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From : brent d
Q: you guys forgot wiley larry -michele; hes still around over in the chevy truck group. i remind him how good a dodge is every once in a while. g denny chevy truck group!! what are you doing in the chevy truck group i dont get a bunch of rabbit crap from those guys.... vbg why thats consorting with the enemy or sumpin! mike what ive noticed over time from visiting various different groups is how a persons personality will change from group to group. in one ng a poster will be mr. helpfull and then in the next ng he will be the smart-assed troll. and im sure its the same person in both groups. i guess little things amuse me... did i leave myself wide open or what.. g yeah you did! hoo boy but ill give you a pass this time.... the others may not be so considerate.... ^ m denny .
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From : tbone
well tbone thank you for your honesty. wemi-metalic is what is on my truck i found out with a phone call to a 45 years experiance technisian in my grandpa. we dont talk much but i had to call and ask. and a big thank you to steve w. for the insight. verry informative -- if your going to do somthing stupid might as well be smart about it!!! in all honesty the organics are garbage but hey its your life. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving wow thank you for all the info. it was verry helpfull. as for the ceramic pads not bending if its a powder would the powder nead to bend just a question. buy the sounds of it for a daily driver organic sounds like the best bet. but for hauling a trailer if it was what was on the truck to begin with ill get them agian. they lasted this long and the roters and drums have hardlly any wear on them.. so organic by the looks of it. is that what napa makes them out of there is a napa in our tiny town so ill pick some up. patrick well there are really only a few types of pad materials useable on a daily driver. organic pads- older tech but will stop better than just about every other type once. then they build up heat and fade. so they developed semi-metallic- which are organic pads with metal binders. the metal usually brass provides faster heat dissipation and gives longer wear at the detriment to rotor life. heat has to go someplace plus any metal will increase the wear to the rotors. then there are carbon fiber pads/shoes. they are great once they warm up to temperature. but the first time you step on the pedal with cold pads you will notice they dont grip as hard. then there are ceramic pads. they are semi metallic pads using a ceramic powder and high temperature to sinter the base materials into pads. they are also good pads they grab better hot than cold but are still better than cf on the first stop. however you can plan on rotors at just about every brake pad change. for drums you can get organics semis and some cf shoes. the ceramics dont flex very well so i dont think they will translate into a shoe very well. also with drums try to find a shop that still knows how to grind the shoes to fit a worn or turned drum that helps eliminate a lot of problems caused by the flexing of the backer shoe and the lack of contact that results with a turned drum. -- steve williams ok i was fishing for anything bad about ceramic brakes on an earlier post. so i might as well ask the group about all brakes then. what are the ups and downs about all the kinds of brakes that are made what should i get. yes i have front anti-lock and real drum. i wish i could get drums on front but thats another story. i do quite a bit of off road and trailer hauling. so all info would be wonderfull. and as for the ford comercial lattely about no anti-lock brakes and cromple zones. its kinda funny my trailers do. where are they getting there info from at the addvertising department. just a personal funny. patrick ----== posted via feeds.com - unlimited-uncensored-secure usenet ==---- http//www.feeds.com the #1 group service in the world! 120000+ groups ----= east and west-coast server farms - total privacy via encryption =---- .
From : mike simmons
as far as malpractice and repeat testing at the doctors office. not many people pay attention to the fact that both of those are why the insurance is so high. even with deductables. i dont have incurance on my 4 year old because it is so high. but thats my problem i guess. as for the technisions part of this. i expect more from the doctors as far as tests also why i cant buy a new me if it gets to screwed up. and the only thing humons have done in the last 100000+ years is get taller smarter and older. - well as far as evalution has done. i hope i didnt affend anybody just thaught my half cent would be fun to post. i think this will help http//tinyurl.com/3qq8e .
From : moses horwitz moses
curious if anyone could tell me where to start. this truck is being driven to me and it has cut out twice. driver pulled over restarted engine and continued on. any ideas as to the possible problem thanks for anyones help! .
From : damnnickname
check valve in the transfer pump might be faulty. since the fuel is at the ambient temp how does the block heater affect the fuel system max .
From : aarcuda69062
in all honesty the organics are garbage but hey its your life. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving wow thank you for all the info. it was verry helpfull. as for the ceramic pads not bending if its a powder would the powder nead to bend just a question. buy the sounds of it for a daily driver organic sounds like the best bet. but for hauling a trailer if it was what was on the truck to begin with ill get them agian. they lasted this long and the roters and drums have hardlly any wear on them.. so organic by the looks of it. is that what napa makes them out of there is a napa in our tiny town so ill pick some up. patrick well there are really only a few types of pad materials useable on a daily driver. organic pads- older tech but will stop better than just about every other type once. then they build up heat and fade. so they developed semi-metallic- which are organic pads with metal binders. the metal usually brass provides faster heat dissipation and gives longer wear at the detriment to rotor life. heat has to go someplace plus any metal will increase the wear to the rotors. then there are carbon fiber pads/shoes. they are great once they warm up to temperature. but the first time you step on the pedal with cold pads you will notice they dont grip as hard. then there are ceramic pads. they are semi metallic pads using a ceramic powder and high temperature to sinter the base materials into pads. they are also good pads they grab better hot than cold but are still better than cf on the first stop. however you can plan on rotors at just about every brake pad change. for drums you can get organics semis and some cf shoes. the ceramics dont flex very well so i dont think they will translate into a shoe very well. also with drums try to find a shop that still knows how to grind the shoes to fit a worn or turned drum that helps eliminate a lot of problems caused by the flexing of the backer shoe and the lack of contact that results with a turned drum. -- steve williams ok i was fishing for anything bad about ceramic brakes on an earlier post. so i might as well ask the group about all brakes then. what are the ups and downs about all the kinds of brakes that are made what should i get. yes i have front anti-lock and real drum. i wish i could get drums on front but thats another story. i do quite a bit of off road and trailer hauling. so all info would be wonderfull. and as for the ford comercial lattely about no anti-lock brakes and cromple zones. its kinda funny my trailers do. where are they getting there info from at the addvertising department. just a personal funny. patrick ----== posted via feeds.com - unlimited-uncensored-secure usenet ==---- http//www.feeds.com the #1 group service in the world! 120000+ groups ----= east and west-coast server farms - total privacy via encryption =---- .
