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From : xclimation
Q: on wed 30 aug 2006 152230 -0600 .bob bobcowan@access4less.nospam.net wrote kvand wrote first the basics - 06 ram qc sb 4x4 ctd anti-spin diff. on a recent camping trip i thought i could save a little effort and back onto the beach to load my boat back on. had the truck in four wheel low and backing down went smoothly as there was a bit of an incline down to the waters edge. after loading the boat the drive back up was a bit more interesting - there was quite a bit of rear wheel hop almost violent to the point i had to stop and try again 2 or 3 times. has anyone found an effective solution to this for their dodge thanks kevin let some air out of the tires. this can work but what cause wheel hop is driveline and wrapup from torque rear springs and chassis when pulling hard like this the rear spring wind up against wheel torque for ever action there is a equal oposite reaction and then there is also a traction shift too and as drive tract winds up under load it tends to unload rr tire and load lr a equal amount. when traction is lost the engery stored in driveline and spring is released suddenly and causes the hop whish can get ugly sometimes. cures well as one suggested lower air pressure helps a bit of soft surfaces because it changes traction. a better long term fix is a stiffer rear suspension add a leaf or two to rear axle and better shock dampening. the light weight springs that they put is a 1500 for ride can realy wrap up under torque and this together with bigger stock tires or ofter market ones with relatively tall stock gears sets the stage for this to happen. this is not just a dodge problem either you cannot have good drive axle torque control and a soft ride with just a few leaf springs. you need a coil over multilink suspension for that which you are seeing more of in some suvs because it allows for a softer ride and excellant axle wrap/torque control too. with leaf springs you need to scarifice ride some and a add a few more leafs to better control the axle wrap up in conditions such as in this thread. ----------------- thesnoman.com .
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From : jpride2000 u26035 uwe
transmission. when the transmission is out of the vehicle and you remove the torque converter what is the torque on the 7 bolts that hold on the front plate 15 foot-pounds. .
From : betrtimes
on sat 02 sep 2006 051218 gmt aarcuda69062 nonelson@sbcglobal.net wrote 1157170614.068203.118580@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com joeysamone joeysamone@yahoo.com wrote i have a 2000 dodge durango with a 5.2l magnum engine. at 42000 miles on march 29 2005 it started leaking anti-freeze coolant. the dealer indicated that 3 of the 10 freeze core plug were leaking due to corrosion. then at 64000 miles on august 24 2006 it happened again but this time only 2 of the 10 freeze core plug were leaking due to corrosion. is this a defect i am having a hard time understanding how could this leak so easily and so quickly. is this a design problem with the suv truck thanks for your responses. sounds more like a lack of maintenance. the 5.2 has been around since 1967 if this were a design problem it would be well known. i agree too that it is a maintainance issue. when you get freeze plugs leaking it is usually a sign of improper antifreeze mixture that is letting corrosion take place. when a few leak the others are not far behind. there is a few thing you can do to mitagate it thought in future. run more than 50/50 antifreeze for one because 50/50 is not enough somethime for good protection i alway use at leat 60/40 and usually 70/30. i have a 52 year old tractor that i run about 80/20 or more in because i do not want to have to worry about corrosion in it as parts are rare. i have not changed the coolant since i got is over 20 years ago when i put 80/20 of better in it fresh and it is still clean as day i did it and tractor sees about about 30 to 50 hrs of usage a year even today. it never over heat on the even the hottest days bush hogging i do though when i top it off once a year i always use pure antifreeze too there will be those that aurgue the higher antifreeze levels are not best but this is simply no true and it will cool fine and protect even better. antifreeze is densor and has a higher abilty to abosurb heat to. it does take less energy to boil gycol and convert it to steam than water and hence where the some say water cools better but in a liquid state is takes more energy to raise a gallon of glycol one degree than it does water and therefore more energy to cool it since it stores more heat. you could also use a lower pressure cap to lessen strin on plugs and minimize leaks when they occur. i have been using 7 to 9 psi caps for over 20 years and i never have any heating issue even when traveling through the great plains in 100 degree plus heat with 70/30 mixtures as higher levels of gycol also raises boil point too negating the need for higher prssure for boil over prtection. in theory if you ran pure antifreeze you would not even need a pressure cap as it boils around 340 degrees though in a pure state is freezee around 10. ethylene glycol which is coomon anti freeze as a foot note if you use propylene glycol non toxic anti freeze as marketed it has it highest boil point and lowest freeze point in its pure state with no water added and is used is severe artic cooling requirements. ----------------- thesnoman.com .
