Fuel filter change on 05 Cummins

From : Annonymous

Q: 1997 dodge caravan gauge not working fixed. it was a cracked hairline solder joint in the connector. 1. about two years ago the gauges on our 1997 caravan stopped working. 2. we had bought the car new in 1997. 3. sometimes the gauges worked and sometimes they would stop without any warning. 4. over the years we tried all kind of suggestions from internet sites like this one. 5. the suggestions would work for a few days or a few weeks but then the gauges would suddenly stop working. 6. a few months ago we read a message where a poster said that he took the gauges out of the car and examined the circuit board for such things as weak solder joints. 7. he said he found a hairline crack---without using a magnifying glass-- on one of the solder joints on the circuit board at the connector. 8. he said he did some minor solder work on the joint and the gauges started working without any further problems. 9. two weeks ago the gauges went out again so i checked our circuit board and with the help of a small magnifying glass i too found a hair-line crach at one of the joints on the connector on the circuit board. 10. in addition i also used a voltmeter to check resistance at the joint and the voltmeter told me that joint was having problems. 11. so i took a lightweight solder iron i use for electronic work and melted some of the solder that was already around the joint. i wanted to try to fill up the hairline crack in the solder. 12. the solder trick seems to have worked because it has been about two weeks now and the gauges seem to be working pretty good. 13. note i must have hit the top of the gauges a million times very hard over the past two years trying to get the gauges to work. sometimes they worked after we hit them but more often they did not work. now it seems that all that banging on the top of the gauges was a waste of time because it seems that the problem was a weak solder joint all along. note over the the past two years we thought many times of buying a new cluster but they were kind of expensive. so we decided to try to exhaust all ideas before we had to buy a new cluster. mirse .

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From : tom lawrence

greasymama wrote my husband had a mental breakdown and bought the truck of his dreams a dodge ram 1985. only problem is that it wont pass emissions. it doesnt even have a cat on it or half of the exhaust pipe. its a dual exhaust and so far ive only seen one muffler. its needs spark plugs and the timing adjusted. hes a very smart man besides this impulse buy and i think he and a buddy of his could do the work. but i am in desperate need of advice. should we have a mechanic do some then do the rest ourselves please help! thanks ps. i know how to do most of the easy stuff on cars change oil lights brakes what certain problems sound like etc. but he knows less than i. first things first. where are you go to your local emissions certification center - not testing station. find out exactly what the emissions requirements are. once you know exactly what they are youll have a game plan for meeting them. smog limits for older vehicles are often pretty lax depending on where you live. if the vehicle cant meet the sniffer test then its running so poorly you dont want to drive it anyway. get a factory service manual from a local dodge dealership. best $100 youll ever spend on that truck. most vehicles fail emissions because certain required items are non-functional or nonexistent. a good tune up air filter oil change and component function test is the best place to start. the service manual will tell you how to test each component. in an old truck the fuel system will need to be thoroughly cleaned and fresh gasoline run through it. if its been sitting unused the fuel is bad and needs to be drained and refill with the proper vintage fresh. federal smog regs require the cat to be in the original location and configuration. easiest thing to do is go to a local muffler shop and have them build you a new legal exhaust. exhaust system work in your driver is doable but a real pain and i prefer not to do it. -- ..bob arrived 2006 fxdi red. 1997 hd fxdwg - turbocharged stolen 11/26/05 in denver 1hd1gel10vy3200010 co license j5822z 2001 dodge dakota qc 5.9/4x4/3.92 1966 mustang coupe - daily driver 1965 ffr cobra - 427w efi damn fast. .