Differentiate: Alternator, or belt or pulleys?
From : repeat
Q: on sun 22 jul 2007 010505 +0200 repeat repeat@repeat.com wrote i posted this once before but not really good answers. old dodge van mid 70s 318. alternator had spacer that one bolt slipped in. long time ago i lost the spacer and used washers to align the pulleys with the bolt alone. worked for a long time. now loud squealing on startup when engine warms up squealing goes away. squealing only occurs simultaneously with alternator gauge needle bottoming out in charge position alternating with normal position in which case squeal disappears-i.e. as long as needle swings back to midrange position squeal disappears only to reappear when bottoming to charge position. squeal and bottoming of needle go away completely when motor warms up. checking the belt it is one of these kind that has teeth on inside pulley side surface. belt looks ok-not worn; appears undamaged but is somewhat loose about 3/4 to one inch deflection. pulleys seem to be aligned correctly eyeball check only. how do i differentiate between a squealing alternator versus a squealing loose belt vs a squealing out of alignment pulleys what is causing the alternator gauge needle to bottom itermittently to full charge swinging back an forth between that and midline reading-is this a function of a bad voltage regulator i cannot run this thing too long as my neighbors will complain about the noise. i wish to avoid replacing a $100 alternator if that is not the cause. how do i differentially diagnose the cause of the problem. anyone thanks. youre taking something simple and making it way too complicated. tighten the belt and see if the noise goes away -- as it probably will. if the belt has been loose enough to upset your neighbors you should replace it. after the new belt has been run a little while re-adjust it. don www.donsautomotive.com .
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From : clifto
on tue 24 jul 2007 203423 -0400 roy roy@fhome.net wrote damn!! you two are on a roll arent ya. thats okay the world is a wheel what goes around comes around. vbg and im innocent of any wrong doing. buddism!!! im sorry.... my karma seems to have run over your dogma... mac please remove splinters before emailing .
From : mike romain
on mon 23 jul 2007 170215 -0400 roy roy@fhome.net wrote on sun 22 jul 2007 183252 -0400 roy roy@fhome.net wrote nah had a bunch of rain today and was a little board. is that like a big stick well as long as you still get some kind of wood at your age.. *rofl* ya bearded prick! i have my hands full of the rabbit and here you are on attck mode bfg how ya been doin just fine... and with the spelling in this group i dont need humor.. rofl mac please remove splinters before emailing .
From : ray
hey there i have a 1995 dodge ram 1500 4x4 with 118000 miles on it. all of the maintenance records are current and full for the whole time i have owned it. i am a mechanic myself and have done all of the work on it. i was wondering if anyone is interested in it i just put it out for sale today because i havent drove it in 5 months. but it has been started and warmed up regularly... .
From : nate nagel
seems that the ac in my 99 ctd quad sport is stays on once turned on and wont shut off from the heater controls. anyone else have this problem and found the cure does the compressor clutch cycle like it normally should or it it stuck on all the time if so it could be a sticking compressor clutch relay in your power distribution center next to the battery. if not then its either a bad switch in the heater controls or faulty logic in the pcm. .
From : repeat
hi all! seems that the ac in my 99 ctd quad sport is stays on once turned on and wont shut off from the heater controls. anyone else have this problem and found the cure tia best to all! fred .
From : chris thompson
as most of you may know our resident rabbit was going on vacation this week. i have it from a reliable source that as he and his family went by the area of the idiots house the wide ride went into separation anxiety. he created such a fuss with all his bitching and moaning that his lovely wife said the hell with it and pitched his fat ass and the machine out of the van and left him there. she of course drove away with a big smile on her face as she was rid of the wc eating clown and would finally be able to enjoy herself without ol gas cloud. now what do you think the idiot and the wide ride have been doing the past few days are you starting to get a picture of the machine being overworked beer cans and wc wrappers all over the place. screams and moans coming from the idiots house. ky being delivered in 55 gallons drums. what the neighbors think are dogs howling in th
From : nosey
