New Form of Car Jacking

From : william boyd

Q: @southeast.rr.com does this include the replacement cats i got a letter in late december saying my cat converter has been extended to 10 years/120k miles or until 12/30.2006 whichever is later on my 99 dak. the other vehicles listed are ... 1996 2.5l cherokee 3.9l dodge ram van/wagon 5.2 and 509l dodge ram pickup 1997 3.9l dodge ram van/wagon 3.9l dak 3.9l dodge ram pickup 1998 3.9l dodge ram pickup 1999 3.9l dak 5.2l dodge ram pickup it also says they will replace the cat parts and labor but are not responsible to pay if other exhaust system components require replacement the associated repair costs are the owners responsibility regards slickwilly .

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From : mac davis

mac davis wrote on sat 07 jan 2006 203018 -0600 tim tcarpenter@mezzo.org wrote what would you folks recommend for a keyless entry/alarm system for a dodge 2500 12 valve i have viper alarms on both the ram and dakota... remote/keyless work well alarm is just about the right sensitivity etc.. were very happy with them.. 99 ram 01 dak.. both mopar systems sucked i have the viper 791xv on my 99 ram and i love it. the remote start is *almost* as good as heated leather seats. -- ken .

From : dale yonz

this concerns my 2001 dodge ram 1500 regular cab short box 4x4. lately when i hit a bump or railroad tracks a popping noise comes from my front end. when i turn a corner it very seldom does it. hitting a pot hole or anything rough does it. i have been thinking its shocks but im not sure. the originals are still on it. there is 46000 miles on it. the only work i have done to the front end is replace the u-joints with greaseable ones. the ride is fine going straight done the road but ive noticed that you feel every little thing now. any help is appreciated. .

From : clay

how to i base this on the hight of the truck or the trailer id be pulling im no tow-ologists or an expert in this in any way shape or form but i was told you base the mount on what you are towing. you want the trailer/boat/whatever to be as level as possible. if the truck height is too low when trailer is attached you get a riser and if its too high you get reducer i have 2 mounts for my 99 dak when i tow my boat 19 foot i use a reducer 2 inch drop but when i use my travel trailer i use a straight mount. slick willy .

From : alex

whoa...you two guys slow down. there is just a little more to the prime directive written after 2161 as i am sure the op knows. the prime directive dictates that there be no interference with the natural development of any primitive society chiefly meaning that no primitive culture can be given or exposed to any information regarding advanced technology or alien races. it also forbids any effort to improve or change in any way the natural course of such a society even if that change is well-intentioned and kept totally secret. john what purpose would doing this really serve while the spray may indicate pressure it will give you no value of how much pressure especially spraying into and under a rag or valid flow amount this way and you still risk damaging the port. ok let me state this more plainly than i did before since it obviously escaped you. it didnt escape me it is just pure bullshit. using a guage would be the proper way to do this test. however lacking that the tip of a screw driver can be used to ascertain if pressure exists. of course pressure exists or the engine wouldnt run at all. the pressure might be zero if the engine hasnt run for a while and that is considered normal according to the fsm depending on conditions but once again you know better right!! what really matters is how much pressure and at what rate of flow with the engine running and neither can be validly tested with your poke the damn valve with a pin procedure. there is a minimal chance of damage unless you are a hamfisted brute with no sense of force. minimal is not zero and if it is damaged then the vehicle becomes completely unusable and for no valid reason at all. and you can guarantee this will you offer to pay for a new fuel rail if he damages it with your method or a new vehicle if he catches it on fire yeah i can guarantee this. seen it done so many times it would boggle your mind. so that means that your checkbook is open then right no the first rule is to do no harm. nope thats some other philosophy like the hippocratic oath or the prime directive. sorry maxi but it holds true here as well. offering bad advice like you are doing helps nobody. giving him bad advice on how to test for pressure could get him hurt damage the rail or at worst get him killed and or destroy the vehicle. the manual has specific warning about doing crap like this and i think that they know just a little bit more about it than you. the manual has a specific warning about a port that you claim they say may not even exist yep. and it is not me that says it may not exist that would be dodge and the fsm and btw mine doesnt have one and i would bet that the ops doesnt either. it has no such warning in my 2000 fsm. sure it does you just are unable to understand what it is saying to you. playing games like this requires experience and i dont know if the op has it do you um yeah i think he has experience unscrewing a cap and pushing a pin valve. its not too much different than putting air in a tire. lol and do you fill your tires with fuel and at 60lbs. we are talking about dealing with fuel under pressure and the components of a fuel injection system not abusing a test port that probably doesnt exist on his vehicle anyway. well my fsm has instructions and several pictures showing exactly how its done. now if the same design was in use as early as 94 i dont know and i wrote as much. well i do and it wasnt. terrific you know everything i should have figured you would know this as well. yes you should have especially since i own a vehicle very similar to his unlike you who does not. i also both own the fsm for a 97 same basic series as his and replaced the pump in mine and if it was possible and easier to just replace the filter and regulator i would have suggested it in my list of things to do but until he sees the actual pressure and flow amount replacing it is just blindly throwing money at the problem. i felt it was worth mentioning given the age of the vehicle. if you dont like it that i mentioned it go whine to someone who cares. perhaps a micron of research would have told you that it was not worth mentioning because those procedures cannot be done to his system and the only one whining in here is you. there are several sources on the net where an fsm for this truck can be purchased. limiting a search to the dealer network would be foolish. i never said anything different but dodge will be of no help here. i never said he had to buy it from dodge. but you didnt say he shouldnt either and if you know that dodge probably doesnt sell it anymore you might have pointed out a possible place to get one but then again we both know that you didnt post to actually try and help the op just another childish attempt to start crap with me. lol what a case of pkb