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From : moparman
Q: wow i also have a 2002 durango with 23000 miles. tonight i had the same problem. yesterday was about 20-25 degrees today was about 40 degrees. went to brothers house park on a hill with little gas in the tank. after leaving his house went to gas station car was idle rough. after filling up and as i was entering the highway the truck died and the engine light came on. started but idled real rough. went i go home turn on shut off the car 3-4 times engine light came off. do i have a problem or could this be moisture in the tank .
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From : high sierra
i have a few questions and descriptions of conditions about my automatic transmission id like to get answers to in general terms. i have a dodge 3/4 ton b250 van 318 cu. in. engine. the 3 speed with overdrive on the column automatic transmission has been rebuilt and stiffened/heavy duty parts installed about 2 years ago by the previous owner. heres some descriptions and questions. the trans. is slow to shift upwards in the gearing. low range really roars and i have to gently let up on the accelerator to get it to shift up. it then winds up again usually and i need to do another but smaller let up of the gas to get it to shift up into drive. it no longer will go into automatic overdrive but remains in drive. thats great for the mountains and hills around here but still something that isnt working properly. lol other than the aggravation of having to help it shift the rest of it is fine no grabbing jerking slipping or any indication of anything wrong other than the poor upward shifting. it does this harder when cold and easier when warm and run a while but is still winding out pretty good in the shift from low to d2 to drive. i dont have a tach so dont have any reading of that other than feel and ear. questions number one of course is what is the possible problem problems number 2 is the possible solution third is how expensive will it be. it seems to me that this isnt a transmission problem in the usual sense of transmission problems as there is no evidence of gearing damage etc. just poor shifting. am i wrong in thinking its something outside the trans. gearing and bands itself maybe such as a regulator valve or such it only takes four more digits to include the year. a simple throttle valve cable adjustment might correct your delayed upshifts. .
From : high sierra
tbone wrote moparman wrote yet another norton promotional post... http//securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jokes.or.adware.html figure it out yourself. figure out what what in the hell he is talking about. he must be tired. .
From : jerry
i am thinking about installing nerf bars on my 05 3500 4 x 4. evidently the vertical body mount bolts must be removed in order to bolt them on. there is no way to get to the nut if it exists; am i correct in assuming that this nut is fused to the body above does anyone have experience installing these things .
From : colibri
i had an 88 ramcharger it did the same thing.all it needed was new plugs and cap/rotor.dam mechanic told me i needed anew computer which costed $215 from a dodge dealer. .
From : colibri
moparman wrote moparman wrote ive heard this too. but it did not apply specifically to ad-aware or spybot it was to lesser know products that sounded like these products. so far our it department hasnt had issues with these two products. could be a urban legend or just slander in order to discredit these products and convince you to switch to another product. but one would think that if you where to run a competing product to spybot or ad-aware would it not detect the others spy or ad virus. further if you where running a firewall zonealarm for example would it not detect unauthorized access to the internet. just my thoughts now i gotta go outside and paint the exhuast manifolds on my truck. high sierra wrote generally when you install a new program specially a download you have either given permission for the program to open a port to use or it asked you and you said yes. they are sneaky bastards. go out to the home and garden web site and look at the million dollar house they are giving away in tyler texas. itll ask you to register for the free drawing...when you do youll get 50 emails by morning from all the world and your adware zone alarm and everything else wont catch it. well duh ................ you just authorized then to use your email address. doesnt mean they tried to install something on your computer. jerry keep your head in the sand its okay! better than having it up my ass like you have yours. you register for something on a web site and you cant figure out how they got your email address .....lol you never did answer my question if there is no tool to find them how did you find them in the other spin of thread. wanna take a shot down here or you still to tired......... jerry .
From : fmb
snip a faulty tps will not likely cause a check engine light. it simply senses the throttle position so a faulty tps just gives bad data and the computer doesnt know to trip a fault code. i have also heard some independent dodge techs tell me improper electrical filters cause the torque converter to unlock. im not sure if they are referring to spark ignition noise being picked up or what. but this normally occurs on new dodges right from the start. okay tested very light application of the brakes at steady speed on flat roadway. when the brakes began to engage the revs shot about 300 rpm up briefly as the torque converter unlocked. i repeated this several times. the wavering i noted as a suspected problem or symptom was only about 50 rpm. suppose that means start playing 20 questions with the tps thanks mole i replaced mine in about 10 minutes 99 ram 318 my truck was doing the same thing yours is. only cost a few bucks. thanks will and miles ill p/u a tps and install it. mole .
