My choice between HEMI or diesel
From : newrvguy
Q: is an adapter i can purchase that will allow me to plug the 4-prong plug into the round-type plug on my hitch. there are 7-way to 4-way adapters and most any auto parts store that carries trailer/towing parts will have them but dodge saw fit to include a 4-way connector on the stock wiring harness. its tucked up underneath the trailer hitch. stick your head under there and rummage through the wire looms there. youll find it. .
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From : bdk
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From : roy
will it go into 1 if you put the selector in 1 driving down the highway today at about 70mph felt a bump and my tranny came out of od. now it appears i have no 1st gearand no od. ideas .
From : roy
i continue to ask for proof of this. the proof is already in the pudding max. the parts failed and dc repaired them under warranty which indicates that they know the fault is theirs. now if these problems happened to every vehicle within the same time frame then you could say it is the nature of the beast but since it doesnt.. you have it backwards. if all parts failed that would be a substandard part. but they havent. no parts that would normally fail qc if it caught them are also considered either substandard or defective depending what is wrong with them. as to admission of fault wrong again. warranty is a part of the price you pay for a new vehicle. lol you are kidding right. while they may add to the cost of the vehicle every claim is a loss of profit for the company and in todays world... its dc admitting that mechanical things can go wrong and wanting to provide trouble free ownership just like anyone who offers a warranty. agreed but if the problems are obvious customer caused abuse as you suggest they will not fix it for free. it is not an assumption it is a fact backed up by them making the repairs. you have this all backwards in typical fashion. proof now where is yours showing that these problems are due to the customer and if it is the customers fault why is dc repairing them dc despite what many people think likes to have a satisfied customer. so if the dealer can put it through under warranty it goes. bullshit. attracting abusive customers like this does nothing for the bottom line. now as to why i think its very possible its customer abuse i already detailed that. but what you are saying makes no business sense at all. there is simply no point in attracting customers that will eliminate your profits in bogus warranty calims and they didnt stay in business by being idiots. how can you fairly represent two or more competing companies at the same time they are nothing more than retailers and repair centers. id agree if they sold competing makes that the sales end was a bit suspect. but in this case its warranty work which means the dealer wants you to come back no matter what they bill to the manufacturer. which reinforces my point of dc 0 dealer 1 thanks max. that would also indicate that the dealer is no longer a true representitive of the manufacturer thanks again max. yeah now here is slipped logic at its finest. use a subjective judgement one of style and appeal to justify the change in a totally different category quality and engineering where judgement would be objective. i guess that you really as dumb as you make yourself out to be. sales come from both subjective desires and actual value. yeah but warranty and quality of parts do not. recall that the subject was warranty and qc not sales. once the vehicle is sold it matters not what it looks like. but it has to be sold first and people look at both looks and quality and the better it looks the less concerned they seem to be about quality. really not by what im reading in this group alone. more slipped logic. you are reading off one source the group that cannot possibly be proven to be objective whether it be for or against the product being discussed. no just another example of your spin. this is not the only thing that i go by but even in this group alone there are many omplaints. um but it is see thats what you said really not by what im reading in this group alone. yes which means that despite everything else i read even in this mostly pro-dc group i am reading about problems. talk about a lack of comprehention lol. unfortunately the basis for the star rating comes from customer service feedback. thus a dealer is rated on its customer comment forms. thus my laughing at the poor fellow fucking twit who chose to attack us rather than filling out the comment cards that dc sends out. now where is your proof that nobody gave these dealers a bad rating or that dc even really looks at them. hell how many dealerships have had their five star rating stripped from them. i would say pretty damn close to none but feel free to post a list or a link to a list to prove me wrong. dont know dont care. i just pointed out where you finally made sense. its not the subject at hand so back to the qc and owner abuse that is the topic. iow you know that im right and that the 5 star has become nothing more than a marketing gimmick. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : twix