From : denny
recently every time i start my 2001 durango rt the horn honks one time. if i open the door with the engine running and then close it again the horn honks. when i shut the engine off and exit the vehicle the horn will honk either when i close the door or anywhere from 2 to 15 seconds later. i dont have a security system except what is built into the durango by default nothing optional. the dealer has no clue what could be causing this. anybody got any thoughts poltergeist!!! dude might have anger issues. if you pound on the steering wheel enough you can damage the contacts. this is probably why it honks by itself when you shut the door the jolt causes the pad/contacts/whatever to skip and complete the circuit. does it happen when you go over a pothole or raccoon -tom enright -- moparman---remove clothes to reply! --scud coordinates 32.61204 north 96.92993 west-- .
From : aarcuda69062
i think im seeing a trend here... chrysler-trained techs dont know how to quote a reply properly careful tom ill sic the dreaded curse of the fuzzy rabbit on you...... bg denny cmbba .
From : aarcuda69062
recently every time i start my 2001 durango rt the horn honks one time. if i open the door with the engine running and then close it again the horn honks. when i shut the engine off and exit the vehicle the horn will honk either when i close the door or anywhere from 2 to 15 seconds later. i dont have a security system except what is built into the durango by default nothing optional. the dealer has no clue what could be causing this. anybody got any thoughts poltergeist!!! honky!!! dyhgtbfithcr! 1$ winnard .
From : tom lawrence
i just bought a new 2005 3500 with the turbo 600. ill let ya know if something happens.. whats the mileage range of the failures -- moparman---remove clothes to reply! --scud coordinates 32.61204 north 96.92993 west-- ----------------------------------------------------- mileage does not seem to matter. ive replaced injectors on trucks with only 1500 miles all the way to 80000 miles. if these injectors appear to be limited to this region i will be leaning torward possible poor fuel quality. brent i see im in the dallas/fort worth area is that gonna help any -- moparman---remove clothes to reply! --scud coordinates 32.61204 north 96.92993 west-- .
From : maxpower
jim m wrote brent d wrote many... blah blah blah...dealership. brent who cares i agree with that whole heartedly frank....not only is he constantly talking about himself and whining about lord knows what....comparing himself to a freaking doctor because he can twist a wrench and follow directions....but this post has nothing to do with dodge trucks.... he must get whipped and ridaculed a lot at work ...i wonder if he does work by the amount of posts i see here....when at work he must constantly be seeking out ataboys and is not getting them which causes him to post this drivel on this ng...i call them high maintenance workers as i generally have had a few employees like that..... so brent....atta boy maybe this will stop the freaking whining ...life isnt fair...get over it. jim i concur--good analysis jim. .
From : jeff mayner
brent d wrote many... blah blah blah...dealership. brent who cares i agree with that whole heartedly frank....not only is he constantly talking about himself and whining about lord knows what....comparing himself to a freaking doctor because he can twist a wrench and follow directions....but this post has nothing to do with dodge trucks.... he must get whipped and ridaculed a lot at work ...i wonder if he does work by the amount of posts i see here....when at work he must constantly be seeking out ataboys and is not getting them which causes him to post this drivel on this ng...i call them high maintenance workers as i generally have had a few employees like that..... so brent....atta boy maybe this will stop the freaking whining ....life isnt fair...get over it. jim .
From : brent d
the 2005 durangos are being recalled for gas filler neck leaks. not your problem but someone might keyword the subject line. .
From : dodgeewe dodgeewe
on mon 07 feb 2005 003758 gmt denny wddodge@woh.rr.com wrote can i have it thatd give me one to hang up somewhares.. denny not certified in nothin but bs ******************************** certificate of achievement awarded to denny on this 6th day of february 2005 for successfully bullshitting your way through life wearing a floppy eared pink fuzzy suit you are hereby designated certified master bunny bullshit artist ******************************** feel free to print this out cut out the certificate and stick it anywhere you think appropriate. thanks much! denny cmbba that cmbba sounds good if ya dont know what it stands for.. *lol* mac please remove splinters before emailing .
From : aarcuda69062
fuel pump or coil maybe. curious if anyone could tell me where to start. this truck is being driven to me and it has cut out twice. driver pulled over restarted engine and continued on. any ideas as to the possible problem thanks for anyones help! .
From : aarcuda69062
on sat 5 feb 2005 220308 -0700 drgn1400@webtv.net brent d wrote ever since the release of the new cummins common rail i have been repairing many of its issues with a new injector or two. a majority of the injectors i have replaced were either in cylinders 3 or 4. i just wanted to know from others if this is a common issue or maybe localized to the region i work. any feedback on this issue is appreciated as i am looking for the cause of these failures rather than the correction of them. brent master ase and gold certified chrysler technician brent just curious what are the symptoms of bad injector/s i have around 19k on my 04 with no erratic behavior. im in socal. ken b. 04 dodge 2500 ctd lairamie 48re 4x2 swb pulling 04 wildwood t23fbl la marathon runner03 04 training for 05 .
