Blower motor 83 Dodge pickup
From : clark
Q: you are incorrect. if the front shaft is rotating it is because the either the front axle disconnect has failed to disconnect or the tcase has failed becuase shift on the fly does not mean the the front ouput shaft is awaly turnin because if it was it would always be in 4x4. on a dakota there is no axle disconnect as it uses halfshafts. as such the halfshafts are always turning and so is the differential. since the front driveshaft is connected directly to the differential it will turn. in order to have a smooth shift on the fly to 4wd the front shaft must be turning. since it is not locked in at the transfer case it is not in 4x4 mode. when shift on the fly came out the added a syncronizer to 4wd on some tcases to add engagement and a few on them even have electric clutch that engages via syncronizers for front output shaft even though they may have a floor shifter too. there is no electric clutch. the electric shift utilizes a servo motor and literally shifts the case for you by turning a knob which would normally be connected to a stick coming up through the floor. i have a 231 style includes the 232 233 and variants of them case sitting in the garage if you would like pics of it since obviously you havent seen one. on full sized hd truck they did away with front axle disconnect completer so front output shaft is always turning but it is being driven by the front axle not by tcase when in 2wd. poor design that wastes a bit of extra fuel too. more rubbish. since you dont mention a year its impossible to confirm or deny your claim. however on my full size hd truck the cad is plainly visible on the passenger side of the front axle. thus for the 94-2002 rams you are incorrect. -- max there are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty soap ballot jury and ammo. please use in that order. -ed howdershelt author max dodge wrote sounds like it was low on oil and siezed up or it was in 4wd without you knowing it for a while and the chain wore and stretched and tried to jump a tooch and self destructed. basically true; both are possible. your level of damage strongly suggests it was in 4wd when it failed where it was selected or not because in 2wd is is a simple pass thru unit with very few internal parts moving. false. the nv transfer cases are a shift on the fly unit. as such they use a synchronizer and a slider to engage 4wd. therefore the front output shaft must be rotating in order to engage smoothly. further the oil pump is driven by the output shaft. also gear reduction uses a planetary gearset. this gearset is always rotating since its driven off the input shaft. as such almost everything in the transfer case is rotating at any given time particularly because its a shift on the fly unit. you are incorrect. if the front shaft is rotating it is because the either the front axle disconnect has failed to disconnect or the tcase has failed becuase shift on the fly does not mean the the front ouput shaft is awaly turnin because if it was it would always be in 4x4. when shift on the fly came out the added a syncronizer to 4wd on some tcases to add engagement and a few on them even have electric clutch that engages via syncronizers for front output shaft even though they may have a floor shifter too. on full sized hd truck they did away with front axle disconnect completer so front output shaft is always turning but it is being driven by the front axle not by tcase when in 2wd. poor design that wastes a bit of extra fuel too. -- ----------------- www.thesnoman.com .
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From : clark
i have a 1983 d-150 pickup v8 2wd. what would cause the heater to suddenly begin blowing warm air out of the air conditioning vents you mean all on its own poltergeist-style because normally a heater is supposed to blow warm air. or do you mean you have it set for a/c and it suddenly gets warm instead of cold you get points for including your vehicle description but you get deductions for lack of problem explanation. he gave the problem tom and it is fairly straight forward. when set to heat the warm air is now coming out of the ac vents instead of the floor. not exactly difficult to figure this out. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : tbone
snippage you need to be a little more clear on how the new battery died. you did give a mileage but in relation to what did you put it in and drive right away and it died or did you put it in and drove that far and the next day it was dead or did you put it in and a few days later took that drive and it died after 100km put the new battery in did a day of normal driving around town thought all was swell then the next day noticed based on reading the dash gauge that it appeared to be draining. coming home last night it was near 8v and the check gauge light was on. i parked it in the garage overnight and checked it in the morning by starting it it immediately went up to 14v again by the gauge - i dont have but will purchase tomorrow a volt reader. i drove it today had to get the wife to work and everything seemed fine - it wasnt draining. i then turned the lights on and noticed an appreciable difference immediately - the gauge dipped to about 11-12v. i turned the lights off and it stopped. i also had the radio and heater off. you did mention a wiring problem due to corrosion and you could have a similar one on the charging side. the corrosion was right beside where the battery is housed - so youre probably right. ill look again tomorrow. do you have a volt meter if not i would suggest you get one as the low cost one are quite cheap anymore. if you have one check for voltage with the battery connected on the alternator output terminal engine not running. you should be getting battery voltage here and if not then you have a failed cable or blown fusible link. if you have voltage here start the truck and measure it again. it should now be higher around 14.5 volts and if so measure the voltage at the battery. it should be the same at the battery or within 1/10th of a volt difference. if it is lower than that you have a corroded connection from the alternator to the battery. if the voltage on the alternator output is still at battery voltage 12v with the engine running your alternator is not charging which could be a problem in the regulation side like a bad field wire or a computer failure. as a final test if everything else checks out is to put a load on the system headlights on and check the voltages at those two points again. if the voltage is now different between these two points then again you have a corroded connection between the alt and the battery. if everything checks out ok it looks like you might have something that is now constantly drawing current. post back your results form your checks and we can go forward from there. i appreciate the help very much! ill get the voltmetre tomorrow and report back how i did! jason .