falmmed because its a damn truck! what did you expect! i expect that something was wrong which there was. my ram is doing the same thing now 19 to 13 on the highway. i know less bout diesels this being my first one. im learning tho. i trimmed it so people wouldnt bitch you can get slammed any time for anything here. what was the solution to the daks problem regards the ram is that mt/towing what year what trans rears. roy okay i found the year03 but little else. is it constantly low at 13 or is it up and down are you using the overhead trip thingy or is that by the tankfull more info roy the trip computer matched the hand calculation within half a gal/mile consistantly. i check it at every fill-up. i thought it might be bad fuel around here at first but when i travel to denver for reserve duty i get the same milage from different gas stations. it stays around 13 on average. sometimes down to 12 sometimes up to 14. all highway driving. i wouldnt think the fuel filter would be clogged by 40k miles gotta tell ya 40k is a long time for a fuel filter change on a cummins imo. but dc supprises me sometimes. regular maintenance. found an afe high flow air filter when i thought to check that. swapped it for a new paper one. you might want to tighten all the hose clamps on you intake system. did you buy this truck new roy thanks roy. it had 30k when i bought it back in december. looked at the maint schedule this morning. calls for a change at 48k; passed that milage up last month. up to 53k now. has this mileage drop just happened was it gradual or has it been going on since you bought the truck if the latter get hold of the previous owner and talk to him ask what was done to the truck re modifications if 48k is too long how often would you recommend changing that bad-boy out i change mine at 15k at the most. to some that may be short but between shit fuel and lift pump issues i dont want to find myself on the side of the road in the middle of a snow storm. roy jay aka twix . 222 302980 rvpae.11325$hv1.4847@fed1read07 tbone wrote well just reading what max wrote it seems that all of this trucks problems were caused by abuse because the op is acting like an asshole and that dc has no responsibility and in fact are going out of their way to repair obvious customer damage. max is in your words many in here besides were talking about one vehicle not all. i again ask you where many in here said dc is perfect. not even one person said that. that is your baseless assumption because of whats said about one single vehicle. good grief. .
From : twix
on sun 10 jul 2005 134338 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote on sun 10 jul 2005 095221 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote hemidude03 @webtv.net says... agreed. worrying about mileage when you are driveing a truck i have never been able to follow. normally i would agree. before my my ram my 2000- dak suddenly dropped from 18 to 12 highway. when i inquired about it here i got falmmed because its a damn truck! what did you expect! i expect that something was wrong which there was. my ram is doing the same thing now 19 to 13 on the highway. i know less bout diesels this being my first one. im learning tho. i trimmed it so people wouldnt bitch you can get slammed any time for anything here. what was the solution to the daks problem regards the ram is that mt/towing what year what trans rears. roy okay i found the year03 but little else. is it constantly low at 13 or is it up and down are you using the overhead trip thingy or is that by the tankfull more info roy the trip computer matched the hand calculation within half a gal/mile consistantly. i check it at every fill-up. i thought it might be bad fuel around here at first but when i travel to denver for reserve duty i get the same milage from different gas stations. it stays around 13 on average. sometimes down to 12 sometimes up to 14. all highway driving. i wouldnt think the fuel filter would be clogged by 40k miles but dc supprises me sometimes. regular maintenance. found an afe high flow air filter when i thought to check that. swapped it for a new paper one. no effect in milage. i dont feel any loss in power and the truck still doesnt break speed or downshift when taking colorado mountain passes. fuel filter is the next thing i would think to check. im at 53k miles on the engine now. ill need to break out the service book and see if there is a maintenance i missed somewhere. .
From : twix
true for a liquid and a solid... gas is different. i agree and am wondering why you are having such a hard time with it or are you just having a hard time with the definition of volume mass does not equal volume. im not the one having the hard time here. big friggin snip! tom think about what you are doing for a minute. roy .
