so check it now. i leave truck for rest of day. that afternoon service idiot calls me and sez they found failure in a/c lines condensor also evaporator. recommend to replace and recheck. at a cost of $1500+. i asked him about calling dodge to inquire about a good-will repair since the failure was so dramatic involving virtually every part of the a/c system short of the compressor. i pointed out that he could see the truck has very low mileage is obviously in perfect condition. i also indicated he had the records in front of him demonstrating a religious maintenance regimen and lastly is barely a year out of warranty. i further indicated that as someone with many years of experience with a certain american motorcycle manufacturer it was not impossible and certainly worth a try at the least. he refused this request acting as if he had never heard of such a thing. i actually told them over the phone to do the job since i had all that desert etc. to cross but fortunately the service flack told me they did not have all the parts in stock and couldt do the work until two days after my scheduled departure. thus i figured id take the truck tough out the drive and have it fixed in sunny south dakota since i was gonna be there for two weeks and discomfort aside id at least save money on labor compared to the bay area. knowing they used the dye i return to retrieve my truck and ask them to show me the leaks at the places mentioned. nothing was visible to my untrained eye. except at the valve where the dye was injected where any fool could see flourescent greenish-yellow fluid all over the nipple black light or not. i climb into the truck and flip on the a/c. voila! it is blowing cold! the next day it blew cold and the day after that too. i checked the pressure in the low pressure line daily and it remained the same day after day. so we loaded up and headed out to sd. that was two weeks ago yesterday. 16 days and 4000 miles later im still waiting for the leaking a/c to stop working! even in temps of well over 100 max ac cooled the interior to comfortable levels quickly and if i aimed the left vent at my hand i had to re-adjust it cause my hand got numb from the cold. all of which leads me to one last question; what is the correct pressure i should be seeing on the low line mine has not varied by a pound in over two weeks. i reads in the 30 lb range but it does jump up and down by about five pounds as the compressor cycles on and off. i also have frost forming which gary indicated is a possible sign of low pressure. as always tia doug .

From : cbhvac

there was a recall on the rear brake line routing. make sure this was done. the more performance modifications done... may mean the more likely the truck was thrashed by the current owner. look for tire wear versus the amount of miles on them. check the front end. some have experienced the ball joints failing early - may show up as uneven wear on the tires. generally i know of very few r/t owners with significant complaints about their trucks. good luck ken im looking at a dakota r/t 2000. what should i look out for .

From : cbhvac

dave brower wrote snipped hd is your ram a 4x4 my 96 was and it rode like a truck imagine that. it had the 360cid and eventually got up to 17mpg from 15mpg. my gmc z71 ext. cab sb has the 5.3l and 4x4 and rides much better and averages 19mpg. still the attraction of a new truck and a hemi is very strong. im in my mid fifties young enough to like trucks with lots of hp but old enough to want a reasonably smooth ride. i guess i should go drive one but i hate to have to deal with the sales people until im sure i want to trade. thanks for the reply dave no miners a 2wd. i have no need for a 4x4. ive got the chrome clad 17 wheels. actually its an slt model with the upgrade to the hemi package. with all that came with this truck i dont have to add any goodies. even has the heated power mirrors and the drivers power seat. i was lucky we have a family owned store that has been in business for many years and it has a good reputation with the public. i got a good price for my 02 sierra $2000 more than offered by a chevy dealer and the bottom line price on the ram was several thousand less than a non-comparable gm vehicle. and im 68 still not too old to mash that pedal. just have to curb the impulse till the truck has a few miles on it. i saw a 2003 std cab short box hemi with a nice fiberglass cap today. sweet looking package. if i was trying to decide between a dakota and a ram id pick the short ram. hd in ny .

From : cbhvac

this is a multi-part message in mime format. ------=nextpart000014601c3638a.54b09080 content-type text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 content-transfer-encoding quoted-printable sorry...had alot going on and had not checked the group in a = while....just got this.. a/c malfunction continued=20 so i take my truck into my local 5 sphincter dealer since im going to = south dakota from san francisco and with all of nevada and the utah salt = flats in front of me i aint goin without a/c...=20 i leave the truck with them for nine count em nine days. fred the = wrinkled shirted crooked necktied service writer calls me and says the = system was pressure tested ultraviolet dye was injected and no leaks = were found so they re-charged the system and it now blows cold as can = be....=20 upon my return to pick up the truck i switch on the a/c and it is the = same as when i dropped it off. no a/c! the service writer grabs his = trusty ultraviolet light and starts scrambling all over the front end of = the truck and can find no evidence of dye indicating a leak anywhere.=20 did they bother to actually check the pressure in the system before = they did this meaning...was a manifold on the vehicle before he went = looking for a leak with the uv light service writer suggests i leave truck for another week so they can = check further into the problem. my reply is sorry pal you just had = nine days and fixed nothing. i gotta go to sd so check it now. i leave = truck for rest of day. that afternoon service idiot calls me and sez = they found failure in a/c lines condensor also evaporator. recommend = to replace and recheck. at a cost of $1500+.=20 so in other words they have no freaking clue where the leak is so = lets replace the most obvious things and pray i say bullshit. i asked him about calling dodge to inquire about a good-will repair = since the failure was so dramatic involving virtually every part of the = a/c system short of the compressor. i pointed out that he could see the = truck has very low mileage is obviously in perfect condition. i also = indicated he had the records in front of him demonstrating a religious = maintenance regimen and lastly is barely a year out of warranty. i = further indicated that as someone with many years of experience with a = certain american motorcycle manufacturer it was not impossible and = certainly worth a try at the least. he refused this request acting as if = he had never heard of such a thing.=20 umm...you call dodge and ask. if the service writer wont you as the = owner can. i actually told them over the phone to do the job since i had all that = desert etc. to cross but fortunately the service flack told me they = did not have all the parts in stock and couldt do the work until two = days after my scheduled departure. thus i figured id take the truck = tough out the drive and have it fixed in sunny south dakota since i was = gonna be there for two weeks and discomfort aside id at least save = money on labor compared to the bay area.=20 knowing they used the dye i return to retrieve my truck and ask them = to show me the leaks at the places mentioned. nothing was visible to my = untrained eye. except at the valve where the dye was injected where = any fool could see flourescent greenish-yellow fluid all over the = nipple black light or not.=20 did they use the light and allow you to wear the goggles small leaks = will not show up to the naked eye without them on. the dye itself will = show at the fitting of course but not like it will with the yellow = goggles and lamp shining on it.. i climb into the truck and flip on the a/c. voila! it is blowing cold! = the next day it blew cold and the day after that too. i checked the = pressure in the low pressure line daily and it remained the same day = after day. so we loaded up and headed out to sd. that was two weeks ago = yesterday. 16 days and 4000 miles later im still waiting for the = leaking a/c to stop working! even in temps of well over 100 max ac = cooled the interior to comfortable levels quickly and if i aimed the = left vent at my hand i had to re-adjust it cause my hand got numb from = the cold.=20 all of which leads me to one last question; what is the correct = pressure i should be seeing on the low line mine has not varied by a = pound in over two weeks. i reads in the 30 lb range but it does jump up = and down by about five pounds as the compressor cycles on and off. i = also have frost forming which gary indicated is a possible sign of low = pressure.=20 frost as in white fluffy like in the old freezer days frost or just = alot of condensation on the suction line frosting normally will not = happen on the vehicle here as it uses a thermal expansion valve and a lp = cycle switch. odd.... i would prefer if it was my vehicle depending on ambient temp = airflow over condensor