Farewell to the group

From : ignoramus17993

Q: tom please e-mail me. id like your opinion on a car. thanks ken .

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From : andy

i have not had great luck with parts from cummins for off highway applications. lack of support of old engines onan and exorbitant prices. ripoff. my experience was with my old onan dje diesel generator. i .

From : carolina watercraft works

my wipers only work on high and low. the wont work at all on any delay setting nor will they return to park when shut off. when the washer button is pushed the squirters work but the wipers wont cycle any ideas .

From : ignoramus18163

pray tell how were they cured i know of 3 years the damn things were going south on. there were several places that retro-fit kits could be had. which should tell you all you need to know about how common the issue was/is. -- nathan in montana http//concealedcarryforum.com http//1911tech.com http//glockcarry.com after the years there was a problem chrysler obviously solved the problem. -- max join www.devilbrad.com and find out what free exchange of info is all about. there are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty soap ballot jury and ammo. please use in that order. -ed howdershelt author it would be their only fuck up since going with the cummins in 88. no there have been others. giving up the bragging rights of being top dog in terms of torque to the duramax is one. what about reliability and fuel economy not to mention design seen the specs on the new cummins the chrysler/daimler merger is one. thats not a failure of truck design or capability. the rampant lift pump failure issue is one. rampant according to whom yeah failures were frequent on the modified trucks but even then it wasnt rampant. the lift pump failures that did occur were in early isb models and the problem was cured easily. pray tell how were they cured i know of 3 years the damn things were going south on. roy .

From : ignoramus18163

sold the poorly made dodge 1500 truck unlikely to buy another so i will be off for some unforeseeable time. please let us know how the chevy holds up. did you go with the diesel roy .

From : ed h

damn nate what the hell has gotten into you somebody replying methinks nate is overreacting again! and is just blowing smoke. in response to my personal opinion of someone that neither of us knows. perhaps i misread mikes intentions thats sometimes easy to do when all you have is printed text in front of you but it sure looked insulting to me. -- nathan in montana http//concealedcarryforum.com http//1911tech.com http//glockcarry.com methinks nate is overreacting again! and is just blowing smoke. im stating my opnion of him. i find him arrogant just as i find you to be an asshole. -- nathan in montana http//concealedcarryforum.com http//1911tech.com http//glockcarry.com .

From : azwiley1

replace the master cylinder its bypassing on you. and be quick about it before you wreck the truck. -- budd cochran john 316-17 ephesians 28-9 romans 323 623 our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. it is wholly inadequate for the government of any other. john adams just recently bought this beater truck. with all the various parts ive bought im approaching what i paid for the truck! in any case heres my problem. replaced one of the rear brake hard lines due to a leak. bled the rear lines. all seemed ok for a couple short trips. then pedal suddenly went almost to the floor with little stopping power. thought i had another leak or air in the system. bled the rear again attempted to bleed the front...bleeder valves rusted shut so i replaced the calipers good thing too since the pads were pretty bad. bled all four wheels and test drove truck. brakes worked great! next couple trips all well. latest trip the brake pedal would work great with little travel same as the previous trips after new the calipers but occasionally would travel nearly to the floor with poor stopping power. it seemed to do this more often if i would lightly apply the brakes then let up on the pedel then reapply. does this sound like there is still air in the system or an intermittently failing master cylinder being an intermittent problem has me wondering since it doesnt seem like a normal problem. thoughts thanks eric -- posted via a free usenet account from http//www.tera.com .

From : beekeep

just recently bought this beater truck. with all the various parts ive bought im approaching what i paid for the truck! in any case heres my problem. replaced one of the rear brake hard lines due to a leak. bled the rear lines. all seemed ok for a couple short trips. then pedal suddenly went almost to the floor with little stopping power. thought i had another leak or air in the system. bled the rear again attempted to bleed the front...bleeder valves rusted shut so i replaced the calipers good thing too since the pads were pretty bad. bled all four wheels and test drove truck. brakes worked great! next couple trips all well. latest trip the brake pedal would work great with little travel same as the previous trips after new the calipers but occasionally would travel nearly to the floor with poor stopping power. it seemed to do this more often if i would lightly apply the brakes then let up on the pedel then reapply. does this sound like there is still air in the system or an intermittently failing master cylinder being an intermittent problem has me wondering since it doesnt seem like a normal problem. thoughts thanks eric .

From : azwiley1

damn nate what the hell has gotten into you methinks nate is overreacting again! and is just blowing smoke. im stating my opnion of him. i find him arrogant just as i find you to be an asshole. -- nathan in montana http//concealedcarryforum.com http//1911tech.com http//glockcarry.com .

