Good price for a 2004 Diesel
From : ro
Q: ive been emailing back and forth with a salesman who can sell me a new 2004 dodge ram 2500 diesel for about $28500 with all the rebates. i need something now. anyone care to comment on that price. it is a stick shift which i prefer. thanks ro .
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From : Annonymous
$28.5 for a new 04 2500 with diesel and assuming a/c & tilt wheel is a good price. jolin@whidbey.net writes ive been emailing back and forth with a salesman who can sell me a new 2004 dodge ram 2500 diesel for about $28500 with all the rebates. i need something now. anyone care to comment on that price. it is a stick shift which i prefer. thanks ro -- help support satellite radio! your local radio broadcasters through their powerful nab lobbyiests are currently pushing a bill through congress that if passed would block the satellite radio services from carrying local content traffic & weather please call your elected representatives at 202 225-3121 and urge them to oppose hr 4026. we need your help please. http//www.xmradio.com/grassroots/index.jsp .
From : montanajeeper
subject re good price for a 2004 diesel from big al nospamsal1@qwest.net im really having second thoughts about the front axle. whats wrong with the front axle .
From : big al
im about at the same place. im dealing on an 04 2500 with the 600 diesel six speed manual 4x4 regular cab long bed. its a slt with the trailering package and hitch. it has 3.73 gears and a locking rear differential. im right at 30k but an still looking. any ideas would be welcome. im really having second thoughts about the front axle. al $28.5 for a new 04 2500 with diesel and assuming a/c & tilt wheel is a good price. jolin@whidbey.net writes ive been emailing back and forth with a salesman who can sell me a new 2004 dodge ram 2500 diesel for about $28500 with all the rebates. i need something now. anyone care to comment on that price. it is a stick shift which i prefer. thanks ro .
From : redneck tookover hell
the new 4x4 2500 does not disconnect the front axle when in two wheel drive. so whats wrong with it theres been hundred of thousands of 4 bys built with no front axle disconnect. its hard to replace the front axle seals. whats wrong with that do you have to replace them once a week or every 100000 miles politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
From : trey
redneck tookover hell wrote the new 4x4 2500 does not disconnect the front axle when in two wheel drive. so whats wrong with it theres been hundred of thousands of 4 bys built with no front axle disconnect. i believe its a matter of the added rotating mass. more rotating mass to put into motion when accelerating and that much extra rotating mass to slow down when you stop. since about half the driving i do in my truck is in 4wd its really a non-issue. its hard to replace the front axle seals. whats wrong with that do you have to replace them once a week or every 100000 miles got me there i would think they would last a few years. even the cv boots in the front of my dak 4x4 lasted five years before i snapped an axle and tore one. politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
From : big al
subject re good price for a 2004 diesel from big al nospamsal1@qwest.net im really having second thoughts about the front axle. whats wrong with the front axle the new 4x4 2500 does not disconnect the front axle when in two wheel drive. ford has locking hubs gm uses an axle disconnect like dodge used to. strange thing is aam a spin off of gm is building the 2500 front axle. besides having all the parts spinning its hard to replace the front axle seals. makes no sense why dodge would do this. if the ford diesel wasnt so hard to service the way they stuffed it under the windshield id look at them. i would love to find out why they went to overhead cams on the ford diesel. has to be the high rpm they pull al .
From : mgg
yeah thats the only thing i dont like on my 03 hemi vs my 95 5.9. the latter had a manual shift for the transfer case. i always liked the feel of slowly pulling that lever back and feeling the gears sync while in motion. now i just turn a knob and trust that im in 4wd when the light comes on. --mike redneck tookover hell wrote the new 4x4 2500 does not disconnect the front axle when in two wheel drive. so whats wrong with it theres been hundred of thousands of 4 bys built with no front axle disconnect. more wear and tear on components as well as increased friction may effect mpg. manufactures do this for two reasons. first it is cheaper to no have a disconnect. second people want push button on the fly 4wd and are often not educated enough to understand the downfalls of such a system. give me a manual shift transfer case and manual or auto-locking hubs any day. these new suvs with electronic servo controlled transfer cases are just another increased expensive maintanence item. keep it simple. .
From : milesh
redneck tookover hell wrote you ever done any tests to prove your theory yes. on my 1999 isuzu amigo. changed out the permantly locked stock hubs for manual locking ones. picked up about 2mpg verified by many others who have done the same swap. modern lubricants make it a non issue hmph. .