From : damnnickname
brent d wrote here we go again with cuda. an independent that wants every one to believe their repairs are automatically cheaper than a dealers. again he provided no proof or example of this. just assumed. perhaps a dealers equivalent repair may cost more because they provide things you can not. when our dealership services a transmission for x number of dollars we also update the controller with the latest software at no added cost our extra cost is from the use of oem parts that come with a nationwide warranty at any dealer to improve shift quality if any updates are available. ooops - you cant do that. this is one example try using an example to substantiate a claim next time instead of talking out your ass of how a dealer can offer more bang for the buck when it comes to quality. times have changed since you last worked in a dealership if you ever have. if you havent done it in the last five years you are behind the times. dealer techs do provide a vast portion of feedback to dc before they release it in a tsb. you have no right to argue against this point. i have seen dozens of times when my or other techs repairs have later resulted in tsbs and/or recalls. you might pay for tsbs - we make them happen. who is the real technician now there is one problem with being an independent; win or lose - the dealer gets automatic first shot at the customer you get the left overs. with warranties increasing and enticing customers to purchase new vehicles we have another thing you do not guaranteed work during slow times. it may not pay the best but it sure beats plopping my ass on the tool box drinking a soda - like im sure you have had to. brent master ase and gold certified chrysler technician its not the cost or type of work that bothers me its the marketing. manufacturers have worked very hard to convince people that only a dealers service department can repair their cars. this just isnt true. dealers make more money in the service bays than they do on the showroom floor. you only visit the showroom once or twice to buy the vehicle and profit margins are not great. however if you can keep the customer coming back month after month year after year now thats a gold mine. jam .
From : dodgeewe dodgeewe
hi michele i bet you would look good riding in a a hemi powered magnum. glad to hear from you this is just like an old high school reunion. thanks dale - ive been looking at that magnum and the new 2006 charger... i love that front end! -michele ; p.s. i think ill stick around a while. i miss all the testosterone fights and truck talk! .
From : mike simmons
one problem however the dealer only put in 1/2 of a tank of gas. now i see why i just cant get it to take any fuel. i spent about 20 minutes fighting with the thing to fill the tank. it just keeps kicking off the pump. i thought maybe i just found a crappy pump so i tried another one at the same station and then another one at a different station. same deal. it takes about 2 seconds worth of gas and then kicks off. even at the slowest speed i could set the pump to. tried all the way in part way in hardly in at all pump handle at 9 oclock at 3 oclock and every other oclock still no go. i had the same problem with my 99 ram the day i picked it up from the lot got it used still had warranty. took 20 minutes to fill it up. thought id take it in after the next fill up but it never happened again. knocking on wood .
From : aarcuda69062
i looked at the figures. gotta stay with the cummins. whew... i was worried for a minute weak moment maybe. while im at it how about the 03 04s any inherent problems what transmissions are used in those years .
From : thenewguy
thanks everyone for being positive in the last post. i appreciate you allowing me to ask here. also apologies for not knowing yiddish. im looking at buying a 1994 ram-250 at a local used car lot the going price is about $5995. im looking at this van specifically because it comes fully equipped with a wheelchair lift which i need. the van has 113600 miles on it but everything looks fairly good. it needs new tires but that seems a trifle compared other things like the engine. im going to have a mechanic look at the engine before i go any further but i was wondering if anyone here could offer some general advice about dodge vans. on average is ten years very old for a dodge van are the odds in my favor that itll last five more years are parts for a ten year old van hard to come by the price doesnt worry me. its the age and mileage that im unsure of and any suggestions or words of wisdom would be appreciated. thanks! there is a guy about a mile from me that has a bunch of used lift vans. that is a lot of miles.where are you located roy .
From : brent d
i just bought a new 2005 3500 with the turbo 600. ill let ya know if something happens.. whats the mileage range of the failures -- moparman---remove clothes to reply! --scud coordinates 32.61204 north 96.92993 west-- ----------------------------------------------------- mileage does not seem to matter. ive replaced injectors on trucks with only 1500 miles all the way to 80000 miles. if these injectors appear to be limited to this region i will be leaning torward possible poor fuel quality. brent master ase and gold certified chrysler technician looking at the tdr it would seem not to be region sensitive roy .