From : jeff burke
i have a 2000 dodge durango with a 5.2l magnum engine. at 42000 miles on march 29 2005 it started leaking anti-freeze coolant. the dealer indicated that 3 of the 10 freeze core plug were leaking due to corrosion. then at 64000 miles on august 24 2006 it happened again but this time only 2 of the 10 freeze core plug were leaking due to corrosion. is this a defect i am having a hard time understanding how could this leak so easily and so quickly. is this a design problem with the suv truck thanks for your responses. .
From : justinw
tom lawrence wrote thank you sir have a great day no problem... have you made a couple of alignment dowels to get the pump lined up correctly if not theyre pretty simple to make. get a length of 5/16-18 all-thread from your local hardware store. cut two pieces about 4 long. screw these into opposite holes where the pump bolts thread into. now you can slip the gasket and pump onto the alignment dowels and start the other 5 pump bolts. unscrew the dowels and put the final two bolts in then torque them down. this is much easier than trying to line things up by hand hoping not to shift/tear the gasket in the process. thats a good idea for sure i ended up just getting lucky and it plopped nicely into place so now its all done tranny is snug against the block so now i need to psych myself up for the next part... bolting the flywheel/flex plate to the torque converter. much fun is anticipated p .
From : justinw
im surprised one other notable know-it-all hasnt shown up to bail him out. lol as much as i hate to burst your bubble you have every bit as much of that reputation as i do probably even more lately. whyd you automatically assume he was referring to you i thought he was talking about marsh myself.... ^ .
From : jeff burke
on fri 01 sep 2006 202859 gmt max dodge max340@verizon.net wrote were slamming you because you gave info that would have cost the guy a transmission case and a lot of down time. then you claimed it wasnt clear. if so why did you not ask for clarification we have risen above it you otoh still slime around in the bullshit youve spread previously. no you are slamming me because you are basically insecure and it makes you feel better about yourself to act like a child and put others down that you feel threatened by. knock yourself out max. anybody with a open mind can see what you are doing here. some kids never grow up but there is always hope. ----------------- thesnoman.com .
From : jeff burke
im wondering. i know the connection was talked about briefly but as this goes along there are a lot of parallels. roy .
From : max dodge
we do understand that you are very insecure. yes but do you understand that you are very incorrect -- max join www.devilbrad.com and find out what free exchange of info is all about. there are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty soap ballot jury and ammo. please use in that order. -ed howdershelt author on fri 1 sep 2006 115231 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote al ya gotta understand ah. he just spouts off inaccurate bs. now the hope is that the op ignored him. we do understand that you are very insecure. ----------------- thesnoman.com .
From : max dodge
my refferance states 101 ft lbs for flywheel bolt and does not have seperate values for automatics and manuals. thats great except he was describing the pump body to case bolts. those are 15ftlbs the ones you were talking about are 35ftlbs. both a bit shy of the 101ftlbs you mentioned. -- max join www.devilbrad.com and find out what free exchange of info is all about. there are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty soap ballot jury and ammo. please use in that order. -ed howdershelt author on fri 01 sep 2006 084111 -0400 coffee fiddleplayernospam!@cogeco.ca wrote hey i have a 96 dodge ram diesel pickup with the 47re automatic transmission. when the transmission is out of the vehicle and you remove the torque converter what is the torque on the 7 bolts that hold on the front plate its the front plate that has little bearings and passages that move the fluid around the transmission and has a seal in the front of it which encircles a shaft none of my manuals list torque specs on it and google searches have proved useless. thanks james my refferance states 101 ft lbs for flywheel bolt and does not have seperate values for automatics and manuals. ----------------- thesnoman.com .
