Fog lights to turn on with headlights
From : Annonymous
Q: i had the overdrive section of my auto transmission in this truck turn into a nice soupy mixture of metal shavings awhile back. since the truck had about 130k on it and the engine was getting tired i ordered up a rebuilt v6 and tranny from aftermarket sources. the tranny i received was date stamped as an 89 model but except for different sized fittings for the cooling lines everything appeared to fit the same and it went back together just fine and is running. ive rebuilt many engines but ive never really gotten into auto transmissions before but here are the symptoms of a problem that has come up. the truck holds a lower gear for way too long. when in drive the rpms go to near red-line without shifting. to force a shift it is necessary to get the speed up then let off the gas pedal a bit. at highway speeds it runs just fine so this issue only appears at low speeds. the second part of this problem is that the speedo now reads low. before the transmission change my gps showed a perfect match to the speedometer now it is reading about 5mph slow at highway speeds. if it were a standard tranny i would say that it is geared taller than the stock one was. any tranny guys out there who can provide some pointers on where to start with correcting this problem im hoping it is some simple tuning stuff so that i dont have to take her to a tranny shop to do it. hate to pay other people money to take care of mechanical stuff ya know. it was quite a bear to get that tranny in there in the first place... tia scott .
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From : bob
1 jack up radiator cap 2 drive a dodge under it 3 lower cap ok gang i am asking you all this because i know i will get some answers along with the shit so... here in the next few months i will be hopefully spending a little money on the truck and would like some thoughts. i am going to add steps of some type and either a grill guard or brush bar of some type. the one thing i am not sure on is color black or polished stainless not chrome. thoughts! .
From : michael greenwood
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From : michael greenwood
about the only one i have seen that actually works and permanently stops the leak is porter seal. you have to use it exactly per the directions. have any urls for that its not on google. -- ed light hate to say this in a mopar group gm dealers sell a very good block sealer at the parts counter. it works very good. and bars leak works well also. al .
From : redneck tookover hell
sorry for the joe bit but he replied too *and* signed his name...so it stuck with me so thank you too azwiley1. thats the info i was looking and hoping for. --mike thanks joe ok. anyway! you can just replace the head unit just make sure you connect the blue wire on the harness from the new radio to the blue wire on the harness adaptor for the truck. hi joe thanks for the input. what if i just want to replace the head unit and keep all else the same iow wire the new head to the infinity amp etc big deal does crutchfiels have a harness for it thanks. --mike all true. because the oem head unit infinity amp and factory crossovers are all hooked into the factory harness its necessary to rewire right from the new head unit to an aftermarket amp if applicable to the new crossovers and to the new speakers. its not a trivial job but probably worth it if the new components are decent. joe black 03 dakota 5.9 r/t cc calypso green 93 5.0 mustang lx hatch with a few goodies azwiley1 azwiley1@spamearthblowslynk.net wrote in michael i have been doing car audio for almost 13 years a lot on and off but none the less i can tell you it is not as easy as just installing a new head unit. each vehicle is different. the problem lies here though if you install say the alpine cda-9811 am/fm/cd/mp3/wma player w/built in eq and crossover which is a 50x4 unit and you connect the amp trigger lines together guess what you just negated the power on the deck and are only using the amp in the truck. you have to completely by pass the amp in the truck by running new wires to the speakers to tapping in to the factory wires past the amp to use the features of the new unit. the same would apply if you added a new amp to the new deck. hope this helps and clears it up some. hi joe so would replacing the head unit be a simple exercise if the amp is seperate i want a unit that will play mp3s on a cd. the stock unit on my 03 will not. it is the infinity system btw. --mike iamgoode@aol.com iamgoode wrote in im looking to upgrade my factory stereo ive blown 3 infinity speakers now and im ready for something else. i want to replace the front speakers wtih better quality but the same size and put something a little larger in the back doors its a quad cab. my questions are does the back speaker set up have a cross over in the premium factory system would seperates or coaxial work better in the back anyone have luck running any larger speakers under the factory grilles recommended wattage ratings thanks. sean rec.bicycles.marketplace the 00 dak sound system is similar to the 03 which is what i have. the basic layout is this stock oem head unit about 5 watts/channel rms speaker leads feed the infinity amp about 15 watts/channel rms in the passenger kick panel which in turn drives the speakers. btw the infinity amp is very heavily eqd to compensate for the lousy speakers. in the cc the front speakers are components whereas the rears are simply coaxial. dont know about the qc rears but the fronts are the same. the crossovers are somewhere in the wiring between the speakers and the infinity amp which is garbage btw. assuming youre not going with a subwoofer your best bet is to get a new head unit an aftermarket amp if you can afford it and 4 component speakers. components will almost always sound better than coaxials - you just need adequate power for them. on the qc the woofer size is 6-3/4 all around. some components come with tweeters mounted in the woofer others have separate tweeters like the fronts in your qc. regardless theyll all have crossovers. either way youll be able to find components that can fit. also make sure you get adquate wiring based on your amps rating. joe black 03 dakota 5.9 r/t cc calypso green 93 mustang 5.0 lx hatch with a few goodies .