From : moses horwitz moses
on sun 6 feb 2005 225100 -0700 drgn1400@webtv.net brent d wrote many have suggested that i am ruthless toward customers and need to relax a little. they are correct. i do feel though it is better for me to vent frustrations in the ng than on the service drive. i am not stupid in a business sense. customers need a little soothing at times especially when they are informed of repair costs on their already high dollar vehicle. it happens. i spent three years as a foreman with direct customer relations and earned the trust of everyone. many followed me to my new job. perhaps many of my posts spun off into debates concerning customers or independent shops. some spin-offs were my fault some were the fault of others. regardless i just want it noted that any vague critisizm of dealer techs will be responded to with a steadfast and firm resonse by me. . . so expect me to be an a-hole during those posts. as for those that hate dealers ill give you this one; an example of why many do hate dealerships and why i switched dealers. i was a foreman at a smaller dealer. the manager and i worked well together. he understood i had filled in as manager before he was hired and understood i knew the department front to back. a week and a half before last christmas the owners introduced a new service manager to everyones surprise. the current manager was reduced to writing service happy holidays. the new manager informed me the same day that he had no need for a foreman he wanted me on the line full time. this was a 15k paycut then the owner had the balls to later hand me a $150 christmas bonus. after a week back on the line the new manager began returning my forman responsibilities without the pay. weld tire guides on the lube rack. ; keep the new lube tech busy.; yada yada yada. the new manager made one thing clear to all technicians; he wanted all control in job pricing - flat rate went out the window. we all soon noticed the repairs were quoted way to high. the final straw for me was a governer pressure solenoid. a common repair for re transmissions. normally i charged 3 hours to diagnose replace solenoids change filter adjust bands and install program updates if needed. want to guess what he charged for the next one 8.6 hours i choked - unreal. it was a friday. i told the manager i had a family emergency locked my box left work made a few phone calls found a new job. saturday i loaded my tools and moved on. there was no way i would be part of this con. this is why people hate dealers. too many of these assholes out there. i took one for the customers as i took a paycut at the new job expected as a newbee and drive twice as far now fuel costs suck. bad timing with my medical bills - oh well. i guess i might actually have a little too much pride. this does not make me a savior or saint. i simply want people to understand that there are those in a dealership that give a shit for the customer. as a side note my new manager informed me that my previous dealer is calling around trying to arrange a large enough group of techs for local training. seems they no longer have anyone certified in electrical diesels transmissions and differentials. damn i dented their abilities to pass claims under warranties. my managers response to them was simple; nope all my techs are trained and qualified. as he hung up the phone laughing. i do have sympathy for customers especially those that still frequent my previous dealership. brent flame away beekeep i just showed a little heart hell im not flaming im just calling them the way i seeum. beekeep .
From : brent d
be glad that you didnt get the turbo cruiser... a friend has one and hates that extra 20 cents a gallon for premium unleaded.. mac - ive got to use the premium in the truck to keep it from pinging! needless to say i dont drive the truck all too often anymore... cant afford to! -michele ; .
From : brent d
snipped a dealership may charge more per hour but charge less hours since they can diagnose the vehicle quicker. this is easy to understand since they are more familiar with that vehicle and its common fallacies. this also does not account for the thousands of dollars per month my dealership has a sign up that states they charge for the number of hours that is listed in some kind of manual that tells how long the repair should take. my uncle is a mechanic and familiar with these types of books. he says they are crap and give you like 5 hours to do something that should only take 2. so why would i pay more per hour at a dealership and have to pay for more hours worked -michele ; .
From : denny
ive a friend that uses zaino on his vette and just loves it. looks great too even after 6 months when he is about to appy it again. the finish is so good he dusts off his car between washes. im going to send for some myself soon. you can find it at http//www.zainostore.com/ and while there learn how to use all the different stuff that they peddle. i use zaino on my pt cruiser and it looks great. when other people are complaining about paint problems with the cruiser i havent had a single problem knock on wood and i only do the zaino about twice a year and i dont do all the steps. looks brand new. used it on the truck a few times and people cant believe my truck is 10 years old. if they hadnt changed the body type i could probably pass it for a 3 year old truck and thats only because of a couple of parkinglot scratches and i backed into a cement pole and dented the rear bumper. -michele ; .
From : aarcuda69062
maybe the gas gage is wrong. .
From : moses horwitz moses
dodgeewe wrote nay roy cruiser is fine. truck was in a couple accidents none since ive been gone from the group. been thinking about getting rid of the cruiser. i like it and hate it at the same time. its a 4 cyl. ya know driving around in my v8 ram kinda makes me miss the power. but i love the look and the room. im going to the philadelphia auto show on monday... maybe ill see something else i like -michele; trade the truck and the pt cruiser for a yellow dodge rumble bee truck hey did i steer you wrong when you bought the pt cruiser .
From : thenewguy
on sun 6 feb 2005 182630 -0500 roy roy@home.net wrote on sun 6 feb 2005 173106 -0500 roy roy@home.net wrote on sun 6 feb 2005 145922 -0500 roy roy@home.net wrote i looked at the figures. gotta stay with the cummins. whew... i was worried for a minute weak moment maybe. while im at it how about the 03 04s any inherent problems what transmissions are used in those years the 48re is in my 03. i cant remember if the 48re was introduced to replace the 47re in late 02 or early 03. as i said before i read tdr a lot and am not aware of any issues related to 03 or 04 from there or from my own experience. some people worried about the new lift pumps but those have really only been a problem for the hard core bombers. i havent found anything to not like about mine. the only problem i have had was that i olost the guages for the tach and fuel but that turned out to be a faulty part on the back of the guage panel and was fixed within a day. there are tow recalls if you get an 03 or 04 make sure that it had the recalls done or get them done if not. one was to replace a piece of the tranny cooler line that was defective and the other was to put a washer on the ecm so it would not short or something to that effect. i had the 47re in the 2k. it morphed into a dtt. i have heard that dtt is the best of the tranny places. the owner bill k. has written a couple of articles about the 48re. he said it was a huge improvement over the 47re and he liked it alot. he felt that there is a flaw in the thrust washer however and he feels that dc needs to fix that. he saw it as real danger but there apparently havent been any reports of the thrust washer causing any problems on them and dc defended it as did some other techs. the whole thing got pretty heated like that never happens here huh that bill finally just stopped posting. i dont know if the argument still lives or not but the bottom line is that the thrust washer has not proven to be a problem. bill is a super guy and builds a bullet proof box. yeah i was going to take my 01 with the 47re up to washington and have him bef it up. instead i traded it in on the 03 though. he does seem to be a super guy. .