From : tom lawrence
ill try to explain more thoroughly first if all the ac broke a long time ago and i had the compressor removed. but the heater works and when it was on warm air never came out of those vents before. this is all i know. clark i have a 1983 d-150 pickup v8 2wd. what would cause the heater to suddenly begin blowing warm air out of the air conditioning vents you mean all on its own poltergeist-style because normally a heater is supposed to blow warm air. or do you mean you have it set for a/c and it suddenly gets warm instead of cold you get points for including your vehicle description but you get deductions for lack of problem explanation. .
From : budd cochran mrd150 preciscom spam net
does anyone have knowledge of the current reliability of the transmissions being built today. problems were had with the early 46re and 47re models due to a combination of inadequate lube flowing to the od unit especially at lower rpms and lack of maintenance. the truck youre now looking at uses a completely-redesigned transmission the 545rfe. this transmission has been produced for several years now and very few problems there will always be some - its inevitable have been reported. .
From : budd cochran
on tue 10 jan 2006 191933 -0500 rporter jalbel@columbus.rr.com wrote thanks so much for all the great advise - now that youve allhad a laugh - do you have any suggestions or should i goelsewhere ive read some of the replies you all have posted for other problems and was pretty confident when your names came up that you would be helpful - guess i was wrong. oh and by the way the truck is midnight purple!! ha! ha! wel theres your problem. paint it red and it will run fine. beekeep btw have you checked for trouble codes .
From : tom lawrence
tbone wrote why why not do i now need you permission to post or are you just trying to start an argument you are going to have to do far better than this to get me to bite -. i ask a simple one darn word yet!!!! question and get accused of trying to start an argument or moderate the group . . .good grief! well since this is your second response to the same post and with our past history you would suspect nothing different either but to answer your question i was making a general statement about the way many servers work to let people know that if they post a binary into a non-binary group there is a good chance that many will never see it. ok but dont you think greg and i might already know that btw this is strike two against you since i tried to stop the animosities. until you are will ing to leave the past behind youll always see stuff like this in any post i make to you. uh oh you just broke that
From : tbone
why why not do i now need you permission to post or are you just trying to start an argument you are going to have to do far better than this to get me to bite -. i ask a simple one darn word yet!!!! question and get accused of trying to start an argument or moderate the group . . .good grief! uh oh you just broke that new law. . . . .maybe . . . . btw tom check out this link . . . http//.zdnet.com/2100-100922-6024695.html im glad ive always used my name. what do you think of it lol i think that you already know what i think of that bs. so much for that smaller government and personal freedoms that he lied about. you didnt read the whole story did you arlan specter r the spectre !!! was involved in inserting the wording into a bill that had to pass. i figure the libs will raise a question of constitutionality on it somehow. charles budd cochran we know who you are. no need to get paranoid. im not but are you i dont use a screen name. if you dont hide anything you dont have to worry about it being discovered and then trying to defend yourself. did you consider the possibility that i asked you because i know your reaction to your name being given out and actually wanted a simple honest input for the group sheeesh! budd .