From : paul jensen
now i am going to cry. yeah most chevy guys are sissies like that .
From : joe
have a 4x2. open rears tend to favor one axle but i forgot which one. the one with less traction .
From : michael greenwood
any particular brands ive always used either westin or smittybilt. i prefer westin steps over the smittybilts. my smittybilt steps hold up fine but they cut a notch out of the bars to mount the flat step and the mounting hardware inside the bar apparently isnt stainless so i get rust streaks down the bars. it wipes right off but its still kind of crappy. the westin bars have the flat part for the step molded right into the tube then the plastic step surface-mounted to the bar. this is a better method. on the front guards a one-piece guard would be preferred over a modular. the modular pieces bolt together creating the potential for gaps to show up over time hardware loosening up etc. obviously the potential isnt there on a one-piece but youll pay more shipping on a one-piece because of the size. im with tl on this. ive had the same experience go with the westin. westin may be a few bucks more but in this case you do get what ya pay for. roy .
From : joe
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From : mac davis
man thats gotta hurt. i *almost* traded in the gt when we bought the tahoe. that was until the dealer offered me $4000 for it! after i stopped laughing its black and in cherry condition he immediately offered $6000. too late i decided to keep it...best car move i ever made g. --mike you had to say stang huh now i am going to cry. i am still kicking myself in the ass for selling my 87 gt t-top 7 years ago. i want my car back! hell i got one of each 88 mustang gt convertable 2001 tahoe 2003 ram 2500 4x4 they all have their niche. the stang on warm not hot summer days the tahoe for lugging the family and the ram for work. all work great for their intended purposes --mike oh yeah you guys are funny. cant help the fact that i was smart enough to get a real truck and you are still stuck with dodge. 1 jack up radiator cap 2 drive a dodge under it 3 lower cap ok gang i am asking you all this because i know i will get some answers along with the shit so... here in the next few months i will be hopefully spending a little money on the truck and would like some thoughts. i am going to add steps of some type and either a grill guard or brush bar of some type. the one thing i am not sure on is color black or polished stainless not chrome. thoughts! .
From : tbone
its an international harvester sourced engine. mv404 mv446 family. this is the gas v8 that international evolved into the 6.9 and 7.3 diesel used in ford pickups. since ih used 727s behind their 345s and 392s in pickups and travelalls in the 70s maybe dodge was paying them back at least ih did a much better job on the gas to diesel conversion than gm did on the 5.7 thanks politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
From : redneck tookover hell
on wed 11 feb 2004 160430 gmt trey treydog90spam@hotmail.com wrote on 10 feb 2004 171329 gmt mopar440@aol.comnet.org redneck tookover hell wrote you can always bolt a pair of aircraft landing lights to the roof. ; i think thats a great idea joe especially if he cuts a hole in the roof and points the lights down to light himself up so everyone can see him isnt that why those never go off road 4x4s have all the lights mounted on the roll bar so they can be pointed at the cab mac i always wondered about that. you have $2000 worth of lights up there that never get used and all it takes is one roll and they are all smashed. thats cuz most folks put the lights up there not to see with but to be seen... must be compensating for something... mac i always thought the $10k in chromed suspension lift parts was the compensation. .