From : thenewguy
on 31 jan 2005 172707 -0800 jason g jrgusenet@yahoo.remove-xx-this-xx-part.com wrote i just bought a 2000 dakota last week that came with the towing package. im having difficulty determining just what that means besides the hitch receiver. from my guesstimation and net research it means heavy duty rear brakes and a 3.55 rear end anything else i also put it to work this weekend hauling a yard of bulk topsoil. from what the guy said at the place it probably weighed around 1800 pounds so i know it was a leetle overloaded even though the 4.7v8 powered along like it was a piece of cake. the truck was very noticeably sagging on the ass end but more bothersome was when i went over a small water channel dip in the street at about 15-20mph and the damn thing bounced front-to-back like crazy even banged the rear bumper on the ground. so the question is do i need new shocks or springs or was this just because i had exceeded the specified load i did the bounce-on-the-bumper test and it seemed a bit loose but i dont know how bouncy these trucks are right out of the box. the truck has just over 100000 miles on it. thanks for any insight. 1800 sounds a little light for a yard of damp topsoil more like 2300 or even more. id say you where a tad overloaded. dunno on the dak but on the 1500 there is a larger trany cooler 355s instead of 392s and i think there is a heavier alternator or at least a higher rated battery. could be both. plus the harness for the brake controller. the 355s just tone down the rpm a bit because you are staying in 4th all the time. if youre not towing on the hyway that doesnt seem like a big deal to me. drops the motor rpm about 300 or so at around 55mph. you can do the same thing by punching the tire size up but its gonna take about 3 inches to equal the difference. if towing is a major consideration id get the package if its a once in a while thing just the hitch will probably do it. the bigger tranny cooler can be added fairly cheaply but the gearing change obviously isnt cheap. .
From : nosey
thanks everyone for being positive in the last post. i appreciate you allowing me to ask here. also apologies for not knowing yiddish. im looking at buying a 1994 ram-250 at a local used car lot the going price is about $5995. im looking at this van specifically because it comes fully equipped with a wheelchair lift which i need. the van has 113600 miles on it but everything looks fairly good. it needs new tires but that seems a trifle compared other things like the engine. im going to have a mechanic look at the engine before i go any further but i was wondering if anyone here could offer some general advice about dodge vans. on average is ten years very old for a dodge van are the odds in my favor that itll last five more years are parts for a ten year old van hard to come by the price doesnt worry me. its the age and mileage that im unsure of and any suggestions or words of wisdom would be appreciated. thanks! if the van was well maintained but its previous owners there should still be a lotta miles left in the ol gal. parts should not be a problem for a long time. mike andrew burton - tuglyraisin at aol dot com felecia station on harvestgain - jarod godel in second life .
From : roy
on sun 06 feb 2005 135307 -0800 thenewguy thenewguy@yourplace.com wrote on sun 6 feb 2005 145922 -0500 roy roy@home.net wrote i looked at the figures. gotta stay with the cummins. whew... i was worried for a minute weak moment maybe. while im at it how about the 03 04s any inherent problems what transmissions are used in those years the 48re is in my 03. i cant remember if the 48re was introduced to replace the 47re in late 02 or early 03. as i said before i read tdr a lot and am not aware of any issues related to 03 or 04 from there or from my own experience. some people worried about the new lift pumps but those have really only been a problem for the hard core bombers. i havent found anything to not like about mine. the only problem i have had was that i olost the guages for the tach and fuel but that turned out to be a faulty part on the back of the guage panel and was fixed within a day. there are tow recalls if you get an 03 or 04 crap that was two not tow make sure that it had the recalls done or get them done if not. one was to replace a piece of the tranny cooler line that was defective and the other was to put a washer on the ecm so it would not short or something to that effect. .
From : maxpower
on sun 6 feb 2005 173106 -0500 roy roy@home.net wrote on sun 6 feb 2005 145922 -0500 roy roy@home.net wrote i looked at the figures. gotta stay with the cummins. whew... i was worried for a minute weak moment maybe. while im at it how about the 03 04s any inherent problems what transmissions are used in those years the 48re is in my 03. i cant remember if the 48re was introduced to replace the 47re in late 02 or early 03. as i said before i read tdr a lot and am not aware of any issues related to 03 or 04 from there or from my own experience. some people worried about the new lift pumps but those have really only been a problem for the hard core bombers. i havent found anything to not like about mine. the only problem i have had was that i olost the guages for the tach and fuel but that turned out to be a faulty part on the back of the guage panel and was fixed within a day. there are tow recalls if you get an 03 or 04 make sure that it had the recalls done or get them done if not. one was to replace a piece of the tranny cooler line that was defective and the other was to put a washer on the ecm so it would not short or something to that effect. i had the 47re in the 2k. it morphed into a dtt. i have heard that dtt is the best of the tranny places. the owner bill k. has written a couple of articles about the 48re. he said it was a huge improvement over the 47re and he liked it alot. he felt that there is a flaw in the thrust washer however and he feels that dc needs to fix that. he saw it as real danger but there apparently havent been any reports of the thrust washer causing any problems on them and dc defended it as did some other techs. the whole thing got pretty heated like that never happens here huh that bill finally just stopped posting. i dont know if the argument still lives or not but the bottom line is that the thrust washer has not proven to be a problem. bill is a super guy and builds a bullet proof box. .
