Big Repair Bill
From : bob
Q: big al wrote cummins were turbocharged al all dodge trucks equipped with a cummins are turbocharged. me thinks the old duffer has been driving behind to many chevys. jerry thought so. i had a few non-turbo diesels have no power. but one a 6.2 gmc stick with od and 3.31 gears could make some decent fuel mileage. al 2004 2500 hd 600 cummins six speed 4x4. .
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From : mac davis
on thu 18 nov 2004 135230 -0600 carl chipman cchipman@nomadics.com wrote hey guys used to hang out on this forum right when i bought my truck five years or so ago but have dropped off till recently...however my 1999 dodge ram qc long bed is getting old and has 135000 miles on it in ive got the 5.9l v8 and gas mileage is pretty bad in the 12-13 on the highway and 10-12 around town... if im pulling something its falling down to 9 mpg. in short it sucks... does anyone have any advice.. ive just recently replaced the distributor cap well actually my mechanic did and weve run fuel injector cleaner...spark plugs and wires are only 20k miles old...air filter was replaced recently. im lost... what can i do to get the mileage and power back up also its got other small problems... in the top console one of the push button lights has gone out and i cant figure how to get the console off toreplace the bulb... the electronic door lock on the passenger side door is also no longer working and when you attempt to lock it it makes a whirring noise and tries to lock but usually doesnt. finally the seal on the back window is leaking and i cant figure out how to just order a new seal. the dodge dealership says i have to order a whole new back window assembly for around $400... yikes!! help! does anyone have a good book to recommend tia carl chipman we have the same truck in a short bed... 360/auto/2wd/355 when we tow the trailer about 5500 - 6000# we average 8mpg... a tuneup and going to synthetic in everything possible got us about 1/2 mpg better so i guess thats as good as it gets.. 15 mpg on trips if were constant... 65 and 80 seem to be about the same on a trip but bouncing around between speeds drops it a lot.. in town were lucky to get 10 or 11 mpg...its a lot of truck to get moving in stop & go traffic.. .
From : mac davis
but lately when driving my 99 ram 4x4 when im going pretty fast above 30mph and let off the gas for whatever reason the engine revs higher for a very short period maybe one second than goes down. my 2000 dakota does that a lot. usually from a cold start and it only does it for a few minutes before stopping. .
From : beekeep
tbone wrote i am glad to hear that about you not being poor but if you were not rich and are still not rich while yet providing jobs for others just the same what exactly is the benefit of a tax cut for the wealthy your question has too many flaws to be able to answer. first off i have no idea what tax cut you are referring to since the wealthiest got the lowest % of the latest cuts. difficult to cut taxes for someone who doesnt pay any. second i have no idea why you are tying whether a benifit is good or bad for the country to whether i am rich or not. .
From : tbone
on thu 18 nov 2004 063208 -0700 miles nope@nopers.com wrote mac davis wrote interesting... we had to have new seals and just about everything but the actual gears changed in our rear end at about 64000 miles.. great! now im getting worried. i have 61000 on my 2001 1500 qc and so far no problems. ive changed the diff oil twice so far. i should have put synthetic in it because i tow quite a bit but havent. we had synthetic in ours but no idea what they used for the 57000 miles before we had it... .
From : miles
if the old oil came out sorta burnt and rather wasted then perhaps you should have but if it still looked and smelled good as good as gear oil can then conventional is up to the job and service level you are doing and a synthetic would be a waste of money. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving mac davis wrote interesting... we had to have new seals and just about everything but the actual gears changed in our rear end at about 64000 miles.. great! now im getting worried. i have 61000 on my 2001 1500 qc and so far no problems. ive changed the diff oil twice so far. i should have put synthetic in it because i tow quite a bit but havent. .
From : tbone
lol gee i try to be nice and you still act like an asshole. oh well i tried. i buy the equipment so that i can see what is wrong and work from there. i doubt you would buy the drb2 and a smoke machine just to find the leak on your own vehicle. both are several thousand bucks apiece. exactly what equipment do you think that they use to find these leaks see above. both are required tools. and btw a small leak will not set that code. you would be surprized how small of a leak can be detected. ive seen a whisp of smoke come out of a line that looked perfectly good to the eye. i guess that you are not as smart as i thought never mind. ya know mr. bone a few of your posts you act like a man and although i dont always agree with your opinion i respect it. most of the time tho you just sound like a whiney little baby bitch that likes to read his own posts and sit there and smile about how witty they are. denny .
From : mac davis
on thu 18 nov 2004 035813 gmt nosey kfrei43@removethis.hotmail.com wrote must be nice! i just ccg-4 and when we provided training for carrier battle groups we actually had to go ride the carriers. ;- i like our arrangement. i actually enjoyed it. 25 days underway four months in a cushy office with the sea duty counter churning away . . . detailer had to have me on shore duty so ive just ended a 10 year run of sea tours. dont know what the navy is coming to when a sailor cant go to sea. .