From : redneck tookover hell
on 12 feb 2004 173120 gmt mopar440@aol.comnet.org redneck tookover hell wrote its an international harvester sourced engine. mv404 mv446 family. this is the gas v8 that international evolved into the 6.9 and 7.3 diesel used in ford pickups. since ih used 727s behind their 345s and 392s in pickups and travelalls in the 70s maybe dodge was paying them back at least ih did a much better job on the gas to diesel conversion than gm did on the 5.7 thanks it helps that ih started with a heavy duty truck engine while gm started with an already trouble prone lightweight engine. the 350 rocket was prone to overheating when used for towing trailers. politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
From : yar
most of the cars are all wheel drive. could be yet every so often the camera shows the driver yanking up on the handbrake to lock up the rear wheels to set up for a turn. there would have to be a disconnect to the rear wheels politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
From : redneck tookover hell
limited slip diffs have both good and bad points and one of the bad points can be dangerous so unless it is requested when someone orders the truck they usually dont have them. how are they dangerous maybe to a person who doesnt know how to drive than anything is dangerous 79 t/a ws6 455 hurst 4 spd blk w/ t-tops heavily fortified 4mpg 00 ram 2500hd qc v-10 4x4blk5 spd410 lsd 10mpg 98 intruder 1400 blk 5 spd 25mpg they can be dangerous when wet and/or icy conditions are present. open diffs are made so that one tire can spin freely when turning so that corners can be made without dragging the slower tire through the turn. this helps with tire life as well as the traction through the turns. im not 100% sure about about dodges setup but lsds allow one tire to rotate slightly faster than the other for cornering but only to a limited amount after that the axle locks and both wheels turn. this can make for faster launches because both rear wheels get power but when both rear tire spin on slippery surfaces the rear end swings out really easy and its difficult to control. corners have to be taken alot slower and you cant apply as much power because as soon as you start to spin the rear slides out from under you. i know many people who have traded in their lsd or posi traction vehicles for open differential vehicles because the lsd was too hard to control in the snow. these people know how to drive and they drive well they were tired of fighting their lsd vehicle every step of the way when in snow. i ve heard of that before from people and i ve driven a shitload of different vehicles with and without lsds and i ve never would consider it a problem or dangerous i chalk it up more to driver inexperience than anything else and probably a poor choice of tires for driving in the snow 79 t/a ws6 455 hurst 4 spd blk w/ t-tops heavily fortified 4mpg 00 ram 2500hd qc v-10 4x4blk5 spd410 lsd 10mpg 98 intruder 1400 blk 5 spd 25mpg .
From : ron mcneil
hi ive just bought a 04 ram 1500 quad cab and am very happy with it. i have an 8 year old daughter who goes everywhere with me and i need to disconnect the passenger side air bag to make it legal and safe for her to ride in the front with me. the quad cabs dont have the key switch in the dash supposed to stick the kids in the back seat. i think i found the plug above the glove box yellow with an orange plastic tab but am unsure about messing around with it and getting the bag to function with my noggin right in front of it. is this the right plug how do the air bags actuate thanks merlin. .
From : bob
ed light wrote anyone tried a block sealer for a water leak such as k&w block seal or cargo seal up its a temporary fix for a minor leak. it wont do much so dont expect much. -- ..bob 97 h-d fxdwg - turbocharged!! 01 dakota quad sport 5.9/auto/4x4 83 gmc jimmy beater 66 427sc cobra replica - project 66 mustang coupe - daily driver -----= posted via feeds.com uncensored usenet =----- http//www.feeds.com - the #1 group service in the world! -----== over 100000 groups - 19 different servers! =----- .
From : paul jensen
on 13 feb 2004 012055 gmt mopar440@aol.comnet.org redneck tookover hell wrote anyone tried a block sealer for a water leak such as k&w block seal or cargo seal up moroso makes 2 one for use with anti freeze and one for use with plain water. they advertise the stuff saying if it doesnt seal it you need a welder never used it myself politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. knights rad sealer works pretty well its that silver powder type - but if you have a cracked block or head and just want to get a couple more years out of it nothing works like boiler sealer. dont plan on taking it apart to repair down the road though. a couple egg yolks did a temporary repair on a 67 rover 200tc that lasted over 2 years - sealed a blown head gasket. not recommended - the coolant stunk something awful. .