From : brent d
well there are really only a few types of pad materials useable on a daily driver. organic pads- older tech but will stop better than just about every other type once. then they build up heat and fade. so they developed semi-metallic- which are organic pads with metal binders. the metal usually brass provides faster heat dissipation and gives longer wear at the detriment to rotor life. heat has to go someplace plus any metal will increase the wear to the rotors. then there are carbon fiber pads/shoes. they are great once they warm up to temperature. but the first time you step on the pedal with cold pads you will notice they dont grip as hard. then there are ceramic pads. they are semi metallic pads using a ceramic powder and high temperature to sinter the base materials into pads. they are also good pads they grab better hot than cold but are still better than cf on the first stop. however you can plan on rotors at just about every brake pad change. for drums you can get organics semis and some cf shoes. the ceramics dont flex very well so i dont think they will translate into a shoe very well. also with drums try to find a shop that still knows how to grind the shoes to fit a worn or turned drum that helps eliminate a lot of problems caused by the flexing of the backer shoe and the lack of contact that results with a turned drum. -- steve williams ok i was fishing for anything bad about ceramic brakes on an earlier post. so i might as well ask the group about all brakes then. what are the ups and downs about all the kinds of brakes that are made what should i get. yes i have front anti-lock and real drum. i wish i could get drums on front but thats another story. i do quite a bit of off road and trailer hauling. so all info would be wonderfull. and as for the ford comercial lattely about no anti-lock brakes and cromple zones. its kinda funny my trailers do. where are they getting there info from at the addvertising department. just a personal funny. patrick ----== posted via feeds.com - unlimited-uncensored-secure usenet ==---- http//www.feeds.com the #1 group service in the world! 120000+ groups ----= east and west-coast server farms - total privacy via encryption =---- .
From : aarcuda69062
drgn1400@webtv.net brent d wrote there is plenty of training available to the independent shops that is equal to or better than the stuff provided by the oems. the sublet -might- increase the bill but it still wouldnt necessarily be higher than what the bill might have been had the customer gone to the dealership service department instead of the independent. are you claiming that you dont flag any extra time for re-flashing a tcm or pcm if the job does come into -your- dealership then there would be more good independents also no ----------------------------------------------------- how do you judge that your training is better because ive attended plenty of both over the last 34 years. this would be a hard claim to substantiate. no different than the substantiating needed for the things you claim to be true. remember that aftermarket training on a vehicle is released long after the dealership technicians have fought long and hard to discover manufacturing flaws that are simply given to the independants. nothing is given to the independents. people assume that dealer techs have the advantage of tsbs to repair vehicles how false. youre right its false false because i have the same access to those tsbs and im an independent. of course the cost of those tsbs comes directly out of my bank account but i know for a fact that you cant and never will be able to find a usenet post by me complaining about it. remember the information provided in the tsbs that you use were discovered primarily by technicians who discovered the issues and provided information to chrysler. not all tsb research comes from dealership technicians and it certainly doesnt all come from you. this is a claim an independant can not make. you have no way of knowing one way or the other. this simply means a dealer tech works his ass off for a loss in pay so and independant can receive his information for next to nothing in the form of a tsb. the price i and other independents pay is not next to nothing. and if the working your ass off for a loss in pay part bothers you so much change jobs. you should be thanking the dealers. i do thank the dealers i thank them every time they miss a diagnosis every time they miss the worn out track bar and tie rod ends. as for telling an independant no thank you; i wont do that. but youll come here and cry about it. they are still a fellow technician and i never turn my back on them. i just hope they remember that a dealer helped them and asked for nothing in return. then youre getting exactly what you wanted so where is the problem yes i charge customers for reprograms. oh good because for a minute there you were making it sound like you did re-flashes for free and that was somehow going to work to the customers advantage. it is considered into the module replacement. at the dealer it may only cost an extra .2 hours while you will pay the dealer to have it done at the minimum shop rate of .5 or 1.0. this will make your bill higher. not if the overall repair bill is hundreds of dollars less than what the dealerships are charging for the same repair. the difference between your repair shop and my repair shop isnt what you or i know what equipment we have or how many hours of training we receive the difference is i am not working to finance all of that new car inventory sitting out in front collecting dust hoping someone will buy it. the bottom line brent is; nothing is going to change as long as you let others do the controlling. you can either stay where you are keep giving it away to the krauts and accept that this is your lot in life. or you can change the situation to where you call the shots. been there done that over the course of the 70s the 80s and the 90s. yeah it took me a while to wise up. oh no he isnt here too!!! i didnt think you cried in this group too. cuda just cant stand dealer techs he was always threatened by us. its ok cuda i do understand. .
From : mike simmons
i cant do another winter without 4x4. this was the first in almost 30 years. the lightning with blizzaks all around was good but... i havent kept up much with new things beyond 2000. what is the way to go has to be a cummins. although ill hang a plow on it i wont be doing much residential plowing so a standard would fit as well as the auto. im also torn between a 2500 and a 3500. in case i should buy a fifth wheel i want to be able to haul it. any thoughts mike tom rabbit anybody roy more questions. with the hemi what trans comes with it any problems w/it can you use regular gas or does it require 93 doubtful i will go gas but id like to know cover the options. iirc the 48re is also with the gas motors and has been trouble free. the 5.7 runs on the 87 octane fuel. its a 5-45rfe carrot breath! thanks for the clarification mike. it would seem ol wide ass has started his super bowl party a tad early. vbg ok-ok. im getting old.... denny .
