Dodge Ram Van inquiry

From : andrew burton

Q: there is plenty of training available to the independent shops that is equal to or better than the stuff provided by the oems. the sublet -might- increase the bill but it still wouldnt necessarily be higher than what the bill might have been had the customer gone to the dealership service department instead of the independent. are you claiming that you dont flag any extra time for re-flashing a tcm or pcm if the job does come into -your- dealership =a0=a0 =a0then there would be more good independents also no ----------------------------------------------------- how do you judge that your training is better this would be a hard claim to substantiate. remember that aftermarket training on a vehicle is released long after the dealership technicians have fought long and hard to discover manufacturing flaws that are simply given to the independants. people assume that dealer techs have the advantage of tsbs to repair vehicles how false. remember the information provided in the tsbs that you use were discovered primarily by technicians who discovered the issues and provided information to chrysler. this is a claim an independant can not make. this simply means a dealer tech works his ass off for a loss in pay so and independant can receive his information for next to nothing in the form of a tsb. you should be thanking th

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From : darby ogill

tom another point which drives the more frequent change schedule is that diesels do not warm up quickly and consecquently do not boil off the condensation water so easily. this water will mix with the residual sulpher in the oil and create acid which corrodes the oil very rapidly. so in short there are two reasons to change the oil more frequently and they are both temperature related. short trips too cold and severe duty too hot. both cases reduces the lubriction performance of the oil. i have $50000 in my rig. i cant imagine risking that to save $30 on an oil change. steve where are you buying 12 quarts of oil and a filter for 30 bucks delo 400 15w-40 ci4+ $6.48/gallon at wally world plus fleetguard stratpore filter at genos garage $9.95 + shipping = $29.39. stay with the 7500 interval and you wont go wrong. mike thanks i plan on it. we dont have a genos garage in dallas/fort worth. we used to have a jenos strip tease place on harry hines until they finally closed up. -- moparman---remove clothes to reply! --scud coordinates 32.61204 north 96.92993 west-- sure you have a genos garage in dfw. it comes in a big brown truck... http//www.genosgarage.com/ -- fmb bookmarked. -- moparman---remove clothes to reply! --scud coordinates 32.61204 north 96.92993 west-- .

From : roy

on sun 6 feb 2005 145922 -0500 roy roy@home.net wrote i looked at the figures. gotta stay with the cummins. whew... i was worried for a minute weak moment maybe. while im at it how about the 03 04s any inherent problems what transmissions are used in those years the 48re is in my 03. i cant remember if the 48re was introduced to replace the 47re in late 02 or early 03. as i said before i read tdr a lot and am not aware of any issues related to 03 or 04 from there or from my own experience. some people worried about the new lift pumps but those have really only been a problem for the hard core bombers. i havent found anything to not like about mine. the only problem i have had was that i olost the guages for the tach and fuel but that turned out to be a faulty part on the back of the guage panel and was fixed within a day. there are tow recalls if you get an 03 or 04 make sure that it had the recalls done or get them done if not. one was to replace a piece of the tranny cooler line that was defective and the other was to put a washer on the ecm so it would not short or something to that effect. .

From : moparman

watch steven kings christine. recently every time i start my 2001 durango rt the horn honks one time. if i open the door with the engine running and then close it again the horn honks. when i shut the engine off and exit the vehicle the horn will honk either when i close the door or anywhere from 2 to 15 seconds later. i dont have a security system except what is built into the durango by default nothing optional. the dealer has no clue what could be causing this. anybody got any thoughts .

From : mike simmons

can i have it thatd give me one to hang up somewhares.. denny not certified in nothin but bs ******************************** certificate of achievement awarded to denny on this 6th day of february 2005 for successfully bullshitting your way through life wearing a floppy eared pink fuzzy suit you are hereby designated certified master bunny bullshit artist ******************************** feel free to print this out cut out the certificate and stick it anywhere you think appropriate. ill tell him where to stick it! ;^ mike .