From : dave young
with all due respect you are playing with your srs at your own peril! i seriously doubt whether any dealer in their right mind would be a willing assistant in helping you disable this safety system. by disconnecting the srs module on the passenger side the system will detect a fault and illuminate the srs warning lit. it may also disable the system entirely leaving every occupant unprotected. i would keep the kiddo in the back seat like the manufacturer recommends and use the l.a.t.c.h. tether hookups provided. do what you want but be cognizant of the danger involved. chryco service manager member sae do not mess with the air bag wiring with the battery connected!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! actually if you dont know what you are doing id suggest finding a dealer who will help. an airbag can kill if you or seriously injure you. shouldnt an 8 year old child be big enough to sit in an approved booster seat on thu 12 feb 2004 212034 gmt mmc merlinuxo@yahoo.com wrote hi ive just bought a 04 ram 1500 quad cab and am very happy with it. i have an 8 year old daughter who goes everywhere with me and i need to disconnect the passenger side air bag to make it legal and safe for her to ride in the front with me. the quad cabs dont have the key switch in the dash supposed to stick the kids in the back seat. i think i found the plug above the glove box yellow with an orange plastic tab but am unsure about messing around with it and getting the bag to function with my noggin right in front of it. is this the right plug how do the air bags actuate thanks merlin. .
From : tom lawrence
radman wrote i am traing to change the fuel filter and i habe never domne it. do you have to purge the system after replacing the filter if so how do you do it any help please fill the new filter with fuel before installing. you should be good to go. .
From : joe
anyone tried a block sealer for a water leak such as k&w block seal or cargo seal up about the only one i have seen that actually works and permanently stops the leak is porter seal. you have to use it exactly per the directions. roy .
From : bob
on thu 12 feb 2004 212034 gmt mmc merlinuxo@yahoo.com wrote hi ive just bought a 04 ram 1500 quad cab and am very happy with it. i have an 8 year old daughter who goes everywhere with me and i need to disconnect the passenger side air bag to make it legal and safe for her to ride in the front with me. the quad cabs dont have the key switch in the dash supposed to stick the kids in the back seat. i think i found the plug above the glove box yellow with an orange plastic tab but am unsure about messing around with it and getting the bag to function with my noggin right in front of it. is this the right plug how do the air bags actuate thanks merlin. just pull the two fuses in your fuse box for the air bags .
From : trey
on thu 12 feb 2004 212034 gmt mmc merlinuxo@yahoo.com wrote hi ive just bought a 04 ram 1500 quad cab and am very happy with it. i have an 8 year old daughter who goes everywhere with me and i need to disconnect the passenger side air bag to make it legal and safe for her to ride in the front with me. the quad cabs dont have the key switch in the dash supposed to stick the kids in the back seat. i think i found the plug above the glove box yellow with an orange plastic tab but am unsure about messing around with it and getting the bag to function with my noggin right in front of it. is this the right plug how do the air bags actuate thanks merlin. just pull the two fuses in you fuse box for your air bags .
From : trey
my 1999 ram quad cab dash has several cracks in it. left to right front to back. dash is gray in color. dodge says they will replace dash and split the cost of it and labor with me. my cost $370 min. anyone else have this problem i could understand one crack but several sounds like a defective plastic......... .
From : trey
anybody else find it real coincidental that the bone goes away for a week or so and returns and guy does the same thing at the same time just pointing it out. maybe they went to ma together politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
From : trey
just pull the two fuses in you fuse box for your air bags you posted this stupid shit five times!!!! go pull the fuses for your computer politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
From : tbone
mopar440@aol.comnet.org redneck tookover hell wrote in most of the cars are all wheel drive. could be yet every so often the camera shows the driver yanking up on the handbrake to lock up the rear wheels to set up for a turn. there would have to be a disconnect to the rear wheels politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. maybe viscous coupling between front and rear btw speaking of awd have you guys seen the new commercial for the subi sti 0 to 60 in 5.4 seconds with some great video of awd power slides. joe black 03 dakota 5.9 r/t cc calypso green 93 mustang 5.0 lx hatch with a few goodies .