From : nathan w collier
tom lawrence wrote that fuse is for the then-optional 4-wheel abs. you have rear-wheel abs only also called rear-wheel anti-lock or rwal. according to the vehical options sticker on hood inside engine compartment my truck has 4-wheel abs. should i get a fuse from the auto parts store stick it in and see what happens would the lack of this fuse cause the abs and brake lights to come on i am concerned that someone has removed it for a reason and replacing the fuse is going to be *bad* just a feeling. .
From : justinw
snoman admin@snoman.com wrote on fri 01 sep 2006 084111 -0400 coffee fiddleplayernospam!@cogeco.ca wrote hey i have a 96 dodge ram diesel pickup with the 47re automatic transmission. when the transmission is out of the vehicle and you remove the torque converter what is the torque on the 7 bolts that hold on the front plate its the front plate that has little bearings and passages that move the fluid around the transmission and has a seal in the front of it which encircles a shaft none of my manuals list torque specs on it and google searches have proved useless. thanks james my refferance states 101 ft lbs for flywheel bolt and does not have seperate values for automatics and manuals. ----------------- thesnoman.com way to go snojob .
From : roy
on fri 01 sep 2006 084111 -0400 coffee fiddleplayernospam!@cogeco.ca wrote hey i have a 96 dodge ram diesel pickup with the 47re automatic transmission. when the transmission is out of the vehicle and you remove the torque converter what is the torque on the 7 bolts that hold on the front plate its the front plate that has little bearings and passages that move the fluid around the transmission and has a seal in the front of it which encircles a shaft none of my manuals list torque specs on it and google searches have proved useless. thanks james my refferance states 101 ft lbs for flywheel bolt and does not have seperate values for automatics and manuals. ----------------- thesnoman.com hes talking about the front pump bolts not the flywheel bolts. al ya gotta understand ah. he just spouts off inaccurate bs. now the hope is that the op ignored him. roy al .
From : xclimation
what really caught me was that cummins is only 10th yet duramax and powerchoke are ranked 6th and 5th respectively. was looking at the diesel power magazine website today and noticed the had a top 10 list of their favorite oil burners. so i had to look. this one in particular raised an eyebrow. 8. wartsila-sulzer rta96-c * engine type two-cycle 14-cylinder inline * displacement 1556002 ci 25480l yikes! * bore and stroke 38x98 in roughly a 3 foot bore and 8 foot stroke! * aspiration turbocharged * governed speed 102 rpm * engine weight 2300 tons the city block-sized crank weights 300 tons * dimensions 89 feet long and 44 feet high * maximum power 108920 hp at 102 rpm * maximum torque 5608312 lb-ft at 102 rpm * efficiency 1660 gallons per hour of heavy fuel oil * why we dig it um do you really have to ask if this doesnt turn your crank you really dont get it. this engine is used to motivate container ships cruise liners and generates more power than some third-world countries. here is the link http//www.dieselpowermag.com/tech/general/0607dp10bestuseddieselengines/index.html -- ---------------------------- -chris 05 ctd 06 liberty crd real trucks dont need spark plugs. .
From : max dodge
on thu 31 aug 2006 134113 -0400 ron webb wrote ive had a slightly different experience with both. bought my current truck on ebay no problems at all 2+ years ago. bought a 68 firebird on autotrader. new paint nice interior motor looked and sounded good with no smoke etc. drove it 66 miles and the motor blew up. good for you. ive bought 2 trucks and two cars on ebay. two of them did not come even close to the description so they were not picked up. the other two were not as described and ended up costing me in repairs. id really like to see an investigative national story on other peopless experiences. justin ive never bought a vehicle from ebay. just out of curiousity were these bad experiences from florida i am asking this because i have shopped for vehicles on ebay and there have seemed to be many deals from various sellers out of florida that seemed to good to be true. .