From : moses horwitz moses
i ordered these two. the wiring harness and the light box merc switch the bulb was included. everything worked well. part numbers are 56021441 lamp $15.75 net and 56051176-a wiring $23.85. i found this information on the turbo diesel registry forum. if i remember right one or both of the part numbers either needed the -a after it or not. hope this helps joe ps these are dodge part numbers. your answer is no. these features were not offered. you are on your own. steve my 04 1500 quad hemi didnt come with an ashtray light or a light under the hood. are there any factory add ons i could get to accomplish this. the glove box has a light however. hopefully the wires for such are already in place. thanks howard .
From : maxpower
roy wrote i cant do another winter without 4x4. this was the first in almost 30 years. the lightning with blizzaks all around was good but... i havent kept up much with new things beyond 2000. what is the way to go has to be a cummins. although ill hang a plow on it i wont be doing much residential plowing so a standard would fit as well as the auto. im also torn between a 2500 and a 3500. in case i should buy a fifth wheel i want to be able to haul it. any thoughts mike tom rabbit anybody roy you must be north of me. ive driven through 30 winters without four wheel drive. jam .
From : mike simmons
i think everyone pretty much understands what your post was really about. jerry ------------------------------------------------------ then why didnt you paste the paragraph regarding ruthless service customers that accept being ripped off by other professions without question brent .
From : moses horwitz moses
is it kosher to ask about ram vans here -andy andrew burton - tuglyraisin at aol dot com felecia station on harvestgain - jarod godel in second life i think there needs to be a vote on this .
From : brent d
just this once will be ok!! - is it kosher to ask about ram vans here -andy andrew burton - tuglyraisin at aol dot com felecia station on harvestgain - jarod godel in second life .
From : maxpower
on fri 04 feb 2005 220135 gmt tbone t-bonenospam@nc.rr.com wrote the problem is that it would probably not be considered as abuse since there was nothing misleading about the header. nope except that its unsolicited spam for a f-150 part in a dodge group.. mac please remove splinters before emailing .
From : fmb
on sat 05 feb 2005 200153 -0600 ramman@dodgecity.cc wrote writes do not want to go with a dually at this time. imo the choice is simple then get the 2500. i recommended the 3500 dually for 5th wheeling because it handles a lot better in cross wind driving with the rig hooked up. aside from that the dually takes up too much space in the garage. 3500 also has a nicer looking tailgate again in my opinion.. well how about the single rear wheel 3500 then .
From : mike simmons
nay roy cruiser is fine. truck was in a couple accidents none since ive been gone from the group. been thinking about getting rid of the cruiser. i like it and hate it at the same time. its a 4 cyl. ya know driving around in my v8 ram kinda makes me miss the power. but i love the look and the room. im going to the philadelphia auto show on monday... maybe ill see something else i like that 4cyl. has to be tough to live with. maybe a new one i thought they were going to put some grunt into them. roy those are the turbo models. they have plenty of power for me as long as i dont have to work on them. its a little tight under the hood. denny hummmph.... a freightliner would be tight for you under the hood! ;^ mike now this is what i like verbal abuse from every angle... what could be better on a sat afternoon..... denny hey! what are friends for ;^ mike .
From : brent d
roy wrote john@john.com was one of my old original akas here. man that was a long time ago. it was fun though. the memories.......its the little things that make life fun. really you are john i doubt it. but just for the hell of it lets find out. do you recall what took you over the edge other than the booze. what was the subject matter i think so roy ................ if you recall he told you last year but you said no then. jerry he probably did although i dont recall it. im not totally convinced now. but it matters not. roy .
From : mike simmons
from dodgeewe dodgeewe date 2/3/2005 1047 pm central standard time you guys forgot wiley larry -michele; guily as charged ;- robert .
From : brent d
on sat 5 feb 2005 152607 -0500 roy roy@home.net wrote on sat 5 feb 2005 113615 -0500 roy roy@home.net wrote on sat 5 feb 2005 070845 -0500 roy roy@home.net wrote from nosey kfrei43@removethis.hotmail.com date 2/2/2005 1213 pm central standard time i may be wrong about him but his post just has too many of the signs. the dragon reference in the e-mail address is kinda creepy too. maybe hes deranged. michelle doesnt ring a bell. brent might be able to help us out here. oh yeah id managed to forget about good ol dd. brent has given good advice here in the past dd was less than useless. michelle used to use dodgeewe as her handle in here. sandman nate used to call her dodgebabe. there was another aoler in here who used to keep up with her named mark cant remember his handle right now. anybody else remember folks like rabbit no not denny teameuromeko sgt. rock carlos litl jay lee brian fitch and a bunch of others i cant think of right now nobody needs to take offense i wasnt lumping you all together just rattling off names as i recalled them. robert i have a name that i and the rest of you forgot about. the man of friday night melt down fame. my all time best friend john!! when all was said and down he was by far the best. these other alleged wordsmiths and semi trolls that hang out here couldnt carry his jock imho. roy roy i hate to tell you this and........believe it or not...............john is still here. really as who roy we had this discussion once before. sorry i dont remember the discussion. john@john.com was one of my old original akas here. man that was a long time ago. it was fun though. the memories.......its the little things that make life fun. really you are john i doubt it. but just for the hell of it lets find out. do you recall what took you over the edge other than the booze. what was the subject matter you found a john on a alternative life style board or said you did anyway and brought it here. my one big disappointment was and still is that the whole subtlety of my response was lost on you and that took some of the fun out of it. i threatened to sue you you know go to my lawyer. i was playing the part you wanted me to play and thought id done it pretty well but it seemed lost on you. anyway it was a hoot and great for passing the time back then. now im the new john you know the new 90s kinda guy although its now the 00s kinda guy but that just doesnt have a ring to it otherwise known as theguy. i think ive had a few other monickers here i changed each time i built a new faster more supercharged computer except for this last time--built a new one last week but i just sorta like theguy. im the same one that argued the a coon stole my tools with the sandman nate. oh and there was the big argument over the miranda issue with private security with nate i mean sandman. yeah there were others too. i dont remember which monicker i was using but i jumped in to take sides with the fellow that was a cop and got into a big beef with you guys. i think that one was over speeding or something and he was a plain cloths cop in the south or back east or something. but anyhow thats what we can do now you know sort of wax philosophical through the past arguments. the good old days. the old ones pale though compared to some of the new ones that i have actually sayed out of. there have been some really looooong ones lately since tbone got here. and i can asure you tbone is not one of my old or present or at anytime akas. no actually i found the same john. but that was then. as you say those were the good old days .