From : tbone
havent you neglected internal resistances any differnce will cause long term problems not to mention an imediate attempt to pull the higher charged down discharge. im pretty sure thats why most of the rv manufacturers recommend dual in series 6 volt batteries if you need the higher amperage ratings... i wouldnt do it. as the previous poster mentioned the two *must be* identically sized electrically - not necessarily physically but likely would be if the electrical parameters are identically matched. lead-acid batteries most batteries for that matter do not play well together when bridged together in parallel + to + and - to - together they will also present an unexpected load to your alternator and voltage regulator. i profess no expertise but i am an industrial electrician manufacturing automation and i know just enough about dc power to not tamper with the design of a vehicle electrical system. if you really want two batteries you need to provide some high current i.e. 400-amp steering diodes for isolation so the batteries can each service the working load and each receive a charge more or less separately without being able to see each other electrically and cross-charging or cross-discharging each other. then of course theres that nagging little problem with the 0.6v average forward voltage drop across each diode. your 12v electrical system is all of a sudden an 11.4v electrical system. the above is about 100% false. you can run batteries in parallel makes absolutely no difference if they are matched or not as long as they are the same type and voltage. the charging system is regulated by the voltage at the battery terminals. the only problem would be if one was defective bad cell or some other problem. gm ford and dodge have all done it. al .
From : jedmo123
so im stuck in a rut back to the dodge dealership to get another crappy dodge truck. dale i second the previous posters get the ford and make certain you get the new diesel 6.6/6.8 for sure! politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
From : paul jensen
tnloaswpraemnmcien5g@earthlink.net says... while that is true if both have equal traction an open rear seems to favor one of the axles and there is a reason for it but it has been so long that i have completely forgotten what it is. youre probably thinking about the torque of the driveshaft twisting or trying to twist the rear axle. the axle wants to rotate around the differential counter-clockwise when viewed from the back which will give the drivers side tire a little more traction so the passenger side should break loose. theoretically of course the right side is the drive wheel. bdk .
From : trey
damn dude these guys are only trying to help and are giving you good advice. the reason the switch exists in regular cabs is because theres no other option to transport a child. in a quad you have the absolute best option for the safety of your child and they force no-minds like you to use it. back seat preferably middle. my 4 year-old understood perfectly when i told him he could not ride in the front of my new 03 qc. is your 8 year old not capable of understanding the reason after the blow me comment i suggest you just pull the fuse for the drivers side airbag and bug out of here. --mike blow me. hi ive just bought a 04 ram 1500 quad cab and am very happy with it. i have an 8 year old daughter who goes everywhere with me and i need to disconnect the passenger side air bag to make it legal and safe for her to ride in the front with me. the quad cabs dont have the key switch in the dash supposed to stick the kids in the back seat. i think i found the plug above the glove box yellow with an orange plastic tab but am unsure about messing around with it and getting the bag to function with my noggin right in front of it. is this the right plug how do the air bags actuate thanks merlin. merlin if you are so concerned for her safety as you appear to be then put her in the back seat where she will be safer. quit trying to beat the safety system in the truck. if something happens i hope nothing does and she gets hurt in the front seat you will alway wonder if it was partially or fully your fault for not having her in the back where she belongs. -- fmb only one b in fmb .
