MILES PER GALLON
From : sawers
Q: id keep it outside or somewhere in the covered lot that no one seems to park in because most people ive seen that drive compacts cant ; .
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From : steve lusardi
on fri 12 nov 2004 111256 gmt nosey kfrei43@removethis.hotmail.com wrote my sincerest thanks. -- budd i enjoyed veterans day in a place very special to the navy. im on a detachment at pearl harbor. i dont think im at risk right now but i guess that has been wrongly assumed here before. i think ill go check out the uss arizona memorial this weekend. anyone catch the irony of the typo in the subject line damn i didnt even notice it ken... its funny how the brain works since we knew what the word was supposed to be we read it as we thought it was written.. hope your vets day was a good one dude! it is funny how the brain works. in a management class we studied this pattern of thinking. its called a paradigm. i found it very interesting. i had a great veterans day. i got up early and went to work. in hawaii. at pearl harbor. on veterans day. what else could a sailor ask for .
From : sawers
dave wrote ive checked napa and other autopart store to obtain a pre fuel filter replacement kit. where online can you order ram diesel parts this part goes into the prefilter next to the lift pump on a 94 ram2500 5.9l cummins turbo. cummins recommend this filter be changed aprox 12000 miles. i dont think the previous owner did it. when you say pre filter are you talking about a after market add on filter or the oem fuel filter jerry .
From : craig christian
on fri 12 nov 2004 050855 -0500 jocelyn jocelyn.bn@gmail.com wrote oh deer god. suck it up and act like grown ups. this thread is so pathetic -- he aplogized; accept it. sometimes i wish i had a magical glove i could use through the internet to slap people in the face. dignity is a great word now lets practice it. or in the words o bruce willis cowboy the fuck up! .
From : andy s
on fri 12 nov 2004 111256 gmt nosey kfrei43@removethis.hotmail.com wrote my sincerest thanks. -- budd i enjoyed veterans day in a place very special to the navy. im on a detachment at pearl harbor. i dont think im at risk right now but i guess that has been wrongly assumed here before. i think ill go check out the uss arizona memorial this weekend. anyone catch the irony of the typo in the subject line damn i didnt even notice it ken... its funny how the brain works since we knew what the word was supposed to be we read it as we thought it was written.. hope your vets day was a good one dude! .
From : jroach7808
ive checked napa and other autopart store to obtain a pre fuel filter replacement kit. where online can you order ram diesel parts this part goes into the prefilter next to the lift pump on a 94 ram2500 5.9l cummins turbo. cummins recommend this filter be changed aprox 12000 miles. i dont think the previous owner did it. thanks; dave .
From : mac davis
on thu 11 nov 2004 130848 -0500 frank k. fkozerski@comcast.net wrote i frequently feel a slight surge when braking. it feels like someone pressed on the accelerator for a split second. my foot does not touch the accelerator when i press on the brake pedal. anyone having this problem or have a suggestion thanks frank when you press the brake pedal you activate the vacuum operated brake booster. is it possible that for some reason the booser would be allowing a momentary surge of air into the intake manifold -- which could feel like a surge i had a car cant remember what it was -- but when it was idling and you applied the brake the idle speed would rev up just a few rpm momentarialy. there is a one-way vacuum valve on the brake booster and...... should be very easy to check that... i have no idea if any of this has any merit. mostly just brain storming . so many garys ..so.. clyde .
From : jerry
i took my truck to advance auto and had my computer scanned.this is what i got= dtc codes p0420 catalyst efficiency below threshold bank 1 can someone translate this for me!! .
From : miles
first ohm out all plug wires mopars are hell on plug wires if you got one with a bad crimp at either end it would take a couple weeks till it got ate up internally i spent a saturday a couple weeks back replacing the intake manifold gaskets on my 97 ram 4x4. it was running rough at idle and had a miss lean when running at about 1500-2000 rpm especially under load. i bought the felpro full gasket set removed the manifold removed the plenum plate inside had oil puddle and oil residue so i figure that was the leak cleaned up the surfaces on the manifold and plate used black high-temp rtv on both sides of the fiber plenum gasket and re-torqued the bolts to spec. i then reinstalled the manifold with new manifold-head gaskets cleaned the surfaces of course and torqued to spec. reassembled and started it up and it ran like a new truck you could barely tell that the engine was running at idle and the missing was gone under load. i was one very happy camper. two weeks into driving it the miss came back. so did my sailor-like language it is nearly identical to what it was before my fingernail-blackening escapade of two weeks ago. i got in and re-torqued the manifold as best i could some bolts are covered the ac/alternator mount etc and there was no changedammit. so my question is is it common for the plenum gasket to begin leaking again in such a short time i have worked on cars all my life and have not had this happen before. i was very careful about torque order and tightening everything. is there some secret this would have been a good question to ask before the first replacement - to getting the plenum plate to seal the truck never pings even on 87 octane and oil consumption is not outrageous it has 112k so it does not exactly fit the plenum problem that many have talked about the tsb. just fyi it has new plugs wires rotor cap pvc o2 sensors catalytic converter cat back exhaust system and no codes or mil lit. after putting all that $hit on id kinda like it to run smooth! fwiw the truck has plenty of power and blows no smoke or anything. i am thinking about doing the combustion chamber cleaner to see if that has any affect. other ideas or am i destined to spend another saturday under the hood -jerry .