From : twix
usually dont bad mouth the company this way. i personally dont care one way or the other his opinion has no effect on mine because as you say it could be complete bs and he is whining way to much for me to take him seriously. you need to examine your thought process though. some guy like this one writes in and you believe him lock stock and barrell. but on the other hand anyone else says anything even if they are actually a mechanic with skills and knowledge that exceed yours and you argue with them for weeks. lol get real. i am arguing with max who doesnt even seem to know what a compression ration stands for or is just trying to start another argument and who likes to argue with me even more than i do with him. now if you have something of actual value to add feel free to jump in otherwise stfu. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving . 222 302966 cshae.148596$xq.3058299@twister.southeast.rr.com tbone wrote who is digging for anything getting caught in your own spin again i see. you were the one making the claim of them being better for the past two years what about prior to that theyve had good years and bad. same as all other manufactures. and i never said anything different although a sudden turn around like this usually indicates the correction of a past problem. ive yet to see anything youve said that suggests that dc is any worse than any other. that is because i dont think that they are any worse than any other genius. i have posted sources to suggest they are now better than average. thats a good thing but you being the liberal in the crowd finds the negative in it. good grief. i didnt say anything negative about it. i simply made a point that all of these ratings tend to be subjective and need to be taken with a grain of salt. where did you hear this i be that there are as many sources that say different. jdpowers which relies on consumer surveys of which i have participated in many times. i find their reports far less biased than consumer reports which is anything but consumer reports. edmunds surveys matched jdpowers but i do not know the credibility of edmunds. now you can trash talk any reports i suppose but then your assumption regarding dc isnt substantiated in any credible way. lol i havent made any assumptions about dc that would be you trying to put words in my mouth. while i personally think that their styling has gone down the toilet i dont think any better or worse of them than any other maker as far as reliability goes. i own two of them now and with the exception of the shit bearings they used in the rear axle and the peeling paint the truck has been great and the car is doing reasonably well also. but that doesnt mean that every car that they build is perfect and sometimes they do come out with a lemon get over it. where did i say that dodge was crappy dc -3 sounds kinda crappy. or is -3 doing pretty good yes for that particular vehicle it is kind of crappy but as was said any company can produce a pos every now and then even dc. you seem to be another one of the all or nothing club. what i did say is that they are not the definition of perfection that many in hear seem to believe. please state when and who made such a claim. or did you just make that up by extrapolating what was actually said well just reading what max wrote it seems that all of this trucks problems were caused by abuse because the op is acting like an asshole and that dc has no responsibility and in fact are going out of their way to repair obvious customer damage. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : roy
on sun 10 jul 2005 095221 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote hemidude03 @webtv.net says... agreed. worrying about mileage when you are driveing a truck i have never been able to follow. normally i would agree. before my my ram my 2000- dak suddenly dropped from 18 to 12 highway. when i inquired about it here i got falmmed because its a damn truck! what did you expect! i expect that something was wrong which there was. my ram is doing the same thing now 19 to 13 on the highway. i know less bout diesels this being my first one. im learning tho. i trimmed it so people wouldnt bitch you can get slammed any time for anything here. what was the solution to the daks problem regards the ram is that mt/towing what year what trans rears. roy okay i found the year03 but little else. is it constantly low at 13 or is it up and down are you using the overhead trip thingy or is that by the tankfull more info roy .
From : roy
99 dodge & 99 chevy trucks 1st clutch went out about 90000 - 100000 miles. since installing new clutch i have a driveline chatter problem on take off and worse in reverse. the problem progress as the vehicle warms up i have changed the following parts flywheel clutchs rebuilt transmission and rear axles driveline hanger bearings and have checked the driveline angles. but the problem continues. can any body give me some new ideas on what this could be. .
From : roy
not only does dodge sell junk........they are killing people latest gen3 unlatching claims two lives daimlerchrysler denies safety problems daimlerchrysler has started a vigorous public relations campaign to deny safety problems with the gen3 seat belt buckle. furthermore they have begun issuing a statement to the media that the gen3 passes all federal safety standards. but federal regulations require that seat belt buckles be designed to minimize the possibility of accidental release and the gen-3 buckle does not minimize the possibility of accidental release two women were killed and a child seriously injured in a roll-over accident dec. 28 2002 near beeville texas. this brings the total number of deaths to 17 and serious injuries to 27 in accidents in which gen3 buckles are believed to have unlatched. http//www.unsafebelts.com/ .