on jul 22 730 am marsh monster marshmonster2...@aol.com wrote on jul 15 500 pm tbone tbonenos...@nc.rr.com wrote z88z wrote project - replace the 46re in my 98 5.9/auto/4wd zj with a 5spd from a 98 5.9/5spd/4wd ram or dakota build is for street performance not off road use. probably wont be mega horsepower maybe 400 at most. slightly confused on the crank/flywheel/trans issue. 1. the 5.2 is external balance the 5.9 is internal so they use different flywheels but the mopar site shows one flywheel p/n# for 5.2/5.9l and a different flywheel p/n# for the 5.9 magnum. so a used flywheel would have to come from a 5.9 magnum and not the stock 5.9 2. are the 5spd models different depending on whether the truck has a 5.2 a 5.9 or a 5.9 magnum 3. i believe im looking for an nv3500 or is it the nv3550 what are the horsepower ratings and which years will fit the nv4500 is bullet proof but has a granny 1st and is more suitable for off road use 4. how can i tell which vehicles have close ratio 5. does the v8 dakota have the same drivetrain and 5 speed models as the ram 6. anyone installed a 5spd into an obdii mopar vehicle that originally came with an auto 7. can my jeep pcm be reflashed so its not looking for auto trans inputs or can i reflash the pcm from a 5.9/5spd/4wd ram with my vin and mileage or whatever i cant pass ma vehicle inspection with a cel on. any help is appreciated. the answers dont have to be too long or involved. mostly looking to clarify the flywheel/trans model issue. thanks. john thanks reverend and steve ok im getting somewhere now but still have a few questions. kind of a three steps forward one step back process. last engine questions is there non-magnum gas 5.9 also or are all the 5.9 motors after 1994 or so either magnum or diesel do not confuse the 5.9 diesel with the 5.9 gas engine they are two very different animals. the 5.9 diesel is the cummins engine and it has nothing in common tith the dc 360 magnum gas engine. i doubt that they would make the a engine once the magnum engine cam out. i believe the 6cyl and 8cyls have the same bellhousing to block bolt pattern. is the diesel 5.9 the same too the 5.2 and the 5.9 gas engine have the same bolt pattern. so im finally figuring out the nv4500 was the only a manual transmission available behind any kind of 5.9 and that was a diesel 5.9 that would be incorrect. the nv4500 sat behind the 5.9 gas engine as well. anyone know if a 5.9 to nv4500 bellhousing would fit an nv3550 nope. the nv4500 has a removable bellhousing while the nv3500 is a one piece unit. highimpact shows an ax15 bellhousing for adapting an nv3550 to the 5.2 & 5.9. if you get the dodge version it already fits both motors. http//www.high-impact.net/transmissionandgear/nv3550chrysler%205... thats hard to figure. you can use a trans from a wrangler behind a 5.9 but the trans that come behind a 5.2 isnt strong enough for the 5.9 this is where i got the flywheel info i was talking about. it mentions two 5.9s page 132 http//www.mopar.ca/accessories/performance/2007%20performance%20cata... http//www.mopartsracing.com/parts/trans.html and an interesting quote about using the nv3500 from notchlx at bionicdodge the transmission has an integrated bellhousing and its rated for 300ft/lbs of torque. it uses a hydraulic clutch system. good for your leg these units are a mid-grade transmission that does remarkably well in a stock application. however once the power is turned up on these suckers you might want to pick up a spare. i ran at 320rwhp and 375rwtq for over 10000miles and bolted on slicks once a week for a year with 3000rpm clutch drops and never had a single problem out of mine... the clutches went before the tranny gave any signs of disintegration. the centerforce dual friction clutch holds up pretty good to the added power and is definitely a lot more crisp on the shifts than the stocker. others havent been as lucky. ive heard of people blowing out their 5spd with little to no mods depends on what kind of day they were having at the new ventures shop on the day your transmission rolled out. plenty of people are running modded 318 287 360 and 408 engines in front of these units with good results however the general consensus says o-young padowan play with fire and you will be burned eventually it sounds like this person was using it in a car which does put a little less strain on the transmission. reverend - im familiar with early zj 5spd parts. thats what i was planning on. i think xj pedals work too. i believe the swap could be done using the original console though. i have a few interior pix from someone who did the 5.9 5spd zj conversion with an nv4500. doesnt look like he cut the tunnel heard a rumor some later zj export diesel models had manual trans so that could be a possible pedal and console parts source but i
From : Annonymous
i got under the hood to find the vacuum problem on my 95 dodge ram. found a broken vacuum line under there. there are two vacuum lines that run together to the cruise control diaphram under the battery tray. one is large the other is small and hard plastic. the small plastic one is broken off and i cant find where it is supposed to attache. it is sucking air pretty good. lol i figure this is what is wrong with my heat vents and about the time that started the gas mileage went to hell. i plugged it up to see if it changes the vent and gas mileage problems but the cruise control dont work now so i need to find where it connects. thanks again for all your help. ill be in this group from now till i sell this truck and i have no such plans. best truck i ever owned. ky .