From : tbone
michael just remember that if you hook it up that way you wont be taking advantage of the new decks cleaner higher power. youll still be at the mercy of the oem infinity amp and speakers. anyway when you get tired of the crappy sound from the nice head unit you can rewire the head directly to the speakers for much better sound. and yes crutchfield has the hookup to integrate the head unit into the factory wiring. joe black 03 dakota 5.9 r/t cc calypso green 93 5.0 mustang lx hatch with a few goodies michael greenwood mgreenwood@pacbell.net wrote in sorry for the joe bit but he replied too *and* signed his name...so it stuck with me so thank you too azwiley1. thats the info i was looking and hoping for. --mike thanks joe ok. anyway! you can just replace the head unit just make sure you connect the blue wire on the harness from the new radio to the blue wire on the harness adaptor for the truck. hi joe thanks for the input. what if i just want to replace the head unit and keep all else the same iow wire the new head to the infinity amp etc big deal does crutchfiels have a harness for it thanks. --mike all true. because the oem head unit infinity amp and factory crossovers are all hooked into the factory harness its necessary to rewire right from the new head unit to an aftermarket amp if applicable to the new crossovers and to the new speakers. its not a trivial job but probably worth it if the new components are decent. joe black 03 dakota 5.9 r/t cc calypso green 93 5.0 mustang lx hatch with a few goodies azwiley1 azwiley1@spamearthblowslynk.net wrote in michael i have been doing car audio for almost 13 years a lot on and off but none the less i can tell you it is not as easy as just installing a new head unit. each vehicle is different. the problem lies here though if you install say the alpine cda-9811 am/fm/cd/mp3/wma player w/built in eq and crossover which is a 50x4 unit and you connect the amp trigger lines together guess what you just negated the power on the deck and are only using the amp in the truck. you have to completely by pass the amp in the truck by running new wires to the speakers to tapping in to the factory wires past the amp to use the features of the new unit. the same would apply if you added a new amp to the new deck. hope this helps and clears it up some. hi joe so would replacing the head unit be a simple exercise if the amp is seperate i want a unit that will play mp3s on a cd. the stock unit on my 03 will not. it is the infinity system btw. --mike iamgoode@aol.com iamgoode wrote in im looking to upgrade my factory stereo ive blown 3 infinity speakers now and im ready for something else. i want to replace the front speakers wtih better quality but the same size and put something a little larger in the back doors its a quad cab. my questions are does the back speaker set up have a cross over in the premium factory system would seperates or coaxial work better in the back anyone have luck running any larger speakers under the factory grilles recommended wattage ratings thanks. sean rec.bicycles.marketplace the 00 dak sound system is similar to the 03 which is what i have. the basic layout is this stock oem head unit about 5 watts/channel rms speaker leads feed the infinity amp about 15 watts/channel rms in the passenger kick panel which in turn drives the speakers. btw the infinity amp is very heavily eqd to compensate for the lousy speakers. in the cc the front speakers are components whereas the rears are simply coaxial. dont know about the qc rears but the fronts are the same. the crossovers are somewhere in the wiring between the speakers and the infinity amp which is garbage btw. assuming youre not going with a subwoofer your best bet is to get a new head unit an aftermarket amp if you can afford it and 4 component speakers. components will almost always sound better than coaxials - you just need adequate power for them. on the qc the woofer size is 6-3/4 all around. some components come with tweeters mounted in the woofer others have separate tweeters like the fronts in your qc. regardless theyll all have crossovers. either way youll be able to find components that can fit. also make sure you get adquate wiring based on your amps rating. joe black 03 dakota 5.9 r/t cc calypso green 93 mustang 5.0 lx hatch with a few goodies .
From : Annonymous
hi ive just bought a 04 ram 1500 quad cab and am very happy with it. i have an 8 year old daughter who goes everywhere with me and i need to disconnect the passenger side air bag to make it legal and safe for her to ride in the front with me. the quad cabs dont have the key switch in the dash supposed to stick the kids in the back seat. i think i found the plug above the glove box yellow with an orange plastic tab but am unsure about messing around with it and getting the bag to function with my noggin right in front of it. is this the right plug no idea how do the air bags actuate with great force and very very fast.............. thanks merlin. .
From : Annonymous
uh huh..... hi ive just bought a 04 ram 1500 quad cab and am very happy with it. i have an 8 year old daughter who goes everywhere with me and i need to disconnect the passenger side air bag to make it legal and safe for her to ride in the front with me. the quad cabs dont have the key switch in the dash supposed to stick the kids in the back seat. i think i found the plug above the glove box yellow with an orange plastic tab but am unsure about messing around with it and getting the bag to function with my noggin right in front of it. is this the right plug no idea how do the air bags actuate with great force and very very fast.............. thanks merlin. .
