Electrical Problems in '01 Ram

From : stephen

Q: had the same problem with my 93 and after a long search and putting in lots of new ignition parts with no results. there is a common corrosion problem with this model. on the drivers side fender well under the hood there is a bundle of cables aft of the battery. slit open this bundle of cables. you will find a single red cable soldered to two red cables. this joint goes bad and eventually breaks from corrosion.a bad connection stops processing data and power to the control module on the passenger fender. no power no spark. let me know what you found. john .

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From : maxpower

bob wrote on thu 7 oct 2004 202305 -0500 bob bob@nospam.com wrote bob wrote on thu 7 oct 2004 john kunkel wrote the engine speed is not connected with the oil consumption. if your engine consumed or lost 4 quarts of oil in 800 miles you either have a whipped engine or a large leak. disagree many vans had ridiculously low axle ratios and the absence of od would have the motor running at 3500+ rpms at freeway speeds. a tired motor will suck more oil at 3500 than it will at 1800. ...and a non-tired engine will use no more oil at 3500 than at 1800. but it will get tired at least twice as fast not necessarily. matt if everything else is equal it certainly well. bob but not all else is equal. given the same load the engine running at higher rpm is running under less load less torque which translates to lower cyl pressures lower bearing loads etc. a free running engine generally lasts longer than a lugged engine. okay lets take a stock chevy v-8 for example. you can run it at 3500 rpms loaded at wot for days on end with no problems. run that same engine at 7000 with only a light load and its life will be measured in seconds. why is that given your explaination of the low cylinder pressures and light loads it should last a long time. in reality loads and stresses rise very fast as the speed goes up. not saying the high revving engine will last longer but its not as simple as engine runs twice as fast wears twice as fast or more i was being conservative....... bob youve got competing stress and wear mechanisms going on and it all has to do with metal-to-metal contact and wear 1 at low speeds as was mentioned under high cylinder pressure the oil film in the rod bearings gets squeezed out and you get metal-to-metal contact of the wear surfaces. 2 at super high speeds loaded or not with stresses going up by square laws and such the mass inertia of the piston/rod assy. changing direction and the huge forces thus generated is what squeezes out the oil film and you get metal-to-metal contact of the wear surfaces combined with rubbing at high speed. iow - too slow increases wear; too fast increases wear. theres a huge range in between where the oil is there doing its job. in that range bearing life is almost indefinite then theres dry startup wear. bill putney to reply by e-mail replace the last letter of the alphabet in my adddress with the letter x .

From : stephen

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From : tom lawrence

stopped in at a cummings shop and asked how much to change the oil and filter $174.00!! yikes is this right 12 quarts of oil and a filter for $174.00 does it take two hours or what what documentation do i need to change it myself and not get into warranty hassles al 2004 ho six speed. .