From : budd cochran mrd150 preciscom spam net

on mon 16 oct 2006 103413 -0400 chris thompson kf4drr-nospam@alltel.net wrote mopar or no car! mike for the most part im there with you mike...ive always been a mopar fan....but to be honest the cummins was the deciding factor when it was time for the 8.0l to say goodbye. i looked at the competitions didnt go with the dmax because of things i heard and it having not been out that long. looked at ford but they had been changing their stuff up too much i questioned the longevity of what they had done. so the cummins in the dodge wound up being a no brainer... with that said if the cummins was in a ford....i dont know what way i would have went...what dodge would be using would have to be damn good as i said the cummins was the biggest deciding factor. good point chris... what i should have said was what if ford and dodge both had cummins mac https//home.comcast.net/mac.davis https//home.comcast.net/mac.davis/woodstuff.htm .

From : roy

just an observation from my experience some folks do better with some brands than others will. ive never had good luck with ford or gm products. it seemed for a while if you wanted to find out the weakness in your ford or chevy let me drive it for an hour. otoh my 19 mopars never gave me a problem that i couldnt handle and most lasted over 100000 miles with a couple exceptions a 71 charger i was given as payment and i never even licensed and my 95 lebaron gtc goofy transmission crap which is in limp mode again and giving error codes of 33 and 37. i think ill go back to slant sixes and 904 transmissions . . . . . . -- budd cochran john 316-17 ephesians 28-9 romans 323 623 our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. it is wholly inadequate for the government of any other. john adams sold the poorly made dodge 1500 truck unlikely to buy another so i will be off for some unforeseeable time. i want to thank all people whose advise was so valuable in making various repairs to this truck over the years. i want to wish luck to all present owners of chrysler products. i -- posted via a free usenet account from http//www.tera.com .

From : ignoramus18163

since warning in september that it will report a loss of $1.5 billion for the quarter -- more than twice what it had previously forecast -- chrysler has temporarily halted production at several plants and stepped up appeals to dealers to take more of the 50000 or so vehicles the company has in storage because they were built without dealer orders. the sales bank again! do they never learn sheesh shades of the late 70s... .

From : roy

mopar or no car! mike for the most part im there with you mike...ive always been a mopar fan....but to be honest the cummins was the deciding factor when it was time for the 8.0l to say goodbye. i looked at the competitions didnt go with the dmax because of things i heard and it having not been out that long. looked at ford but they had been changing their stuff up too much i questioned the longevity of what they had done. so the cummins in the dodge wound up being a no brainer... with that said if the cummins was in a ford....i dont know what way i would have went...what dodge would be using would have to be damn good as i said the cummins was the biggest deciding factor. i guess it would depend on what dodge offered for a diesel. between cummins and cat id follow the cummins and if ford had a cummins id be in one. having said that the magnum we bought last month with the v-6 is a nice car. we looked at all the others and liked the magnum best time will tell. roy ---------------------------- -chris 05 ctd 06 liberty crd real trucks dont need spark plugs. .

From : roy

interesting http//www.whnet.com/4x4/diesel.html is this the possible replacement for the cummins or something similar -- ------------------------------------------ laszlo almasi ----cool toys formerly carolina watercraft works ----mack daddy trailers ----ice angels would you oil burners stick with mopar or look at both mac https//home.comcast.net/mac.davis https//home.comcast.net/mac.davis/woodstuff.htm .