From : mac davis
due to the tortion from the drive shaft torque. torsion is a bar with one fixed end and one leveraged end. torsion trshn n. 1.. 1.. the act of twisting or turning. 2.. the condition of being twisted or turned. 2.. the stress or deformation caused when one end of an object is twisted in one direction and the other end is held motionless or twisted in the opposite direction. thechassis will twist ever so slightly just watch the super stock drag races you will notice some of the cars twisting under the hard acceleration. yup but on the street many other factors enter in. with traction at both wheels under acceleration the lsd will enguage a clutch that forces the two wheels to spin at the same speed. wrong. a lsd diff always has these clutches engaged due to a constant spring pressure. true but still is a pressue relative to the force of the wheelspin. arder acceleration more force on the clutch. wrong. the more difference in axle speed from one side to the other the more likely the lsd will slip unless one of those tires loses traction. the key to whether or not the lsd allows slip is how much traction each tire has. if both tires have more friction at the pavement than the lsd has in clutch friction the lsd will allow a differential in axle speed. if one of those tires loses friction to the point where the lsd clutches have more friction than that tire then the lsd stops slipping and effectively but not really locks the axles together. take a closer look. the force of the drive shaft is what causes the clutch to enguage not the difference in axle speed. if you are coasting there is less force and it acts as an open diff through the turn. pure bullshit. once one wheel loses traction there is no resistance and the clutch disenguages no fun when your rock crawling wrong. this is a limited slip differential it cannot disengage under any circumstance unless it fails altogether. it will either slip or not slip. do you care to go offroading with me so you can explain why the limited slip does nothing when i have wheels dangling a lsd requires at least some traction in order to work properly. http//www.torquecontrol.eaton.com/prod3.htm http//www.torquecontrol.eaton.com/prod2.htm if too much power is applied through a turn then clutch will enguage and not let the inner wheel spin slower. wrong. in a lsd it never disengages. ok applies less clutch. most the weight is on the outside tire anyways and if you are going through a turn so fast that the loss of traction of the inside wheel puts you into a spin maybe you should slow down anyways perhaps..... seasons first light rain half warn tires and a good stomp in the gas through a turn and the ass end will fish tail every time. perhaps you should grip the steering wheel and use it. i do.. and how does using the steering wheel eliminate the fishtailing i counter steer into the fishtail and correct myself if that is what you are refering to. it a straight line if i am stopped at a light in the rain and the drive tires are on the paint on the road then i cant jab the gas. i have to accelerate like a normal driver. maybe you should try accelerating like a normal driver more often. my truck also slips on the painted lines but i never come close to losing control. did i say i lose control there is a difference between can and do max anvils dont kill cartoon characters cartoon characters kill cartoon characters. begin 666 prime.gif m1te&.#ea! 6/ /py! $+ $!8.a^i$; *02jvhlo00$.p end begin 666 schwa.gif m1te&.#ea!@// /py! $+ &0a^i^$6 &h@2n7mk9ap0% end .
From : mac davis
redneck tookover hell wrote just pull the two fuses in you fuse box for your air bags you posted this stupid shit five times!!!! go pull the fuses for your computer hell he changed the subject line and made two more of the same posts in addition to these four. maybe he knows about pulling the air bag fuses from personal experience and is still recovering. jerry .
From : mac davis
the right side is the drive wheel. horse pucky. a differential doesnt give a rats ass which side it drives so the side with the least traction spins first. max anvils dont kill cartoon characters cartoon characters kill cartoon characters. .
From : tbone
horse pucky. a differential doesnt give a rats ass which side it drives so the side with the least traction spins first. pucky .
From : Annonymous
i have a 1994 and the dash has never cracked! i have a 1975 and the dash never cracked on that either. in fact in thinking about it my dad has a 1959 ford pickup and the dash has never cracked on that either or on his 1940 ford truck either. does that mean anything politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
From : Annonymous
i have a 1994 and the dash has never cracked! on fri 13 feb 2004 021203 gmt scott e. nelson snelso5@tampabay.rr.com wrote my 1999 ram quad cab dash has several cracks in it. left to right front to back. dash is gray in color. dodge says they will replace dash and split the cost of it and labor with me. my cost $370 min. anyone else have this problem i could understand one crack but several sounds like a defective plastic......... ouch! cap lock malfunction we bought a 99 ram qc from a dealer last year... the dah looks like someone removed the windshield hit the dash front/top with something and replaced the windshield... funny thing is the trucks never been wrecked and the windshield seal is stock and aged.... our cracks sound very much like yours if youre talking about the top of the dash... the front looks fine.. the dealer threw in a dash cover matching the color camel pretty well and the dash doesnt rattle so we bought it and love the truck.. mac .
