High Altitude

From : nelson sutton

Q: i have a 1999 3500 ctd. everything is great until i am towing in higher altitudes. then it uses way too much fuel. is there an altitude adjustment yes there is its the downhill side of the mountain you went up... .

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From : coasty

i dont think he has an aftermarket headlight/bulb. the oem wiring is fine for the oem bulb. it sounds more like you have a bad ground wire to the dim bulb. trace the headlights ground wire back to where it is grounded to the chassis and check the quality of the connection. john .

From : john smith

on tue 18 oct 2005 043020 gmt christopher thompson kf4drr@earthlink.net wrote ah but havent we been in a state of global warming since the last ice age ya know i have been skeptical of this whole global warming thing but the more i read about it and the more i look into it i think this thing may have some legs. i dont know if it is an immediate issue but it does seem to be creeping up on us more quickly than many thought. i hope we dont wake up some day and find out that we should have listened. thenewguy wrote around the northwest we are seeing warmer than usual weather. there have been a lot of local conferences and articles from the scientists warning us that global warming is a real deal and that we are starting to see the weather shifts and trends associated with that. who know i was just reading an article stating that the current prediction for this coming winter is for average temps in the usa to be about .8f lower than the 30 year average. whats more is that prior to the mid 1930s temperatures were steadily rising. then they started falling until about 15 years ago when they started rising again. so far temps have not exceeded the peak of the mid 30s and the rate of increase is no higher than prior to that peak. there are scientists that say no evidence of global warming exists. only relatively short term cyclical data that doesnt tell a very big picture. heck the past few years the ozone hole has been shrinking which goes against the global warming theories. i just dont think anyone really knows. .

From : dennis

steelers58@yahoo.com says... i am new to this group. i am thinking about purchasing a dodge ram 1500 quad cab. i recently saw two at a dealership with the same miles around 49k. one was a 2002 and the other a 2003. ive read some of your quotes regarding the steering problems in the 2002. one wrote this skprdave 10/04/2002 090439 i am new to this forum but the problem with your trucks is this in about the 2002 model year dodge engineering redesigned the steering gear box to make the truck handle more like a car. it didnt work. two characteristics are a unpredictable tendency to wander and upon going over s dip in the road the steering wheel will rotate slightly. my dealer tech talked to star the dodge tech-support in detroit and he knew the problem well. there is no fix period. does anyone know if this was changed in the later models jeff i never heard of this and my 03 doesnt do it. bdk .

From : frank

jmc wrote what a difference new tires can make! finally got my new michelins ltx m/s installed today and its like driving a new truck - smoother ride that annoying little braking shudder is gone handles much better especially on the turns. the new tires arent particularly noisy either. woohoo! heres hoping it actually *snows* this winter here in england! jmc congrats on your ability to finally buy new tires! .