From : nathan w collier
on thu 31 aug 2006 201339 -0500 mike simmons mikesim@yhti.net wrote on thu 31 aug 2006 170614 gmt honeybs@radix.net beekeep wrote on thu 31 aug 2006 082616 -0400 chris thompson kf4drr-nospam@alltel.net wrote if you do not agree that the trucks engine has to have a knock sensor to see the knock then please enlighten us all........how does it know hey a thermos keeps hot stuff hot and cold stuff cold. it doesnt have any sensors. how does it know beekeep bad example greg. a thermos simply is insulated. it holds the temp inside for as long as its insulation allows but does not maintain a temperature. some get warm or cold very quickly due to poor insulation and some will hol the temp for many hours but it is not the same thing as maintaining the temperature humor aint your forte is it guy ;^ mike . i dont know i like humor. i think this one just went over my head for some reason. .
From : sqdancerlynn
um no.. a van has a frame. and this isnt some custom rig out of the blue there were a bunch of these out there. -- max join www.devilbrad.com and find out what free exchange of info is all about. there are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty soap ballot jury and ammo. please use in that order. -ed howdershelt author it looks interesting i would be wondering what kind of frame it has as van is unibody no frame .
From : nathan w collier
it looks interesting i would be wondering what kind of frame it has as van is unibody no frame .
From : nathan w collier
yeah whatever tom hey ive been saying that about you for a while now. glad to see you finally admit to it bfg -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving he did answer the question man didnt you hear him he said im a dumb ass and have no idea what i am talking about and you really shouldnt listen to me. on fri 01 sep 2006 001625 gmt tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcien5g@earthlink.net wrote your entire pontification was predicated on the fact that the op was driving a 1/2 ton truck with light weight springs for a soft ride and now that its pointed out that you made an incorrect assumption it doesnt matter facts just arent welcome in your world are they hows that v10 spark retard dissertation coming along no tom actually ist is the same beacuse a ctd uses a lower axle ratio than a hd gas truck so there is more axle wrap up and you would know this if you really had a clue of the physics and dynamics of what takes place in a drive train with you step on the throttle but since you do not your responces are easily predicted. you are a real trip. ----------------- your a real ass hole now answer the question! .
From : justinw
on thu 31 aug 2006 170614 gmt honeybs@radix.net beekeep wrote on thu 31 aug 2006 082616 -0400 chris thompson kf4drr-nospam@alltel.net wrote if you do not agree that the trucks engine has to have a knock sensor to see the knock then please enlighten us all........how does it know hey a thermos keeps hot stuff hot and cold stuff cold. it doesnt have any sensors. how does it know beekeep bad example greg. a thermos simply is insulated. it holds the temp inside for as long as its insulation allows but does not maintain a temperature. some get warm or cold very quickly due to poor insulation and some will hol the temp for many hours but it is not the same thing as maintaining the temperature. .
From : max dodge
on thu 31 aug 2006 144233 gmt tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcien5g@earthlink.net wrote better shock dampening. the light weight springs that they put is a 1500 for ride he doesnt have a 1500 no matter still can happen even more so due to high drive shaft torque but then there those that think that 1500 ft lbs of driveshaft torque or so has no effect on chassis/axle wrap up that can agrevate wheel hop. they believe that this all has not effect at all on traction. as you laod drive shaft it changes weight bias between rear wheels relative to torque input. when traction breaks loose the drive line unloads and weight bias changes then traction improves and weight start to shift again until traction is lost again and the cycle goes over and over and sometimes violently in some traction conditions. fix include stiff springs better shocks and deeper axle ratios that limit drive line torque relative to tractive effort. this first link shows the effect of tractive effort and axle ratio vs input torque http//forum.snoman.com/viewtopic.phpt=63 this next link shows the amount of twist on springs when pulling a load up a hill. i could make one that show vs tractive effort but basically ther you can take the actaul tractive force you are placing on the ground ie say 3000 ft lbs of draw bar pull and multiply it by about 1.3 with stock tires and that is the amout of twisting force that the springs have to counter act or control and this is independant on thrust on push/pull axis too. so with 3000 lbs of pull there is and 4000 ftlbs of axle twist in springs in addtion to torque bias weight shift. links give you a idea of effects http//forum.snoman.com/viewtopic.phpt=52 ----------------- thesnoman.com .