From : moparman
just a little tip for everyone. chrysler made code reading easy just by using your ignition switch. turn the key on/off three times last cycle ending on and the ecm/pcm/sbec or smec depending on year/model goes into diag mode. pre 2001 cars will reveal codes with ces lamp. 2001 and up will give digital read-out in odometer. save your money from buying a code reader. hope this helps.... .
From : thenewguy
on sun 13 mar 2005 161219 -0500 bob tcdrvr@hotmail.com wrote just a little tip for everyone. chrysler made code reading easy just by using your ignition switch. turn the key on/off three times last cycle ending on and the ecm/pcm/sbec or smec depending on year/model goes into diag mode. pre 2001 cars will reveal codes with ces lamp. 2001 and up will give digital read-out in odometer. save your money from buying a code reader. hope this helps.... wow!! really free beekeep .
From : jmc
anyone ever receive this code from a obd code reader what does it mean what is the required repair if any he says in a hopeful voice. any adive would be greatly appreciated thanks patrick some background recently purchased this 2002 durango slt 4.7 with 23000 miles. i have had the truck for about three weeks and last night reversing out of a driveway with a hill parked up hill it stalled as i shifted it from reverse to drive. soon after this i stopped and filled the gas tank as i left the gas station and entered the highway it stalled again and the engine light came on. truck restarted and light stayed on for the one hour drive home. rough idle all the way home. once i got home and restarted the d several times engine light went out as expected. based on a suggestion from this site thank you went to harbor freight and picked up a $40 obd code reader which indicated the above code. this is my first used car purchase and starting to regret it a little. .
From : jerry
moparman wrote weve captured some that reside in the battery ram on smart arrays....there is no tool to find or get rid of those. thankfully these types havent infected the general public yet. if they ever do itll be worse than when blaster hit. if there is no tool to find them how did you find them from what ive read on the net those that had a properly set up firewall were unaffected by the blaster virus. in any event the blaster virus though nasty to be sure was no where near the earth shattering event some would like to believe. jerry firewalls allow or dont allow certain ip addresses to access your firewall and then your network and then your pcs. it has nothing to do with stopping an actual attack if you allow access to your machine. although most viruss are transmitted or acquired thru email the really tuff ones infect your machine as soon as you attach them to a network as some forms of blaster did. people would take a brand new machine install the cables and then install the os with it connected. as soon as the os allowed a network connection the virus was planted and waited until the email system was operational. then when you sent an email to someone with this little worm attached it not only allowed him to get it cause he opened your email it also sent everyone in your address book a message and if they accepted they were now infected and then it was like stray cats and dawgs....the shit hit the fan and firewalls dont protect you against things you let pass....... theres lots of good ready on the web about this stuff im wore out and do this everyday. i dont need to be doing it on my time off. i use norton because i cant afford to run an apache or cheyenne server for protection. its the best product for the money. the free stuff is a virus or worm. thats all i have to say in this matter. outside of there are over 50000 different known viruses and some of them may have 10k variances of them. the fact is if you connect to the internet someone really smart is gonna figure out a way to screw it up for you. if you use for machine for important stuff i would never be without nothing less than norton/macafee a good router linksys dlink cisco etc and never connect to the internet without them running.....never open an email from someone you dont know even if its scanned first if the dood just invented the virus there is no protection for it yet. that is really all... -- moparman---remove clothes to reply! --scud coordinates 32.61204 north 96.92993 west-- .
From : moparman
moparman wrote weve captured some that reside in the battery ram on smart arrays....there is no tool to find or get rid of those. thankfully these types havent infected the general public yet. if they ever do itll be worse than when blaster hit. if there is no tool to find them how did you find them from what ive read on the net those that had a properly set up firewall were unaffected by the blaster virus. in any event the blaster virus though nasty to be sure was no where near the earth shattering event some would like to believe. jerry .
From : moparman
i am looking for a shortbed fleetside 2wd in the late 70s vintage. i am essentially wanting to start with a shell body and rolling chassis. like i said with very little or no rust so i expect i will have to travel somewhere out of the mid-west nw iowa area where i live. i hope i can find something to get with just a few hundreds or so. i am looking for a 2wd short bed dodge pickup. basically lookin for a good complete-semi complete rust free-semi rust free body and frame. suspension drivetrain interior glass is all optional. i am looking to start a project to honor my deceased dad. he was always a dodge fan so i am gonna build a tribute to him. .