From : twix
i doubt that you are trying to post lies but some of that crap is really a stretch to think that it happens all that often. with what you described as your problems i can see why you would be bitter about both the vehicle and the make and buy into the worst possible descriptions but my last two dc vehicles were and are just fine. not problem free but no worse than any other make. jeez i guess you think hes stretching the truth a bit too watch it youll be a fucking twit along with me. lol you call me that all of the time. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : bdk
www.dodgram.org is a good source of information. register your engine at http//quickserve.cummins.com for free and you can access a limited parts database and some manuals. all you need is your engine serial number. -- ken .
From : bdk
on sun 10 jul 2005 095221 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote @webtv.net says... well it looks like geekboy doesnt now what he is taking about and doesnt know much about trucks in general. he uses big words that he must have read in a dodge owners magazine and now all of the sudden he thinks hes a mechanical genious. i have owned trucks from the big 3 dodge ford and chevy.... my opinion the chevy trucks are the best all around yes i admit that the styling is getting a littledated but i still think they have the other two beat. ford i have nothing aginst but my opinion if you are gonna buy a big truck look a like just buy the f-250 and have it over with i like the new ford body style better than the last feminine looking 1997 to 2004 trucks. but thats not saying much. but as far as fuel economy goes the bulky ford is nick n tuck with the dodge. chevy= better performance fuel economy and bang for your buck in my opinion. i have a hemi and its claim of 345 hp....is a joke.....i bet if you put it on a dyno it wouldnt hit 150 hp. poor fuel economy with sucky performance.. i think the dodge designers need to go back to school. html body bgcolor=blacktext=white p align=center embed img src=http//www.angelfire.com/rock/cooper/skyline.gif /body /html well my supposedly weak hemi stomps all over my last truck a 295 hp sierra z71 ext cab with 3.73 gears. the ram weighs about 400 pounds more and beats it by at least .25 seconds in a drag race. launching it is very difficult as the rear bounces around or it smokes the hell out of the tires. the gm trucks have the trans and computer set up so that wheelspin is pretty difficult. just punch it and go.. its much stronger than the gm 5.3 and they arent bad. i would take a 5.3 over the 5.9 dodge any day and i owned three vehicles with them. you must not have driven an f150 yet now thats on the weak side. wait a second. i had a f-150 and it was damn quick. it did say lightning on the front fenders though.g well now thats a little different. a neighbor bought a new 04 f150 almost the day they came out and its slow. the 5.4 is not all that great. we traded trucks one morning and he really liked mine. i liked his too it was just..slow. they are a little anemic. but they seem to last. most hemis dyno at about 260-275 at the rear wheels and that means 345 hp is about right. if the hemi had the nissan titans trans set up you would be amazed.. so the hemi has 20 more hp that the 05 cummins 610 hp yeah but a lot less torque and torque is what makes the wheels go round... i had a 79 trans am with the olds 403 in it. stock it was weak but after a cam kit headers intake heads ported 455 ones and a recurved distributor it was a torque junkies dream car. it had throttle response unlike anything i have ever had before or since. another insane thing was the gears it had stock it had a 2.41 posi! after the engine work i could smoke the tires as long as i wanted to and after i found a disc braked rear from another car with 3.23 it was amazing as long as you were very light footed or the tires spun. mileage wasnt bad 14 around town and almost 20 on the highway. it was a very scary car to drive when it was raining i got it out of shape a couple of times just by getting on the gas a touch too much. some of it was the 70 sized tires but the speed it ran on the top end of the drag strip showed it was doing fine in the power department. but that throttle hit...my mother drove it once and it scared the crap out of her! that was the point i was trying to make further down in this thread. that the torque prduced by my 05 610 with 410s requires a light touch of go pedal on dry roads and in the wet a very very light touch. i stupidly sold it and still miss it. it was totally reliable except for a mysterious case of vapor lock hot weather surging and popping that turned out to be a corked up fuel line. when they started putting injector cleaner in the gas it solved it after a year + of trying to cure it and a lot of $$$$. i know the feeling the cars we never should have sold. i guess for me it would be a toss up. many many years ago a 69 camaro with a 427 in it. had 433s in it the torque was about unmanageble. made for a hell of a street racer though. recently a vette z06. i guess the z06 was more practical in that you could do more with it but for pure rush id have to go with the camaro. the only real thing i liked more on the sierra was the gas mileage and thats still not a big deal.. agreed. worrying about mileage when you are driveing a truck i have never been able to follow. normally i would agree. before my my ram my 2000- dak suddenly dropped from 18 to 12 highway. when i inquired about it here i got falmmed because its a damn truck! what did you expect! i expect that something was wrong which there was. my ram is doing the same thing now 19 to 13 on the highway. i k
From : roy
i supposed you figure the fucking twit service manager should have had his secretary blow you while you waited for the truck i kinda like this idea. takes customer service to a whole new level. hell it may even get more work in the shop. denny yeah and if she is outta practice she could practice on the sm..... yeah! thats what i need... a middle aged about 18 secretary! ^ mike ps hope she likes heated leather seats! .
