New Dodge truck changes...
From : big al
Q: mad cows & illegal aliens is it just me or does anyone else find it amazing that our government can track a cow born in canada almost three years ago right to the stall where she sleeps in the state of washington. they can also track her calves to their stalls. but they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. cows dont vote! m politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
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From : bob
how much do you want for it im interested! i am really thinking about trashing it and buying a pre 73 no computer no pollution just motor and body *grin* i gotta draw the line somewhere in the last few years it has sucked up about $7000 of my hard earned cash. al -- bruce grant westminster md 95 2500 club 4x4w/dynatrac manual hubs cummins/auto 265/70rx19.5g .
From : big al
check your distributor o ring lately also you oil pressure sending unit is back there and has a habit of getting a leak in the them after a few years. both of my 5.9l engines leak oil from somewhere in the rear of the engine which drips onto the exhaust manifolds and transmission bell housings. intake manifold gaskets or what thanks bruce .
From : tom lawrence
anyhow the guys says $2200 to have this work done. does this seem excessive to anyone i feel like im being taken for a ride.... oh just a bit if you dont have 4-wheel abs the bearings run $143 each. add about $100 to that if you have 4-wheel abs. u-joints are about $10 each. so thats anywhere from $300 to $500 in parts depending. having just done this for someone recently it took me about 30 minutes to replace the bearing. it would have been another 45 or so to pull the shaft and change the u-joint the snap rings can be a bitch to get out. call it 2 hours per side tops. even with a 20% markup on price and assuming the higher of the two and a labor rate of $100/hr. again shooting high plus shop supplies etc. - thats still about double what you should have to pay. .
From : kurt
on thu 4 mar 2004 010123 -0800 jeff mayner jeffmayner@yahoo.com wrote i dont know. maybe its cause im paranoid but when folks post links with no explanation i tend to get a little leery of clicking them. having done so in the past lets say in my internet childhood and been transported to an x-rated site that grabbed hold of my browser and wouldnt let go well i usually just shit-can the poster and wont open any post by them in the future. i have no idea what the link was about but i guess i sure started a shitstorm eh ;- jeff jeff... i dont what to make a big thing out of this but i only click on links that interest me.. if im in doubt i wait until a few others have gone there and made comments.. bottom line is that nobody makes me click on links or read something that is labeled ot in the subject line.. true. i only disagree with you in that the post was not labled ot. the hell it wasnt labled ot!! read the original post. hey were all brothers in dodge right ;- not in the least. roy .
From : jonathan kaplan
right on the brake problems. reason is the weight of the wheels causes overheating of the brake componenents. there have been lots of problems reported but they can be overcome if you do the $4000.00 brake upgrade to go with your $2k-$4k wheels. all it takes is money! hello iam needing tires on a 2002 dodge ram 4x4 and am trying to decide if i should bite the bullet and jump to the 20 in rims and tires. was wondering if anybody has made the change and if so how it affected performance. i assume the bigger rim will hurt it some with speed as well as mpg any thoughts thanks in advance tom .