From : moparman
ive heard this too. but it did not apply specifically to ad-aware or spybot it was to lesser know products that sounded like these products. so far our it department hasnt had issues with these two products. could be a urban legend or just slander in order to discredit these products and convince you to switch to another product. but one would think that if you where to run a competing product to spybot or ad-aware would it not detect the others spy or ad virus. further if you where running a firewall zonealarm for example would it not detect unauthorized access to the internet. just my thoughts now i gotta go outside and paint the exhuast manifolds on my truck. high sierra wrote generally when you install a new program specially a download you have either given permission for the program to open a port to use or it asked you and you said yes. they are sneaky bastards. go out to the home and garden web site and look at the million dollar house they are giving away in tyler texas. itll ask you to register for the free drawing...when you do youll get 50 emails by morning from all the world and your adware zone alarm and everything else wont catch it. my wife does this every night. i finally just blocked their ip address but thats easily changed too. i can change mine in about 4 seconds. -- moparman---remove clothes to reply! --scud coordinates 32.61204 north 96.92993 west-- .
From : nirodac
i had a pinion bearing go out on my 99. $800 to repair. steve shes got 108k on her. the noise starts low pitch with acceleration she gets much higher. i put her on stands to see where it is coming from. it is the rear end for sure but which ever side im on it sounds like the other. i got in the center and still had a hard time telling. being this is my only vehicle i was just going to swap out the rear end. is there any other tests i may do that would point in a better direction. any places in particular to get a rear other than a junk yard. how do i know what my factory rear end is .
From : high sierra
ive heard this too. but it did not apply specifically to ad-aware or spybot it was to lesser know products that sounded like these products. so far our it department hasnt had issues with these two products. could be a urban legend or just slander in order to discredit these products and convince you to switch to another product. but one would think that if you where to run a competing product to spybot or ad-aware would it not detect the others spy or ad virus. further if you where running a firewall zonealarm for example would it not detect unauthorized access to the internet. just my thoughts now i gotta go outside and paint the exhuast manifolds on my truck. high sierra wrote moparman wrote moparman wrote http//story..yahoo.com/tmpl=story&cid=581&e=1&u=/nm/20050311/tcnm/techspywaredc im more interested in your allegation that ad-aware http//www.lavasoftusa.com/ is spyware. seems i read that somewhere else recently and i dont believe it. thats what i was saying earlier. these programs you are downling to get rid of certain things are actually installing there own virus/worm on your machine. they now can see what and where you go on the web. please explain in detail how ad-aware or spybot or any of the other free adware checkers install spyware on your system. in other words supply some proof of your unfounded allegation. .
From : moparman
moparman wrote moparman wrote http//story..yahoo.com/tmpl=story&cid=581&e=1&u=/nm/20050311/tcnm/techspywaredc im more interested in your allegation that ad-aware http//www.lavasoftusa.com/ is spyware. seems i read that somewhere else recently and i dont believe it. thats what i was saying earlier. these programs you are downling to get rid of certain things are actually installing there own virus/worm on your machine. they now can see what and where you go on the web. please explain in detail how ad-aware or spybot or any of the other free adware checkers install spyware on your system. in other words supply some proof of your unfounded allegation. .
From : phil indablank
on sat 12 mar 2005 140003 gmt moparman scott.hendryx.clothes@sbcglobal.net wrote i find it interesting that you would post this when it basically says that you are full of shit. why would you low level a disk to remove a virus or adware i wouldnt. some viruses you cant get rid of they are just put in quarantine if you want to total get rid of them this is the option. i havent ll formatted a drive in 15 years. an fdisk and format will get rid of it - without low-level formatting. there are a few known virus infections that will blow the low level format on some drives. cant remember which ones but they were also capable of wiping the bios on some motherboards. this is true about low level formatting but it wont even help if you have certain type of bios/cmos bugs. weve captured some that reside in the battery ram on smart arrays....there is no tool to find or get rid of those. thankfully these types havent infected the general public yet. if they ever do itll be worse than when blaster hit. -- moparman---remove clothes to reply! --scud coordinates 32.61204 north 96.92993 west-- .