From : roy
answering the questions possed 3.9l v6 no it didnt idle bad when i boughtit. i have tried twice with gas and fuel cleaners idles rough when it starts and i am sitting. when you put a load on the engine such as backing up or turning wheel. it has stalled several times. hi i have developed a rough idle on my truck. just purchased it used. it has 88000 miles on it. have tried the obvious so far air filter etc. also a stalling problem when a load is applied. any suggestions fuel additives fuel filter thank you .
From : bdk
i bought my 99 ram new. before warranty expired 1. steering system return hose rubbed against pulley disabling power steering repaired 2. left door speaker stopped working wiring harness replaced 3. had a couple of recalls did not act on one regarding hood latch. after warranty expired 1. rwal sensor went bad 2. had to replace batteries about twice my fault i tow a 3500 lbs boat trailer occasionally. i on sat 09 jul 2005 161438 gmt geekboy geeksrus@geek.com wrote this is the first time ive posted here.........so i dont know where the not you again is coming from. heres my experience with a dodge dakota i bought new in 99. before the warranty 60000km expired 1. paint peeled off front bumper. 2. seals in a/c were replaced. 3. transmission shift linkage replaced. 4. front upper ball joints replaced. dealer told me it would take awhile to get all the bugs out. i bought a 99 ram new. here are my problems before warranty expired 1. nothing after warranty 1. flat tire after the warranty had expired 1. battery replaced 4 years old 2. waterpump 3. both wheel bearings. 4. y pipe on exhaust. 5. cruise control stopped working 6. front rear seal on transmission 7.flimsy dodge box liner warps when sun shines on it. 8. transmission pan rusted out. 9. transfer case leaking fluid. 10. seat belts wont retract. ive done the recommended maintenace on this lemon since day one. i use this truck to travel to work and have never had it off road. the few times ive used it to go on a trip never over 1000km something major has gone wrong. -- .
From : mac davis
this is the first time ive posted here.........so i dont know where the not you again is coming from. heres my experience with a dodge dakota i bought new in 99. before the warranty 60000km expired 1. paint peeled off front bumper. 2. seals in a/c were replaced. 3. transmission shift linkage replaced. 4. front upper ball joints replaced. dealer told me it would take awhile to get all the bugs out. after the warranty had expired 1. battery replaced 4 years old 2. waterpump 3. both wheel bearings. 4. y pipe on exhaust. 5. cruise control stopped working 6. front rear seal on transmission 7.flimsy dodge box liner warps when sun shines on it. 8. transmission pan rusted out. 9. transfer case leaking fluid. 10. seat belts wont retract. ive done the recommended maintenace on this lemon since day one. i use this truck to travel to work and have never had it off road. the few times ive used it to go on a trip never over 1000km something major has gone wrong. .
From : roy
i have a 2001 durango and am pulling a trailer and the truck is running really hot. snip i noticed it runs hotter when i drive at 65 or 70 than it does when i go 55 or 60 any suggestions please help. the durango is a 5.9 l snip describe your trailer..... ie. 2005 fleetwood prowler regal 34 double slide gvrw 10800 hitch weight 1113 that the salesman said your durango could pull with no problem. or maybe its a bit smaller.... -- fmb only one b in fmb .