From : j
thanks for the input guys...really appreciate the info. 8- guess ill have to start hunting around the wrecking yards to see if i can find a gen 1 transmission cooler. 8- fred fred wrote hi group! i have a 1999 2wd ctd and using it as a tractor for my 28 foot 8000lb 5th wheel. getting tired of turning on the heater fan in heavy traffic or when backing up the unit to keep the transmission coolant temperature down around 200f. does anyone in the group know of any auxillliary electric fan mods for these trucks tia fred horton makes an electric fan/clutch that works great. it also has a manual switch to turn it on when needed. its very pricy and takes a few hours to install but does a great job i am told. do a google search on horton fan and you will find everything you need to know about the fan. ron if it aint broke fix it until it is the horton for dodge is long out of production. as far as i know they didnt even bother doing one for the 24 valve engine. i sold the one i had on my 96 rather than try to make it work on my 01 didnt think it was worth it on the old truck either. several people on the tdr have complained about them being discontinued the story theyre getting is the material for the fan itself is no longer available. i find that hard to believe. i think its got more to do with insufficient sales. if you want to pursue it with horton the site is http//www.hortoninc.com/indexen.asp you might want to see if you can find one of the transmission cooler / fans from a first generation truck and adapt that to your truck. shamelessly stolen text follows but dodge brought out a heavy duty under-bed-mounted transmission oil cooler in mid 91 to take care of converter heating in the trucks with cummins engines. they gave me one for my 91 so i got another and hooked them in series and also an external filter. the fans came on by temperature i installed a manual switch also. it sounded like a b-29 when the fans were running. i could actually watch the fluid temperature come down when the fans came on during a hard pull. .
From : sawers
i have a mint condition 85 red dodge prospector only problem mention in another topic it has a few scratchs but nothing major. buyer picks up. note may may not be selling will consider trades for other trucks please post offers. http//pic13.picturetrail.com/vol491/2447343/5115018/64702638.jpg http//pic13.picturetrail.com/vol491/2447343/5115018/64702624.jpg pics are about 2 months old i can get new ones in a few days how many miles does the track have on the odometer where is the truck located brigitte .
From : Annonymous
...well maybe not storing but i am leaving it at a hotel for almost 2 months. i have a choice between parking 1 under a covering upper deck of hotel parking deck or 2 outside. ive always left my truck outside on my 4-6 week trips through snowstorms etc. and never noticed any problem. now that im leaving it for longer in the middle of winter im wondering how much better is the covering parking deck than non-covering. it will snow a few times maybe heavy but is that bad for it the snow will stay on the truck of course. there are some disadvantages to the covered area...one is that there are signs all over that say compact cars only but i see an suv there and several large cars. apparently its a weight issue not parking-space size. i asked someone at the front desk and she said a normal pickup is probably ok. however im still leery about it especially if some other manager sees it and gets pissed off while im gone for 2 months...so in that sense id prefer not putting there. so is parking it outside worse its going to be the same temperature thats for sure. hey bro happy veterans day. now as for the truck isnt there some way to get to the airport without leaving your truck for 2 months roy .
From : snoman
denny wrote im not quite sure how it happened but a ruger super redhawk followed me home tonight. now if i just come up with a good explanation for the wife...... denny all we have around here is oklahoma redhawks. http//www.oklahomaredhawks.com/ john cant get the page to display..sorry denny .
From : tbone
on wed 14 sep 2005 160531 -0400 steve w. dugdug56@what.com wrote thanks denny... sounds like something to do right before a trip... mac not really. you also want to change the oil after using the cleaner since it cleans a lot of crud out of the engine and some of that ends up in the oil. the gm top engine cleaner i use will make you think your car is on fire and if your parked inside it will gas you out of the building. also do not park with the exhaust pointing toward anything you want to stay clean. the carbon and crud that comes out will make an incredible mess. thanks steve... id hate to mess up the synthetic oil i just changed... mac please remove splinters before emailing .