Looking for Durango 1999 PCM

From : joe brophy

Q: over at moms for christmas. i get into a discussion with brother-in-law about how worthless the my cummins 4x4 was in mud due to the heavy front end. he has a 05 chevy 4x4 z71 that is more technology advanced than my outdated ram. well my pride was under attack by a chevy gasser no less! mom has 14 acers and a creek runs thru it. so i said wanna bet i can drive the length of the creek bottom faster than you he rolls over lauffing at me and says sure but you go first so boys and girls here we go to the creek my trusted1 ram and his fancy chevy2. we agree that time started when the judges our wifes say go we would than drive into the creek bed and follow it for 140 fence to fence 155 time would stop when rear tires cleared the bank at the other end. we also agreed that the loser would donate $100 to the local gander mountain. so i pulled up to the edge of the creek and shifted into low 4x4 his eyes got big when i shifted into drive and the tires torque a little. i hear go and ease off into the creek deepest area is like 18 i turn up the creek and ease into the fuel half way up the creek ram is throwing mud 20 or 30 into the air moderate forward movement but i can feel the nose pushing mud and i notice that i am losing altitude. so i started working the steering left to right. the swappers get a bite and the front end rises sharply i stood on the fuel and finished the length of the course sharp left and im up and out 43 sec. i walked over to his truck and started inspecting the front end he asks me what i am doing and i explained that i wanted to make sure his tow hooks are heavy enufe to handle my tow strap. he yells oh ya jumps into his chevy and tells the judges to say go. they do and he does making pretty good time en till he hit that spot about half way his head lights submerge and the chevy stalls he he apparently my m/ts have left a sizable rut after negotiating a new tow strap since mine was about to get very muddy i agreed to try and pull him out. my 12 year old nephew agreed to be the hook up man to keep the interior of the chevy clean. i installed my receiver hook and backed down the creek i eased back en till i felt the rear tires start to sink than stopped. this left about 10 between our bumpers 12 tow strap nephew hooks us together and tells us that the hooks are about 6 under the muck. i shift in to drive and let the idle power tighten the strap when the strap got tight i eased down on the fuel pedal my beast starts bouncing and i think i wont be able to do the deed it is important to disclose that we are currently working on our 2ed gallon of southern comfort egg nog at this point. i yell come on baby! and floor the foot feed the turbo replies with hell yaaaaaaaa and we start to move he pops out of the hole and i ease off the fuel cut the wheel left and pull the chevy up the bank and into the dry. the chevy still wont crank so we decide to pull it to the house and hose it off once we get the hood up and start inspecting we cant find anything he trys it one more time and it cranks runs fine no problem. i wish that i had pictures but i dont. i will take a picture of my mud covered truck and post it tomorrow. disclaimer this post has no significant controbutation other than to narrate the kick ass christmas that i have had and to prove that i can still type under the influence of egg nog so any and all misspellings are artistic expressions on my behalf. merry christmas!! -- billy 1995 ram 2500 4x4 cummins 1 i trust my ram will get me their but might require what many think as extreme maintenance schedules. or repairs that are possible to do your self if you have access to a small shop and tools. 2 fancy anything that can be made of plastic is. engine is tuned for satisfactory performance. facts ram specs 1995 dodge ram 2500 8800 gvrw 4x4 cummins 12v / automatic 4.10 diffs all stock except for custom steel bumpers electric winch 2 lift on front rock crawler 16x8 rims super swamper tri ex m/ts 285/75 32s 110 gallon aux fuel tank. night glow gauges+10 hp and a 400 pioneer stereo system -10 hp actual curb weight fully fueled and loaded as driven daily was 4556 front 3643 rear =8199 want list 4 turbo back exhaust a pillar gauges fuel/turbo/egt by-pass filter system. donations for my want list can be paid by pay pal or shipped to my home address just ask chevy specks 2500hd 6600 sticker gvrw a vortech v8 dont know about displacement auto trans unknown gears factory rims / tires no mods. .

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From : coasty

change but i notice you recommend fleetguard. any reason you recommend them over others and is there any problem using this wix this time and getting those ordered for next time. no the wix should be fine. i and many others recommend fleetguard because its what cummins recommends. theyre a high-quality filter and wont give you any problems. other lesser-quality filters have been known to come apart and cause problems. that looks to be an oil change every 7500 miles is that where you typically change yours id been still aiming for 3000-5000 miles you can certainly do that but its wasteful. cummins rates the engine for 15000 mile oil changes under light duty and 7500 mile oil changes under a hd maintenance schedule which most people actually fall under - check your owners manual. said. and is the fuel filter located inline from the tank hopefully not located in the tank like on my old 94 with the 360 gas. nope - the fuel filter canister is located on the drivers side of the engine towards the back. bought a case of six gallons of rotella-t 15w40 so im set there. perfect. my only complaint with rotella is that it tends to stink for a bit after an oil change. because of that i switched to delvac 1300 and the smell went away. if im gonna remove the air box to get to the oil filter anyway id been looking at getting an aircharger kit like this one http//www.knfilters.com/search/product.aspxprod=63-1532 from k&n no. cummins requires a filter with 99.5% first-pass efficiency. the k&n is well below that. if you want to go with a re-useable filter i highly recommend a filter system from scotty air systems http//www.scottysystems.ca/ which uses a uni dual-layer foam filter. scotty is extremely diligent about filtration and has done extensive testing and oil analysis to find the best filters for his airboxes. .