From : miles
i backed into my tractor with my 2000 dodge ram 1500. put a dent in the tailgate but it works ok. later i noticed that the abs light was on and the brake light was on. i drove about 10 miles and the speedometer quit working. what could the dent in the tailgate have to do with all that i took the battery loose for a bit and put it back on and the lights still stay on. any suggsetion or solutions .
From : roy
that is where you have it wrong. we shall see..... a larger phlenum has long been a trick to enhance flow from the old carb days at midrange on upper rpms. not exactly..... larger plenum made the runners appear longer and thus improved performance due to increased signal in a low vacuum environment. it works on the theory of increased airmass and better fuel mixing and how it interacts with the suction pulses as the base of the carb or tbi unit which is where you go into the woods. a larger airmass below the tb or carb kills the sharpness of signal in reality its the accuracy of the vacuum drop. if its muted as it would be wih a large airmass the carb is slow to respond in allowing more fuel into the stream a throttle body system doesnt have this sensitivity because you are no longer depending on vacuum alone to induce fuel flow. and increases the flow efficency so that less flow is needed throttle plate does not need to be open as much to fill cylinders properly at the desired intake pressure in cylinders. there is less over all pressure drop between base of tbi and intake port so overall flow is improved and you are completely wrong here. better flow depends on two things 1 smooth passageways and 2 larger pressure/vacuum differential between orifice tb and container cylinder. if you drop the difference to nil no flow is the result and the engine will stall. hint vacuum leaks are a bad thing spacers are worthless on multi point injection becauce they truely have nothing more than a air valvle on their intake and most multi point system have pretty well tuned intakes as well unlike most tbi engines that are not tuned properly. yup thats because tbi is a carb in disguise. -- max give a man a match and he is warm for a short while. light him on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life. tbone wrote no they are not the same thing. the tb or throttle body controls the amount of air entering the intake manifold. yup. a tb spacer fits between the throttle body and the manifold with the idea of smoothing out the airflow perhaps but more likely its to add length to the intake tract in an effort to get more low end torque. not that it always works thta way. smoothing air flow by adding a second mating point seems a bit odd. better idea is to use something that will produce laminar air flow which could be added with the spacer but usually is not. into the intake for better fuel atomization and allowing more air to get into the cylinders. atomization perhaps yes. more air into the cylinders nope. as you just said the tb regulates that not the spacer. while the tb regulates air flow that flow is ultimately limited by the efficiency of the intake system as well. the spacer as you said increases the length which should but not always increase air speed and reduce turbulence which should get more air into the cylinders. why do you think that they are said to increase lower end torque debatable or not ultimately the spacer is a debatable add on but a cheap experiment. agreed. that is where you have it wrong. a larger phlenum has long been a trick to enhance flow from the old carb days at midrange on upper rpms. it works on the theory of increased airmass and better fuel mixing and how it interacts with the suction pulses as the base of the carb or tbi unit and increases the flow efficency so that less flow is needed throttle plate does not need to be open as much to fill cylinders properly at the desired intake pressure in cylinders. there is less over all pressure drop between base of tbi and intake port so overall flow is improved spacers are worthless on multi point injection becauce they truely have nothing more than a air valvle on their intake and most multi point system have pretty well tuned intakes as well unlike most tbi engines that are not tuned properly. -- posted using the http//www.autoforumz.com interface at authors request articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards topic url http//www.autoforumz.com/dodge-tb-tb-spacer-ftopict128035.html visit topic url to contact author reg. reqd. report abuse http//www.autoforumz.com/eform.phpp=624854 .
From : mac davis
it is saying that you have a problem in the anti-lock brake system. the most common cause is a bad speed sensor in the rear axle but that is not always the case. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving 90 dak le 3.9 130k miles. when i started it this morning the anti lock and p brake light stayed on and they wont go off. what does this signify and how can i turn them off thanks .
