Darn tease of a snow
From : denny
Q: now you know how to keep it from snowing dont you of course you could wash your truck . . . . . . -- budd whats the difference between a bad golfer and a bad skydiver one goes whack darn and the other goes darn whack. all set and ready to go play in the snow and guess what it didnt snow enough to play in. sigh.......... denny .
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From : roy
he op said it was a lower radiator hose heater not a block heater as such while true tommy boys blanket statements definitely do not fit all coolant heaters which was why i mentioned that block heaters go elsewhere in the coolant flow. max life liberty and the pursuit of any jackass that threatens it. embellished usnavy slogan .
From : jerry
im wanting to get a power chip for my 99 ram 318 auto 2/wd. i drive fairly aggressivly but not to the limits of the truck. i plan on replacing the air filter with a k&n or something along those lines. the exhaust is almost done. no headers yet but 3 cat back duals. had to get the sound. im looking at the 1 superchips max microtuner 2 hypertech power programmer iii they appear to do almost the same thing. if anyone has used either one could you me your opinion on the tuners. im also open for other suggestions i want to buy the right one first time. willywanka the universe is composed of only two substances magic and bullshit. .
From : denny
on wed 15 dec 2004 204654 gmt tbone t-bonenospam@nc.rr.com wrote time to further your education again sheeesh . . . and you claim to be such a great mechanic. and by this crap you posted below far more of one than you. while i admit that my thoughts were wrong concerning flow in relation to the bypass they were no where near as bogus as this crap from you. the bypass allows coolant flow to the heater core for faster heat to the drivers compartment hahahahahahahahaha!!!! the heater core coolant lines and the bypass are in parallel with each other so how exactly does it do this sorry budd but you simply dont know wtf you are talking about. the purpose of the bypass it to allow the coolant to flow within the engine bypassing the radiator when the thermostat is closed to allow a normal warmup and prevent hot spots and engine damage. on the moderns dc products the heater circuit also does this all of the time but on the older models there was a valve that shut the flow to the heater core off and when it was closed the bypass was the only path to keep the water moving. this is where my thoughts were in error as i didnt take into account that the bypass actually bypasses the radiator and its hoses but at least i know what the bypass actually does. hey tom you are back huh tell me what insatiable need do you have to be an automotive expert ive noticed that when someone anyone posts here with a problem you are on it literally like stink on shit. the problem is that you always end up in a pissing match. you post then someone posts to correct something that you said and then you get your panties in a bunch and the fight is on. im just curious. through all of this you continue to post and to argue to assert your knowledge of mechanics. then you end up with nothing but the edge of semantics to argue about as you cry and whine that you were misunderstood and that you alone had the right answer. it just goes on and on. it just makes me wonder what kind of life you have when you have to act like you do in order to demand attention for your expertise or your imaginary expertise. just saying tom thats all. good stable engine / radiator flow can be had faster if you just use a couple braincells and plug in the heater with the engine already warmed up. wtf are you talking about this is a heater not a pump. it does not require stable engine / radiator flow to do its job and as jerry pointed out since it is in the lower hose it can feed heat to both the engine and radiator regardless of the position of the thermostat. and if youre thinking of that little tiny air bleed hole in the thermostat youre wrong there also. that hole effectively is not there as far as coolant flow is concerned. it has a flow rate of less than a gallon per hour. how much flow do you really think that you are going to get with the convection currents it can create it is not important anyway since it uses both convection currents and normal heat transfer to do its job and with its location does not need normal coolant flow anyway. really tom you need to accept that your mechanical abilities are so underwhelming. funny you should say that since here they seem to be way above yours. and you wonder why i have the attitude that i do. i asked you a simple question and instead of getting a valid response you come back with your typical insults and childish attacks. the funny thing about it is that not only was the response childish it was also completely wrong and every bit as dangerous to others as you accuse most of mine of being. i guess i was right all along all you really do is accuse me of you own faults to make yourself feel a little better. but like i said before budd if that is what you need to do to make your life a little better go for it. you have my blessing. .
From : denny
now you know how to keep it from snowing dont you i guess ill just go unhook the darned thing. maybe even pile some junk on it. maybe even put the truck up on stands..... of course you could wash your truck . . . . . . g denny -- budd whats the difference between a bad golfer and a bad skydiver one goes whack darn and the other goes darn whack. all set and ready to go play in the snow and guess what it didnt snow enough to play in. sigh.......... denny .
From : roy
date aug. 26 1994 this revision releases a single idle air control motor now available for use in all applications from 1992 through 1994. note this bulletin applies to vehicles equipped with a 3.9l 5.2l 5.9l engines. symptom/condition erratic idle and idle undershoot stall on a hot restart and/or low speed driving on deceleration. these conditions will most likely occur during warm and hot ambient temperatures above 70 degrees f. the condition may be worse with the a/c on and the compressor running. diagnosis also clean out the throttle body ive got a 94 ram 1500 - 5.2 that does that occasionally. i dont know what causes it or when it will happen. mine has 110k miles. no errors reported. when i come to a stop instead of stopping at idle about 500-600 rpm it drops on down and would knock off if i didnt give it some gas not a problem since i am a left foot braker. it does this for a day or so and clears up. the last time was about 6 months ago. i suspect something like a tps iac or possibly an intermittent connection in one of those. funny thing is no error reported. si kvh wrote i bought a 97 dodge dakota about 4 months ago and had thought it was the best running truck i had ever owned. in about 3500 miles it has cranked but would not idle 2 times. you can keep it running and get to garage and it will run perfect. the check engine light does not come on. the mechanics say it has to mess up before they can find the problem.it is almost like it is not getting gas. anyone else had this problem. kvh .
From : budd cochran
i think most of the gripes about the v6 have to do with the older 3.9 l which was really a dog compared to the 4.7l. the newer 3.7 l is a good running and relatively economical engine. the power output is only about 15 hp different between the 3.7l and 4.7l now although the 4.7 does have much more torque. if they didnt discount my 4.7l 2004 qc leftover so much i probably would have waited for the 2005 with a 3.7l. i had the 3.7 in a 2002 ram regular cab and it worked fine. thats a fairly large truck compared to the dakota so it should work even better with the dakota. if you need the max tow rating then the 4.7l is best otherwise you can save yourself some money on initial purchase and fuel by getting the 3.7l. jph linuxnut wrote im a new dakota owner and ive been searching the web and reading groups about my new truck.. one thing i notice is that v8 owners are really down on teh v6 trucks yet the v6 owners seem to really love their trucks. so im just wondering why do the v8 guys dislike the v6 is it really a bad motor or is it just the typical my motor is bigger than yours so it must be better attitude i test drove the v8 and the v6 and chose the v6 because of gas milage and it also still felt pretty beefy. i dont tow and i dont plan on towing and mostly ill use the truck for hauling light loads to the dumps or picking up do it your self supplies at the local home depot. i guess it bothers me to see people talk down about the truck i chose when there really is no reason for it. anyways happy holidays! -steve .