From : fmb
thats right now i remember he or she was a real winner dale dragon lady or dragon something our trans who claimed to have periods dale your thinking of ole phud...phaedra dragon.. which was dds alter ego...depending which way he pulled his pantyhose on of course.. denny .
From : maxpower
beekeep wrote on wed 2 feb 2005 195319 -0600 mike simmons mikesim@yhti.net wrote yeah i was here when beekeep was honeybs if i recall. i think i gave him the handle beekeep... is that right greg mike damn if i can remember. honeybs is still my email addy and my licence plate number on my truck. seems to me it had something to do with the comic strip b.c. wasnt there a jailer named key keep or something anyhow i needed a name for over in the beekeeping group and settled on this one. i acually behave myself over there! beekeep i bet theres alot of nice honeys in that group dale .
From : maxpower
from nosey kfrei43@removethis.hotmail.com date 2/2/2005 1213 pm central standard time i may be wrong about him but his post just has too many of the signs. the dragon reference in the e-mail address is kinda creepy too. maybe hes deranged. michelle doesnt ring a bell. brent might be able to help us out here. oh yeah id managed to forget about good ol dd. brent has given good advice here in the past dd was less than useless. michelle used to use dodgeewe as her handle in here. sandman nate used to call her dodgebabe. there was another aoler in here who used to keep up with her named mark cant remember his handle right now. anybody else remember folks like rabbit no not denny teameuromeko sgt. rock carlos litl jay lee brian fitch and a bunch of others i cant think of right now nobody needs to take offense i wasnt lumping you all together just rattling off names as i recalled them. robert i have a name that i and the rest of you forgot about. the man of friday night melt down fame. my all time best friend john!! when all was said and down he was by far the best. these other alleged wordsmiths and semi trolls that hang out here couldnt carry his jock imho. roy .
From : maxpower
i have been reading a couple of your posts about dealership and shit all i can say is that my hat is off to the dealership mechanics most of the time they do receive great training and are very helpful. i have never had warranty work mainly because i keep my truck maintained. i did take my older dakota to get the transmission overhauled it was costly but the truck ran great and is still lasting. i dont care to pay the money as long as it for good quality work. keep up the good work brent. john in a simple nutshell i will try to explain the antics of a dealership service department. i can not explain poor dealerships with questionable techncians this is for you to determine. i simply hope my explanation helps you understand why a dealer does what it does. a dealer is monitored by the manufacturer as to how many repairs it does. if a dealer does one particular repair more than other dealers of the same size and zone then a restriction is placed on them for that repair. this is not right but it happens. this can result in a service manager instructing their technicians not to recognize that particular problem to eliminate the restrictions. i would hope that any dealer would ignore these restrictions if the repairs pertained to safety. as many have suggested a dealer will not recognize a problem with the vehicle until it is out of warranty. now you know why. your problem is with chrysler not the dealer. as for an independant repair shop charging less; bullcrap. as a customer you simply picked up the phone and found a shop that charges less per hour. what sense does it make if an independant charges less per hour but charges you more hours because they are not familiar with the vehicle flat rate is a guideline - not a law. a dealership may charge more per hour but charge less hours since they can diagnose the vehicle quicker. this is easy to understand since they are more familiar with that vehicle and its common fallacies. this also does not account for the thousands of dollars per month that a dealer spends on special tools to peform the repairs quicker and more precisely. one individual suggested they had been in a dealer and saw a large amount of dust on the special tools. he could not be more correct. not every tool is used every day what tools are used is determined by the failure rate of specific vehicles. perhaps this individual should spend more attention on their shop than the dealers. one thing to remember is this; unlike an independent a dealer has the right to not use a special tool because at least they have it if they need it. brent master ase and gold certified chrysler technician john....even that is being takin away we used to be able to sign up for any class that we felt we needed training with.. how long has the pacifica been out the 300c i have not since been to those classes. now you get a car in on a wait basis with a problem and watch the customer yell because they have to wait so long for us not only to figure the system out but then to diagnios it and all that..... brent why did you get me started!!!!! glenn beasley chrysler tech .
From : brent d
tom lawrence wrote i hope that you were not suggesting that i was a kid using webtv. no - he said that many trolls happen to be teenage kids with webtv. youre obviously an exception to the age reference. - jeff .
From : john robertson
greg o wrote anybody else remember folks like rabbit no not denny teameuromeko sgt. rock carlos litl jay lee brian fitch and a bunch of others i cant think of right now nobody needs to take offense i wasnt lumping you all together just rattling off names as i recalled them. robert fitch posts on rec.metalworking once in a great while. iirc he moved and has been filling his time with his new place. i wonder what happened to the rest of them you think they would stop in and say hi. most of the ones you mention spent allot of time here. greg remember the gals dodge ewe sophie .