From : roy
on thu 07 jul 2005 225939 gmt tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcien5g@earthlink.net wrote the truck stops better than it ever did with them enabled. perhaps the 4 wheel abs works well going by toms claims but the rear wheel abs does not appear to be well designed at least not on my 97. absolutely... rwal was a completely crappy system i have it in my 95 as well... when it detected imminent lock-up it opened a dump valve that bled all or most pressure from the rear system which also allowed some bleed-through of the front pressure since the two are not completely isolated systems which caused you to maintain traction and steering whilst you rammed into the object in front of you. damned good description tom... i like it.. on the 3rd gens the abs system can vary the amount of pressure delivered to the rear system pretty much infinitely variable not the all or nothing of the old rwal systems and keeps the rears on the verge of lockup. for the most part you never feel this occurring - it just happens automatically. as the fronts begin to lock up thats when the abs pump kicks in and you do feel a little pedal pulsation but still not as severe as the 2nd gen trucks with the 4w abs. ive tried on several occasions in both dry and wet conditions to lock my brakes up. i was only partly successful in the wet conditions and completely unsuccessful in the dry... the wheels wont bind up. the truck however decelerates quickly enough that i became very intimate with the steering wheel its really impressive to feel an 8000lb. truck stop that quickly. what generation would a 2001 dakota slt be tom ive had a few folks cut me off and i was ready for the crash when the truck stopped quick and straight.. very nice system! mac please remove splinters before emailing .
From : geekboy
why such a big deal with the 610 ft lbs it seems the only people who brag up the hemi are people who have the hemi and those who brag up the diesel are those who have the diesel. now i was at that crossroad last month. my choice was for a 2500 but what would i choose for the fuel here were my pros and cons for the purchase choice diesel pros; 1. better gas mileage 2. higher torque than the hemi 3. better for highway use cons; 1. diesel not much cheaper 2. $7000 more cdn for truck 3. higher maintenance cost 4. seemed sluggish for in town driving and not a good stop and go vehicle not to get into a pissin contest with you but the word sluggish imo hardly describes the off the line performance of the 05 cummins 610. i have one with 410s and it accelerates as well as a gas truck to the point that being overly aggressive at times will spin the tires. further on wet roads it is a pia with the factory tires the wife has complained about the wheel spin in the wet. were you talking about the earlier cummins powered trucks id sorta agree with you. but with this one im in no hurry to go for a fueling box or larger turbo or exhaust. not that down the road i wont mess with it but out of the box there is no real need again imo. anyway enjoy your hemi! roy .
From : trey
then it will sell for what its worth. this process has been used many times by successful marketeers. as long as you let as many forums know that its for sale and as many people as you can it will sell for its value. the opposite is also true. if you set a higher reserve price you tend to get a lower high bid. the reason is people get frustrated trying to find the reserve price and quit bidding. when this happens you lose the bidding competition and you get a lower overall bid. you could set your first bid at your lowest selling price but this is usually higher than will attract any real interest and again lose your bidding competition. know one has to try it if they cant stomach it but it works and i do it all the time. clay yup i have put coins on ebay that sold for a couple of hundred and they were listed for 99 cents with no reserve. beekeep . 222 302699 42ce54eb.727404093@.radix.net on fri 08 jul 2005 011251 gmt tbone t-bonenospam@nc.rr.com wrote nathan w. collier wrote im getting ready to fit my 05 dually with a service body and im wondering what the fair market value is on the original truck bed. the bed is in brand new condition only a couple hundred miles on the truck!. with a service bed on the dually i have no use for the truck bed. thanks whatever someone will pay. not trying to be a smart assbut thats the plain fact. put it on ebay for 99.00 no reserve and it will sell for what its worth in my opinion. clay now that would be dumb unless it is only worth $99 to him. figure out what you would really want for it and i would say considerably more than $99 and set that as the reserve. remember iirc if you say no reserve you have to sell it for whatever the highest bid is even if it was $99.00 you can always set the reserve extremely high just to see what the highest bid comes out to be and if someone still exceeds that reserve you still win. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving you havent sold much on ebay have you i would guess that a reserve knocks out at least half the bidders. bidders are like feeding sharks you have to get them into a bidding frenzy. a reserve takes the flavor out of the bait. beekeep .
From : hemi dude
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From : hemi dude
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