From : don
balsofsteele@gmail.com wrote theres two versions of the nv3500. http//dodgeram.org/tech/transmission/nv3500spec.htm - this pag only lists ram specs. iirc dakotas use the narrow ratio trans. i dunn if the nv3500hd is used in any production vehicles i personally have had very good service from the nv3500. i tes drove a few that shifted like crap mostly wide ratio 1500s. i believ there are qc issues but if you can find a good unit youll get solid performance from the transmission i wouldnt fear using it in your described application with basi use your head rules like dont hog the throttle in overdrive dont dump the clutch dont tow huge loads in od uphill etc. a manual transmissions life span is almost exclusively dictated by th driver also be sure to buy the proper nv3500 transmission fluid. its no *that* expensive and its considered a lifetime lubrication. have 80k on mine and its still topped off and clean thanks for the reply so you think the nv3550 in a ram would be the wider ratio and th dakota would be closer ratio if thats the case since i wan something more streetable it would probably be a good idea to use th dakota transmission i guess quality control can be a big issue with those transmissions. i figure i should have decent luck with it as long as i dont get bad one to start with no clutch dumping for me. i figure ill be driving it more like sports car. hoping to lower it a bit sway bars springs etc we bought an 5.0 5spd mustang gt new in 86 and got 215k miles out o the original clutch. never dumped the clutch and spun the tires ver rarely usually by accident. it did see a lot of spirite driving and some powershifting from time to time of course in its last days i was the only one that could get it i gear. when i sold it in 2000 it still had the new clutch in the bac seat that i had been carrying around for six months as far as towing goes no way! in fact ill probably take the to package off. i have no use for towing anything and that way my e cant ask me to use the 5.9 to help her move again! lol! thanks again for the reply - joh .
From : iso2022jpqhachiroku1bboam2f1b28b
ok ive read a couple of these and everyone has some sort of idea. but the problem is larger than what the public sees. first there is standardized testing in any well run district. generally 2nd 5th and 8th graders get tested so that they can be tracked in highschool. tracking is the basis of curriculum in the hs grades where they divide the kids into exceptional college bound technical/trades career prep learning disabled and what ever levels might be below that. tracking is also subject to a bit of controversy since it has good points and bad points. on the good side it helps address learning levels thus accelerating the individual student to the best level they can be. this works for the vast majority of students. but on the bad side it can put some kids at levels either below or above what they can deal with on a learning over time basis. it can also leave a child behind if they excel in one area but the other areas lower their track. or it can bury a kid who did well in certain areas but then cannot excel on higher level material. so.... how do you design a curriculum that addresses all levels of learning and complies with this silly no child left behind crap simply put you cannot. again most students will do well with the general curriculum and tracking. about 35-40% im generalizing for the sake of space actual figures may vary of kids wont do well in the standard curriculum. so in order to get them to pass teachers resort to teaching to the test. good teachers hate having to do this because they know two things will happen. first the kids who can do well will not do as well as they can because the bar is set so low. the kids who cannot do well on the standardized test will likely not do well no matter what because they just arent going to get it. out of the 35-40% above about half or 15-20% of the total students will benefit from teaching to the test at least until they take the test. what they leave school with; for that matter what any student leaves school with may be far less. now you may wonder about the good teachers and why they dislike the test and conversly why bad teachers like the test or dislike it. in short good teachers dislike the test because it means they are rated on how many kids meet the minimum standard. so even if they have a room full of the normal range of students and they have the normal pass/fail rate or normal bell curve of grades they get a poor review unless all students pass the standard test. what they know is not all students are equal so some students will fail. there is a reason there are five ratings of proficiency abcd f. the good teachers also know that some kids do not test well. what this means is a student who can discuss the subject and work the subject in class can literally seize up on a test. a teacher can grade on various criteria and methods of learning where a test can only grade on one level or method of testing. a bad teacher will love or hate the standard test. they may love it because it can mask their lack of ability. or they may hate it because it will make their lack of ability terribly obvious. which brings me to the next area of problem teacher ability. good teachers can teach almost any kid and get them to learn. but how do you rate a teacher on the success of a student when the students have huge differences in ability and in support systems well you cant. sadly a good teacher is much like porn you know it when you see it. good teachers dont hide behind contracts or tenure they dont need to because the students respond to them in ways that a trained professional can see and thus evaluate. but that doesnt mean all those students are getting great grades. some students dont have great support in a successful school career. some respongd well to a teacher but do poorly otherwise. too many factors enter into the situation that a good teacher has no control over. a poor teacher might get a bad evaluation but tenure and contracts may save them from getting dumped. plus some students in the bad teachers classes will excel despite the poor ability of the teacher masking that poor ability. in the end each district deals with the situation individually. its a complex issue made even more complex by the nationwide demand for no child left behind. in a very real sense the desired effect of increasing the level of our graduates is lost. we are essentially dumbing down our schools in pursuit of prefect graduation rates. one of two things have to happen if improvement is to result we can accept that some kids just wont graduate and start working to teach each kid at the level that means a passing grade carries some meaning. or we can take tracking to the next level and split kids into restricted programs that are designed to move them to a predetermined level of ability. interesting that we used to do both of these to some level of success before the no child left behin