From : paul jensen
on 13 feb 2004 193853 -0800 rmorgan7@austin.rr.com ron m. wrote |i have a 2wd 2002 ram1500 truck with a plain open differential and i |plan to install a powertrax no-slip. in most cases these are really |easy to install - you can do it yourself in less than an hour. again |thats in most cases. | |the web site is at http//www.powertrax.com/noslip.htm | |im wondering though if my truck is included in that most. ive |seen the sample instructions online but theyre for a dana. i have |good mechanical skills but ive never been inside a differential |before. would anyone happen to have any experience with the chrysler |9.25 rear they could share with me its the 6-sided one with 12 |bolts. | |many thanks |ron m. never been inside the aforementioned diff but if its like any other semi floating axle do the following drain fluid and remove cover. remove tires and brake drums may or may not have to do this remove cross pin retaining bolt remove cross pin push axle flange in towards differential and remove c clip with a magnet or pick requires 2 ppl repeat for other side. remove spider gears install power trax unit install c clips put it all back together. hth bret .
From : paul jensen
on wed 11 feb 2004 124852 gmt john a. stephens winterbourn@direcway.com wrote redneck tookover hell wrote this is a follow-up to the thread cummins vs hemi which as threads usually do...went way off on a tangent. at least you learned how to spell cummins this time. thats your positive stroke politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. spelling is the use of rote memory which takes little or no intelligence. intelligence is the ability to solve complex problems. if we were to use intelligence to spell we would spell words phonetically. so why make spelling an issue not sure was it mark twain that said something like a smart man knows more than one way to spell a word if he didnt it sure sounds like something the old buzzard would. ;- jeff beg to differ jeff. what that i think the above statement is something that twain is likely to have said what makes you think he wouldnt if he did proper spelling and grammar are a sign of intelligence. if your statement were true why bother to learn to spell at all since it is that unimportant my statement speaks for itself. i was making a comment about mark twain and what he may or may not have said. we use words to communicate our thoughts if the words are improperly communicated via spelling or grammar the original thought intent and purpose may be lost and subject to error of interpretation. finally proper spelling indicates a knowledge of the subject matter or lack of! that is important to instill confidence in the reader. yup spelling is rote but so are multiplication tables and many other things we use everyday and it is important and regardless of what the esteemed mr twain said he thought otherwise! besides the fact that you just indicated that mark twain is/was a hypocrite i think you should re-read the thread up to and including my contribution. also if you really want to know my opinion i dont give a rats ass about usenet spelling. as long as i can understand what the poster is trying to say im fine with it. who cares if there are a few misspellings or some tortured syntax now and then if you dont like it thats your opinion. commenting on it though again if you ask me is a bit anal. that being said deliberatly misrepresenting my comment and using it to further youre personal spell-cop agenda is decidedly anal. just my opinion. ymmv. ;- any misspellings or other grammer/syntax errors are mine alone and i take full responsibility hows that jeff i wasnt commenting about mark twain nor was i implying in anyway that he is/was a hypocrite. in fact he is one of my favorite humorists. i was commenting about your opinion that spelling is unimportant. also if you take the time you will find that i am not a spell-cop and i have never corrected anyones spelling in this or any other ng. i was just disagreeing with your philosophy about the importance of spelling. mike mike mac .
From : trey
laugh all you want dude but others have already posted in this thread that they and people tha they know have gotten rid of them and avoided them because of their tendency to fish tail on wet roads in corners. now thats even funnier!!!!!!!!!!! how do people like that remember to breathe politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
From : mac davis
not that im god or anything. but i think both ideas are correct. a differential is designed to not favor any side and it doesnt. true enough the wheel with less traction always spins then both ideas are not correct. but torsion of the chassis leads to a general condition of one side having more downward force holding the tire to the road under heavy acceleration. there is one of those conditions i was talking about proving that a favored axle doesnt exist. so that would mean the other side would have less traction because its not being pushed down on by torsion of the chassis even though both wheels are on similar traction surfaces. again similar is not good enough. but i think we all know that what ever tire is on the ice... if the other is on bare pavement.... will spin no matter what side its on providing the traction control doesnt stop it. proving once again that one of the ideas is not correct. max anvils dont kill cartoon characters cartoon characters kill cartoon characters. .
From : paul jensen
this may shed some light on how it really works. it has some good animations too. http//auto.howstuffworks.com/differential.htm .