From : justinw
id really like to see an investigative national story on other peopless experiences. id like to know why you werent more careful in the purchases you made. ebay like everywhere else you would purchase a vehicle is buyer beware. ultimately you are blaming the auction service for the problems caused by the seller. maybe its time for you to figure out who has responsibility in this situation and blame them. hint that would be you and the seller. -- max join www.devilbrad.com and find out what free exchange of info is all about. there are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty soap ballot jury and ammo. please use in that order. -ed howdershelt author on thu 31 aug 2006 134113 -0400 ron webb wrote ive had a slightly different experience with both. bought my current truck on ebay no problems at all 2+ years ago. bought a 68 firebird on autotrader. new paint nice interior motor looked and sounded good with no smoke etc. drove it 66 miles and the motor blew up. good for you. ive bought 2 trucks and two cars on ebay. two of them did not come even close to the description so they were not picked up. the other two were not as described and ended up costing me in repairs. id really like to see an investigative national story on other peopless experiences. .
From : ron webb
on thu 31 aug 2006 134113 -0400 ron webb wrote ive had a slightly different experience with both. bought my current truck on ebay no problems at all 2+ years ago. bought a 68 firebird on autotrader. new paint nice interior motor looked and sounded good with no smoke etc. drove it 66 miles and the motor blew up. good for you. ive bought 2 trucks and two cars on ebay. two of them did not come even close to the description so they were not picked up. the other two were not as described and ended up costing me in repairs. id really like to see an investigative national story on other peopless experiences. .
From : justinw
on thu 31 aug 2006 122751 gmt mark jones noemail@mindspring.com wrote with a 9000 pound rating it would probably be safe to to about 6500 pounds with enough safety margin. i would apply a similar safety margin to a 3/4 or 1 ton truck. no trucks are not what they used to be. they are a whole lot better. i dont see any trouble with this truck being in great condition well past 10 years of age. my 15 year old car still looks almost new and i expect that this truck will be the same. i think 6500 is pushing it. they all have increase two rating while decreasing spring rates for smoother rides and taller gears it the guise of a promise of better mpg which is maybe true on a epa test and nowhere else. it is availbe engine torque and gears to match that torque to load that makes a good tower not a high hp rating at 5000 rpm or so. this is why oil burners and big block tow so well because they are better matched to load with engines torque curve hp is torque x rpm / 5252 if you geared a 5.4 deep enoungh like a 4.56 it would likley tow 9 or 10 k well on the right chassis but not with 3.73 gears or so regardless of rating. axle ratio that work well for diesel do not work well for gas motrs for serious towing unless maybe you have 8.1 a 460 a 454 or old dodge v10. the ford v10 is a very foramtable tower when matched to a 4.30 axle it will basically tow anything a stock 6.0 ps will. also your 15 year old car is a lot lower tech than you truck and less to go wrong. i have had far more trouble with a 2000 k3500 truck with 37k miles on it that i bought new than the 89 4x4 burb i also bought new and still own with 180k+ miles on it. the more complex the clock works are the easier it is to muck it up. quality s sufferening on all brands as they struggle to cut over all costs and deal with high labor costs too. as of 2005 70% of the cost of building a gm vehicle is labor costs alone with the other 30% for raw materials which means you have a vehicle built with parts basically from the lowest bidder not the best parts possible. it get worse every year in detriot too with all the brands. all vehciles will be imports soon if detriot does not get labor costs down and quality up soon. ----------------- thesnoman.com .
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From : justinw
what really caught me was that cummins is only 10th yet duramax and powerchoke are ranked 6th and 5th respectively. no particular order. to me they put the best one first .