From : ignoramus18163

dont get me wrong im saying that dodge is dumping the cummins. im saying if they do based on industry rumor it will be their biggest fuck up. -- nathan in montana http//concealedcarryforum.com http//1911tech.com http//glockcarry.com dropping the cummins will be their biggest fuck up to date. it would be their only fuck up since going with the cummins in 88. since then the truck line has consistantly grown in sales until the recent fuel pricing. cummins saved dodge from bankruptcy and has kept them alive since. rubbish. chrysler was saved from bankruptcy by the k-car. restyling the pickup was what made the trucks sell more since 5 years of cummins availability 88-93 did jack shit for sales volume. this is typical german arrogance....afterall their product simply must be superior to anything we could make..... their diesels have consistantly made more power for the weight of the engine. these two key numbers are what makes a vehicle get better fuel economy and performance. sure they are arrogant but... the german designed diesel is a very good product. and it will be their undoing. they just dont understand the american consumer the cummins is very popular but the replacement if there is one will be at least as good regardless of popularity. such as thinking commercials of an elitist german answering consumer questions actually appeals to joe six-pack. sadly deiter zeitsche is far from being an elitist german about as far as lee iacocca was from being an elitist italian immigrant. certainly both were upper class and well off but neither was elitist. both realize that to sell cars one has to market an affordable product to the masses. dr. z is the only reason chrysler and dc as a corporation are still operating successfully today. want proof look no further than the board of directors who dumped jergen schremp in favor of zeitsche because deutsch bank demanded some one who knew what they were doing be promoted. chrysler was still making a profit when mercedes started heading for the tank several years ago. you want an elitist german his name was jergen schremp. you want elitist americans look at the execs that sold chrysler to the krauts in the first place. how about really elitist..... like fomoco dumping 10000 white collar workers to cut costs..... how the fuck do you hire 10000 extra people who are not directly involved in production easy..... you elevate your cronies so they too can enjoy the upper class payscale. how about arrogant..... like gm deciding that in order for delphi to be able to proceed without rolling bankruptcy all the workers had to take 55% pay cuts to $10 an hour. yeah thats down from $24 an hour. exactly who do you figure would take that deal willingly face it at this point chrysler is the only american manufacturer that is running anywhere near the black ink and isnt scurrying for solutions to insolvancy. they must understand something about the american consumer. -- max i gotta agree with ya max. roy .

From : stormin mormon

dropping the cummins will be their biggest fuck up to date. it would be their only fuck up since going with the cummins in 88. since then the truck line has consistantly grown in sales until the recent fuel pricing. cummins saved dodge from bankruptcy and has kept them alive since. rubbish. chrysler was saved from bankruptcy by the k-car. restyling the pickup was what made the trucks sell more since 5 years of cummins availability 88-93 did jack shit for sales volume. this is typical german arrogance....afterall their product simply must be superior to anything we could make..... their diesels have consistantly made more power for the weight of the engine. these two key numbers are what makes a vehicle get better fuel economy and performance. sure they are arrogant but... the german designed diesel is a very good product. and it will be their undoing. they just dont understand the american consumer the cummins is very popular but the replacement if there is one will be at least as good regardless of popularity. such as thinking commercials of an elitist german answering consumer questions actually appeals to joe six-pack. sadly deiter zeitsche is far from being an elitist german about as far as lee iacocca was from being an elitist italian immigrant. certainly both were upper class and well off but neither was elitist. both realize that to sell cars one has to market an affordable product to the masses. dr. z is the only reason chrysler and dc as a corporation are still operating successfully today. want proof look no further than the board of directors who dumped jergen schremp in favor of zeitsche because deutsch bank demanded some one who knew what they were doing be promoted. chrysler was still making a profit when mercedes started heading for the tank several years ago. you want an elitist german his name was jergen schremp. you want elitist americans look at the execs that sold chrysler to the krauts in the first place. how about really elitist..... like fomoco dumping 10000 white collar workers to cut costs..... how the fuck do you hire 10000 extra people who are not directly involved in production easy..... you elevate your cronies so they too can enjoy the upper class payscale. how about arrogant..... like gm deciding that in order for delphi to be able to proceed without rolling bankruptcy all the workers had to take 55% pay cuts to $10 an hour. yeah thats down from $24 an hour. exactly who do you figure would take that deal willingly face it at this point chrysler is the only american manufacturer that is running anywhere near the black ink and isnt scurrying for solutions to insolvancy. they must understand something about the american consumer. -- max i gotta agree with ya max. roy .

From : bigironram

methinks nate is overreacting again! and is just blowing smoke. im stating my opnion of him. i find him arrogant just as i find you to be an asshole. -- nathan in montana http//concealedcarryforum.com http//1911tech.com http//glockcarry.com .

From : mac davis

mac davis wrote last year my 2006 the cummins engine accounted for some 70% of the build in the dr2500/3500 series but the dr1500 all gassers btw greatly outsold the heavies. snip thanks mike... thats exactly the kind of figures that i was curious about... it will be interesting to see how those figures look in 10 years. with alternative fuels biodiesel ethanol getting more attention than ever and diesel engines becoming an option in vehicles that have not offered it previously i think the u.s. is headed towards a blend of vehicles similar to a european mix. which means more diesels on the road. imo dc would be crazy to abandon cummins as their diesel offering. the reputation alone virtually guarentees a larger chunk of the market in the future if they can offer the cummins in other models. craig c. -- facts fakts -noun the pesky things that get in the way of religious doctrine. .