From : redneck tookover hell
more wear and tear on components as well as increased friction may effect mpg. manufactures do this for two reasons. you ever done any tests to prove your theory the truth is with modern lubricants it really is a non issue the world has changed since you and your daddy poured 90 weight into the john deeres crankcase politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
From : big al
the new 4x4 2500 does not disconnect the front axle when in two wheel drive. so whats wrong with it theres been hundred of thousands of 4 bys built with no front axle disconnect. when in ww2 wait how many dodge 4x4s have been built with no disconnect my 92 has an axle disconnect so both front axle shafts spin and the axle gears and small pinions spin in the differential but the ring gear and drive shaft do not spin. makes it hard to put a locker in the front. almost as stupid as spinning the whole works. if nothings wrong with it wonder why ford still uses old fashion locking hubs its hard to replace the front axle seals. whats wrong with that do you have to replace them once a week or every 100000 miles hope not. never looked at a new aam axle but on a dana you have to pull both axles and the carrier. to pull the axle you have to remove the spindle. its a lot of work. every one ive done has a groove worn in the axle you have to deal with or the new seal will leak as bad as the old one.. politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
From : big al
the new 4x4 2500 does not disconnect the front axle when in two wheel drive. so whats wrong with it theres been hundred of thousands of 4 bys built with no front axle disconnect. its hard to replace the front axle seals. whats wrong with that do you have to replace them once a week or every 100000 miles politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. forgot to say thanks red for getting a discussion going. id really like to bash this out. al .
From : redneck tookover hell
yes. on my 1999 isuzu amigo. i didnt know we were talking isuzus sorry i thought the thread was about new dodge front ends again my apologies politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
From : milesh
redneck tookover hell wrote yes. on my 1999 isuzu amigo. i didnt know we were talking isuzus sorry i thought the thread was about new dodge front ends again my apologies hmm. i didnt know that those new whiz bang lubricants you referred to were used only by the new dodges and only improves dodges new front end. my apologies. .
From : trey
milesh wrote redneck tookover hell wrote yes. on my 1999 isuzu amigo. i didnt know we were talking isuzus sorry i thought the thread was about new dodge front ends again my apologies hmm. i didnt know that those new whiz bang lubricants you referred to were used only by the new dodges and only improves dodges new front end. my apologies. do these new whiz bang lubes have names just wondering .
From : denny
milesh wrote redneck tookover hell wrote yes. on my 1999 isuzu amigo. i didnt know we were talking isuzus sorry i thought the thread was about new dodge front ends again my apologies hmm. i didnt know that those new whiz bang lubricants you referred to were used only by the new dodges and only improves dodges new front end. my apologies. do these new whiz bang lubes have names just wondering ky jelly.. vbg denny .
From : yonzie
denny wddodge@woh.rr.com wrote milesh wrote redneck tookover hell wrote yes. on my 1999 isuzu amigo. i didnt know we were talking isuzus sorry i thought the thread was about new dodge front ends again my apologies hmm. i didnt know that those new whiz bang lubricants you referred to were used only by the new dodges and only improves dodges new front end. my apologies. do these new whiz bang lubes have names just wondering ky jelly.. vbg denny i think in german its called veener slide der dale .
From : milesh
redneck tookover hell wrote the new 4x4 2500 does not disconnect the front axle when in two wheel drive. so whats wrong with it theres been hundred of thousands of 4 bys built with no front axle disconnect. more wear and tear on components as well as increased friction may effect mpg. manufactures do this for two reasons. first it is cheaper to no have a disconnect. second people want push button on the fly 4wd and are often not educated enough to understand the downfalls of such a system. give me a manual shift transfer case and manual or auto-locking hubs any day. these new suvs with electronic servo controlled transfer cases are just another increased expensive maintanence item. keep it simple. .
From : marsh monster
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From : trey
the front axle seals. marsh monster wrote . . ======== ======== mopar440@aol.comnet.org redneck tookover hell asked . . do you have to replace them once a week or every 100000 miles ===== ===== replace what marshmonster .
From : redneck tookover hell
the front axle seals. wonder if the swamp boy found this thread stimulating also politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
From : mac davis
on thu 05 aug 2004 000139 -0600 yonzie yonzie@mac.com wrote denny wddodge@woh.rr.com wrote milesh wrote redneck tookover hell wrote yes. on my 1999 isuzu amigo. i didnt know we were talking isuzus sorry i thought the thread was about new dodge front ends again my apologies hmm. i didnt know that those new whiz bang lubricants you referred to were used only by the new dodges and only improves dodges new front end. my apologies. do these new whiz bang lubes have names just wondering ky jelly.. vbg denny i think in german its called veener slide der dale no i seem to remember it being farfromfriction mac .