From : tbone
tbone wrote why why not do i now need you permission to post or are you just trying to start an argument you are going to have to do far better than this to get me to bite -. i ask a simple one darn word yet!!!! question and get accused of trying to start an argument or moderate the group . . .good grief! well since this is your second response to the same post and with our past history you would suspect nothing different either but to answer your question i was making a general statement about the way many servers work to let people know that if they post a binary into a non-binary group there is a good chance that many will never see it. ok but dont you think greg and i might already know that maybe you do maybe you dont but you are not the only two that read these threads and if i didnt respond to your initial post greg may have never known you posted it at all. btw this is strike two against you since i tried to stop the animosities. until you are will ing to leave the past behind youll always see stuff like this in any post i make to you. now budd lets not start keeping score or we will wind up right back where we started. uh oh you just broke that new law. . . . .maybe . . . . lol ; btw tom check out this link . . . http//.zdnet.com/2100-100922-6024695.html im glad ive always used my name. what do you think of it lol i think that you already know what i think of that bs. so much for that smaller government and personal freedoms that he lied about. you didnt read the whole story did you arlan specter r the spectre !!! was involved in inserting the wording into a bill that had to pass. i figure the libs will raise a question of constitutionality on it somehow. i did read the entire story but he still signed it. you would be right about the libs or anyone with an iq over 5 raising a question over such an ignorant piece of legislation. the funny part is the libs will use that very same smaller government argument most likely and yet theyve never actually tried to reduce the size of government. the sad thing budd is neither have the right. all they seem to do is make it easier for the rich to screw the poor pretty much like this current mining accident. charles budd cochran we know who you are. no need to get paranoid. im not but are you i dont use a screen name. if you dont hide anything you dont have to worry about it being discovered and then trying to defend yourself. yea i guess the right of privacy doesnt mean much anymore right budd. so much for personal liberties in our new world of fear and paranoia. my personal liberties havent been abridged by it but those seeking to harrass and cyberstalk have had theirs curtailed sharply. unfortunately innocent parties are also caught up in it as a simple enthusiastic discussion might violate the law. and that is exactly my point thank you. the problem with this boneheaded legislation is that there is no valid way to even define it nevermind enforce it did you consider the possibility that i asked you because i know your reaction to your name being given out and actually wanted a simple honest input for the group with the type of people that can be found on usenet there is no wonder why so many dont use their real names and most that do only use their first name. i used to use my real name until it was hijacked by some lowlife scumbag and then i learned not to do that. most of your friends in this group also dont use their real or full names in here and probably for similar reasons. who maxdodge / max340 hes posted his name before. sandman nate no longer goes by his screen name. and its the same with several others. i used mr-d150 for a short time because i had it in the name shown line of o.e. but that was the only reason. it wasnt any fear of id theft. how about roy denny mac theguy miles transsurgen carolinabreeze just to name a few off of the top of my head besides max. there are many here who dont use their full name and even you use your nickname for your first name. you dont have to be doing it for the purpose of hiding to get nailed by this stupid assed law. i think some of the others go by screen names just for the fun of it or because the name used to be their cb handle. heck mine was boogieman. if i threw in my old call sign you could track me thru the fcc probably. i doubt that. with the 3 people that still work there i doubt that they could track much of anything - and there was a reason why people used call signs on the cb instead of their real names as well. the point is tom if youve used your name and s.s.# for identification on anything license or such then your info can be found out. its too late to be paranoid. most id theft comes from credit cards check stubs lost drivers licenses and the like. it is not identity theft that i
From : tom lawrence
why why not do i now need you permission to post or are you just trying to start an argument you are going to have to do far better than this to get me to bite -. btw tom check out this link . . . http//.zdnet.com/2100-100922-6024695.html im glad ive always used my name. what do you think of it lol i think that you already know what i think of that bs. so much for that smaller government and personal freedoms that he lied about. charles budd cochran we know who you are. no need to get paranoid. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : tbone
lol....ur right about that....just iamgine how 2 feet works us over. excellent time though for us that manage snow though. -- ------------------------------------------ laszlo almasi carolina watercraft works ice angels a two footer hell we were paralyzed by a three incher here last time lol! -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving i hear ya. i havent really run into enough snow yet to have them be a problem....but they work very well for rain. hopefully ill find out how they perform with snow. praying for another 2 footer here this winter. ^ -- ------------------------------------------ laszlo almasi carolina watercraft works ice angels you ought to check into the the piaa super sporza wiper replacement for wipers that lift off the surface of the glass. i use them on my 2001 ram since the oem blades would lift as well at highway speeds. these wipers are awesome. laz my only thought is that they look like they will be just like any other blade regards snow build up. roy .
From : tbone
he gave the problem tom and it is fairly straight forward. when set to heat the warm air is now coming out of the ac vents instead of the floor. not exactly difficult to figure this out. well then i bow to your powers of esp - because in his original post it wasnt clear at all that he was in fact selecting heat turning the blower on and selecting floor vents. once you get those additional pieces of apparently irrelevant information its fairly obvious that its a vacuum-related problem. you know what im thinking now so i wont bother typing it out... .
From : budd cochran mrd150 preciscom spam net
the blower motor resistor controls the blower speed not where the air comes out of. the air direction is vacuum controlled and the default vent position no vacuum in most systems are the front ac vents which would indicate a vacuum leak somewhere. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving i have a 1983 d-150 pickup v8 2wd. what would cause the heater to suddenly begin blowing warm air out of the air conditioning vents my mechanic brushed me off by saying the blower motor resistor was bad and that dodge didnt make them any more so there was nothing he could do. it doesnt quite add up to me. id like to return to my mechanic with a little knowledge maybe get him to fix it this time. clark .