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From : beekeep

Q: thats me.... cheap and easy...... bg denny how about just putting gas in it before it gets to 1/8 of a tank. oh sure.... take the easy way out! .

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From : trey

i need some help on how to remove scratches from door panel.. some surface some are deep but not to paint... i am using turtle wax brand rubbing compound - didn;t do a thing - arggghhh.. anyone have any or solutions .

From : tom lawrence

i have 1710 miles on mine now. i am getting 17.2 to 18.5 mpg using the a/c on a regular basis and traveling mixed highway and rural roads. i shift at 2500 rpm and it gives me about 18.2 mpg and when i take it to 3000 rpm it gives me about 17.3mpg. with the a/c off i should be getting close to 20. this truck rocks! - i just came back from my cycling trip to canada from nj with my 2003 2wd ram 1500 4.7. i was able to get about 17.85 mpg for the trip. still not the 19 they claim on the window sticker but better than my local 14.85 range. the truck now has 3500 miles anyone ever approach the 19mpg range .

From : beekeep

on 7/1/03 1106 remove spam from address to reply wrote we did a little unscientific research a few years ago with our mazda pickup drove from calif to dallas with tail gate down and averaged the same or a little less than other trips with gate up... drove back with a piece of plywood on it that my bro-in-law cut to fit the bed and averaged almost 2 mpg more on the return trip... if i remember right the normal was about 27 and we got about 29 on the way back with my 01 dak with ext. cab adding the cab high camper shell increased hiway/trip mileage from the 16-18 mpg range to maybe the 18-20 range... mac heres another one for you and ive repeated it several times with similar results driving from dallas to santa fe a 600-mile one way frequent vacation i always got poorer mileage than on the return trip. i averaged the differences and using some rule-of-thumb conversions and engine efficiencies i got from guys on the alt.energy groups i found that the excess energy consumed on the trip west was almost exactly equal to the change in gravitational potential energy going from this lower elevation to the higher one! i got worse than normal mileage going west uphill and better than normal mileage going east downhill. i stored energy on the gradual climb and got it back when i came home! martin sounds far-fetched. prevailing winds are a more likely factor. add the headwind to your groundspeed westbound subtract the tailwind eastbound and the difference is twice what the winds speed is. aerodynamic drag doesnt change linearly either it changes as the square of the change in velocity. driving west at 60mph into a 20mph wind gives 80mph airspeed going east gives 40mph airspeed so the westbound trip has 4x the drag. no its not far fetched its observable and repeatable. my dad and i have both done it multiple times. .

From : beekeep

on tue 01 jul 2003 130555 gmt tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcien5g@earthlink.net wrote can i check the rear end ratio by jacking up one rear wheel turn the wheel one revolution and count the drive shaft turns first - spell my damn name right. second - you can do whatever the hell you want greg.... dont let the van fall on your head though - that would be a damn shame. sorry i didnt realize i mispelled fuckhead. if you didnt know the answer why not just ignore the post asshole. beekeep .

From : tbone

does anyone know why the check engine light would come on around 70000 miles on my 1996 1500 ram 4x4 with 5.2 l ... could bad coolant make the light come on jim .

From : tom lawrence

hi i am looking for a dodge rampage for a project im thinking about. preferably one in pretty good shape. any help would be appreciated. im located in ma but i am willing to travel to get the right one. thanks tony c. .

From : jerry

i just came back from my cycling trip to canada from nj with my 2003 2wd ram 1500 4.7. i was able to get about 17.85 mpg for the trip. still not the 19 they claim on the window sticker but better than my local 14.85 range. the truck now has 3500 miles anyone ever approach the 19mpg range .

From : trey

and what do you think your attitude is towards greg pretty poor - admittedly. hey what are ya gonna do i just dont like the guy... beekeep post any more bs than some of your buddies on here if you say so... road and on fire guess which one i would piss on first. good to know... thanks .

From : trey

you need to spin dont wheels otherwise it will be inaccurate. by holding one wheel and spinning the other the drive shaft will spin but the drive shaft will spin half as fast than if you spun both wheels. the differential will act as a gear reduction. dont believe me ok i figured but before you flame me go out in the driveway with the floor jack and take a look. first - spell my damn name right. second - you can do whatever the hell you want greg.... dont let the van fall on your head though - that would be a damn shame. third one wheel wont be accurate. fourth best to use the tag on the axle cover. how is one wheel not accurate enough to get the ratio yes greg if it is an open rear you can lift one wheel put it into neutral and count the number of revolutions of the drive shaft for one full turn of the lifted wheel to get the ratio. it will probably not be exact due to backlash in the rear and wear in the rear u-joint but it will be close enough to figure out which factory gear set that you have. the trick is to always turn the wheel in one direction and rotate it a few turns before you start to count. you may also want to put a piece of tape on one of the u-joint caps to use as a reference mark. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .

From : tbone

you did not say anything to disserve any bullshit. if you spin one wheel and then not multiply by two then it will in fact be inaccurate though as you mentioned. i did not mean to flame you if that is how it came across. i was just pointing out some details and i figured someone would flame me for it.. some people dont understand the whole differential thing. my dad for example thinks the power only goes to one of the rear wheels. i guess i was still in jackass mode from responding to the bmw ng and didnt notice. hey trey what did i do to you to deserve this bullshit. you are correct and i never said that you were not. i forgot to say to multiply the end result by two which puts me in error but doing it that way does not make the method inaccurate. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving you need to spin dont wheels otherwise it will be inaccurate. by holding one wheel and spinning the other the drive shaft will spin but the drive shaft will spin half as fast than if you spun both wheels. the differential will act as a gear reduction. dont believe me ok i figured but before you flame me go out in the driveway with the floor jack and take a look. first - spell my damn name right. second - you can do whatever the hell you want greg.... dont let the van fall on your head though - that would be a damn shame. third one wheel wont be accurate. fourth best to use the tag on the axle cover. how is one wheel not accurate enough to get the ratio yes greg if it is an open rear you can lift one wheel put it into neutral and count the number of revolutions of the drive shaft for one full turn of the lifted wheel to get the ratio. it will probably not be exact due to backlash in the rear and wear in the rear u-joint but it will be close enough to figure out which factory gear set that you have. the trick is to always turn the wheel in one direction and rotate it a few turns before you start to count. you may also want to put a piece of tape on one of the u-joint caps to use as a reference mark. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .