Fan kicks in on cold start

From : dave i cant do that

Q: i have a 1995 which i think is the obd-i system. is there a way to read codes on it without a code reader http//www.dodgeram.org/tech/gas/trouble/pcmfaultcode.htm .

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From : the reverend natural light

you will need someone to help you perform these tests. first put a volt meter across the batteries terminals directly on the battery not the clamps on the battery and have someone turn the key to start. if the battery voltage drops significantly like under 8 volts you either have a bad battery or a short in the starter. if you claim of having the battery checked means you had it load tested with the result being 883 cca then i would replace the starter. if the battery voltage holds leave the one lead on the battery positive and move the ground lead of the meter to the alternator case make sure you have a good connection showing battery voltage and have someone turn the key again. if the meter now falls to near zero you have a bad ground possibly where it connects to the engine lug near the alternator or a bad wire itself. if the voltage still holds it is time to get under the truck. as you probably know the starter has two wires going to it the smaller one powers the solenoid and the larger one powers the starter. put your meters positive lead on the smaller wire and the ground to the starter or some other piece of clean metal and have someone turn the key. you should get close to battery voltage here when the key is moved to start and if not you have a problem on the low current side. if you get battery voltage here move the positive lead to the large connection and hit the key again. battery voltage should always be here and if it significantly drops when the key is turned it indicates either a bad connection or corroded wire from the battery to this connection. if the voltage does not change when the key is turned this indicates a problem with the starter. on the bottom of the starter there is a connection from the solenoid to the starter windings and it has a rubber cover over it. connect your meter to this lead under the cover and have someone turn the key again. if no voltage or a very low voltage appears this indicates a bad solenoid and if full battery voltage appears you have a bad starter. all of these tests assume that the starter is not turning during the tests. if the starter starts working these tests will be meaningless and you will need to wait until it stops working again to continue where you left off. good luck on your project. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving hi people 1995 1500 auto 2wd 5.9 this has recently been difficult to start when cold but then starts fine when the engine is warmed up. when cold it just clicks a few times and sometimes it doesnt even click. after a few tries it has so far started but i want to fix it before it one day decides not to start at all. i have had the battery checked and it rated at 883 cca which is in excess of the rated 875. i have installed new terminals on the battery leads after cleaning all wires etc. i have checked the grounding connections and every thing is squeaky clean and tight. i am leaning towards the starter solenoid as the starter cranks over fine once it hooks up. anyone have any helpful thoughts on the problem thanks in advance. dave .

From : big al

tbone wrote oh please miles enough with the bs right wing fear tactics. those companies would still exist even without those over paid assholes and so would the jobs and probably at a higher pay with the massive savings in their salaries. please tbone stop with the liberal absurd logic devoid of any logic based reality. companies grow because people invest with the expectation of large returns. erase those returns for those at the top and the investments cease to exist or they take them elsewhere. profits are the very reason people invest in the growth of a company. i know you dont like that call it greed or whatever but take it away and it stops. hahahahahahaha you really make me laugh. as long as those people live here they will be taxed no matter where they invest. perhaps you need to take a look at the stock market. yes i do believe that there needs to be some regulation in industry and the market as people like you will destroy it otherwise. thats the communist model. liberals just take it a step at a time to keep us pointed in that direction. more socialism more regulation more control. no thanks. and more bullshit on your part. and if they do that the gubberment will have no choice but to clobber them with huge import taxes and tariffs making it completely unprofitable for them to continue and push their prices so high the market will be ripe for some new entrepreneurs to open new business to fill in the hole creating new and better paying jobs. now there ya go tbone with your absurd lack of knowledge on economics. pkb dude perhaps you should crack a history book every now and then. you seem to think that companies move overseas for the sole purpose of then importing back to the usa. thats not true at all. they move and sell where the market is more profitable. more complete crap. please point out any other country that even comes close to this one in buying power and dose so without the high risk of nationalization. if other companies move overseas and dont import back here due to whatever reason the worlds largest market us will be wide open for anyone with enough brains to want to make a lot of money and if you think that these large companies dont already know this you really are a moron. for the past 12 years the us congress was of by and for big business and for the past 6 years so was the white house. maybe now that the majority of citizens have appeard to have woken up there will be a change that helps out the majority for a change. it is becoming that way and that needs to be changed before our economy collapses and / or we wind up in a full blown revolution. taxing the hell out of companies is not the solution. why do you always resort to spin. are your arguments really this weak who is talking about taxing the hell out of companies i am talking about eliminating tax cuts for the rich that need it the least. as for companies if they are making billions in proffits a month they hardly need any huge tax breaks. shutting them down and taking away the very reason for their growth will not get you any gains except your own personal take that bastards pleasures. shutting them down hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!! where do you come up with this shit. i never said otherwise but there has to be a limit on how much and how many they are willing to screw over to make it. at one time those limits were set by social values and respect for others but those qualities are all but gone in todays corporate leaders. no it wasnt. people have always invested into a company with the expectation of high returns. no people invested into a company with the hopes of high returns. what has changed is the methods used to generate these returns. at one time it was mostly hard work brilliance and innovation. if a buisness owner or manager had to lay anyone off most of them took it as a personal failure. in todays environment anything goes and who gives a shit. they call letting people go the hard decision but in reality the only one it is hard on is the employee getting screwed. crush those returns and you crush the company and any chance of growth. basically you want to set a limit on returns for someones investment. if the only way for these companies to grow is to screw its employees and customers then yes i want to crush its growth and the idiots who run it. and if those limitless returns on a fews investment winds up screwing the majority then you are correct i want and we need to set limits and people like you more than prove that. btw what exactly does this have to do with tax cuts for the rich are you now referring to business owners and coroprate execs lol!!! yea they make so little and give so much away. now please tell us who set and controls these bullshit market wages that you keep hiding behind. market wages are set by market supply and demand.

From : dave i cant do that

i was just wanting to know which tire is bigger a 235-75-15 or a 30-9.50-15. tires on truck are 30-9.50-15 but the sticker in the door says 235-75-15 are factory. i would like to have a larger tire maybe 31-10.5s on my 92 power ram 150 4x4. thanks .