Durango engine trouble

From : peter

Q: yawn -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving here we go again -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving yet another meaningless test! -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving ignore .

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From : tbone

no... but i love her anyway does she own her own dodge truck thought i would share with all those that know me i am engaged to be married to a great wonderful and gorgeous woman! .

From : dan c

both brke and abs lights are on. brakes feel ok no loss of fluid but the power assist feels gone. any ideas .

From : tim bur

on sat 23 jul 2005 220539 -0400 tim bur wrote check the fuel for air bubbles there should be none lol! yeah. how would you suggest a person go about checking for air bubbles -- if youre not on the edge youre taking up too much space. linux registered user #327951 .

From : peter

the 5.9l motor in my 98 2500 quad cab has developed a lower end knock. its most noticeable on start for a few seconds but its always there just much quieter. this truck has about 100k on it. my thought is a rod bearing but i guess it could be a main bearing. other than this the motor runs strong. we pull a 5000 pound trailer about 200 miles every weekend for several months. were looking to possibly be pulling for longer distances next year. are there any reasons to not putting rod and/or main bearings in or is a short block the only way to go thanks for any suggestions. .

From : rc

i have a dodge ram 1500 4x4 1999. i recently took it to the shop because while driving i can feel through the steering wheel all sorts of thuds and thumps that feels like its coming from near the end of the steering column. going around long corners i can really feel it. itll thump on and off throughout the whole corner. sometimes ill feel it just driving straight. its not a vibration or shimmy. one way i can try to explain it is it feels like someone is lightly tapping the steering column with a rubber hammer. its sporadic and holds no type of rhythm. well i got my borgeson intermediate shaft today steve ks post reminded me to go ahead and fix this anyways i am putting on a new roof and when i am done the shaft goes in. i will let you guys know if it worked. .

From : rc

awesome is the only way to describe my 2003 dodge truck - excellent condition loaded with everything you can think of and more! keyless alarm with remote start! as of saturday july 23rd 2005 about 300 miles away from 30k miles - still under factory warranty! new 60k raised white letter tires less than 500 miles on the tires. the only thing missing is fog lights! pictures will be on my website sunday july 24th 2005 after 10am est. serious inquires only please - i had the truck appraised today $19300.00 yours today for only $17900.00 *obo* contact daniel today! .

From : bob

trying to decide between 1500 and a dakota. salesman said the hemi gets about the same gas mileage as the dakota. hard to believe given the hp difference. which years and engines are good to stay away from in both i have a 2004 1500 with the 5.7 liter hemi. my driving is probably 60/40 highway/city. i get right around 17mpg. long highway trips at 65 i can get a little better than 19mpg. if you have a lead foot you wont get anywhere near this. heavy acceleration will significantly lower these numbers. mike then wheres the fun in having the hemi if you cant turn er loose = .

From : maxpower

sliding rv-type fifth-wheels are not intended to be slid back while towing - only for tight space manuevering - and are not needed for a truck with an 8 bed. starting with the original post nehmo asked where to mount. i then gave him a link to mounting instructions for the type of hitch and truck about which hed asked. then you follow up later with can you then explain why the instructions from dodge for my 2003 dodge ram 3500 specifically states that the hitch be centered precisely over the centerline of the rear axle i gave you examples i have personally experienced and or witnesses with over 1.5 million miles pulling fifth wheel mounted trailers mostly big rigs some hot shots 22 to 40 foot flatbed behind 1 ton dually but the principals are still the same. in looking at the lower brands of hitches such as reese draw tight etcthen you are correctthe hitch is not designed to be used slid. buy a high quality hitch such as a fontain or highjacker to name but twoand they have hitches designed to tow slid as needed. you rv may be fine in one position every time but tomdick or harry may pull a flat bed or a goose neck or some other configuration and need the hitch to move according to the load. the balance may be very different pulling a john deere with a back blade and bucket loader all week then when the rv is on for the weekend. the only way to know for sure is scale the rig empty and loaded and compare front axle weights adjust the pin location as needed. given how much a truck costsand how little the difference in hitch prices are unless we get into air ride hitches why limit the trucks abilities with a fixed hitch in the first place. whitelightning first off - a fifth-wheel hitch is unlikely to be used for hauling heavy equipment. a friend of mine does do this but hes an exception that kind of hauling is normally done with a gooseneck hitch - which uses a fixed ball in the bed of the truck and a cylindrical tube-with-locking-jaws on the trailer. sliding fifth-wheel hitches goosenecks are *all* fixed-position are used in short-bed trucks to enable tight turning when without one the trailer would impact some part of the cab. when towing the sliding mechanism is returned to the locked mode at the point over or slightly in front of the rear axle. the examples that you provided of the use of an adjustable-position hitch do not apply in this type of towing or with this type of hitch. in fact it would be most difficult to mount one in a class 1 - class 3 truck without dismounting the bed much less actually using the feature. g dont forget that the balance of non-otr trailers is such that there is far less weight placed on the hitch - and thus - the truck than with a trailer with axles at the very rear. btw i *do* use an air-suspension hitch - and love it. g .

From : maxpower

99 durango 5.9l has started behaving really weird. it starts up more or less fine have to crank it more than usual and will idle fine. when i floor it under load rpms wont go over 2-3k it starts coughing and idles very roughly then stalls but sometimes will recover to smooth idle. i hooked up odb scantool and all sensors seem to be in working order. whenever it starts stalling oxy sensor shows lean mix and ignition advance fluctuates wildly between 10-25 degrees. no error codes. i even reset pcm by disconnecting battery - no joy. im thinking ignition trouble... had all wires distributor cap and coil replaced recently with accel hi-perf components... could it have something to do with this any suggestions welcome!!! peter lean mixture coughing long crank time.... check fuel pressure. glenn beasley chrysler tech hmmm double post .