New Radio to Dodge wiring question

From : Annonymous

Q: b a r wrote miles wrote i have a 04 durango hemi and pull about 5000lbs loaded. it pulls it with ease. up steep hills i drop it to 2nd and tow up them at about 45mph. to me thats pretty darn good up very steep grades. ive got an 04 durango hemi also 2wd 5 speed auto. with the tow/haul engaged should it be shifting into fifth gear the manual says it will stay out of overdrive but is od different than fifth i tried using the cruise control while towing at seventy mph it wouldnt stay in any gear longer than a few seconds kept shifting up/down. im probably towing close to 6000 lbs. mostly tow on level terrain to slightly rolling. id like to be able to control the shift points maybe keep it out of fifth altogether. thanks b a r when in tow/haul mode it locks out 5th gear. i believe 4th is still od and 3rd is 11. on flat terrain mine will sometimes shift to 4th but often stays in 3rd. it does not shift back and forth. 4th can pull my trailer at 65mph. any slower and its bogged down and struggles. it really needs to stay in 3rd when towing unless very flat and over 60mph. up steep hills it will shift back and forth between 3rd and 2nd so i manually shift to 2nd on the steep grades. there have been some transmission programming changes so you might check with your dealer as to what you already have. .

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From : azwiley1

if you are asking me. 2002 dakota has the 3.9l v6 on sun 17 jul 2005 003840 +0300 peter peter@greatnowhere.com wrote i had the dealer do the throttle body and injectors cleaned because of a rough idle. how long should it be before i feel a difference right away. other common possible causes include vacuum leak iac motor and ignition problems. from what i hear most dodges will benefit from hi-perfomance coil... i put accel coil in my 99 durango and it solved my rough idle when cold... peter which engine do you have btw... .

From : johnny thunder johnny

i replaced the steering pump on a 93 w300 and it seems like the pump is fighting its self. can it be hooked up backwards can the center position be adjusted thanks. .

From : Annonymous

now thats helpful. noname wrote steering shaft i have a dodge ram 1500 4x4 1999. i recently took it to the shop because while driving i can feel through the steering wheel all sorts of thuds and thumps that feels like its coming from near the end of the steering column. going around long corners i can really feel it. itll thump on and off throughout the whole corner. sometimes ill feel it just driving straight. its not a vibration or shimmy. one way i can try to explain it is it feels like someone is lightly tapping the steering column with a rubber hammer. its sporadic and holds no type of rhythm. so the guy in the shop says well your upper and lower ball joints have some play in it your tie-rod end has some play in it your wheel bearings have some play in it your track bar has some play in it. so i assumed he knew what he was taking about.... so after finding out that my guardian insurance plan paid for almost $600 of these repairs i had him do it all. the problem is still there. i couldnt believe it. i almost have a brand new front end basically. but yet the thumping knocking general unsafe feeling is still there. i just put new rotors calipers and pads on the front both sides. so its not a break vibration. i dont know much about this part of the truck so do you guys have any suggestions on where this could be coming from thanks steve .

From : im right

steering shaft i have a dodge ram 1500 4x4 1999. i recently took it to the shop because while driving i can feel through the steering wheel all sorts of thuds and thumps that feels like its coming from near the end of the steering column. going around long corners i can really feel it. itll thump on and off throughout the whole corner. sometimes ill feel it just driving straight. its not a vibration or shimmy. one way i can try to explain it is it feels like someone is lightly tapping the steering column with a rubber hammer. its sporadic and holds no type of rhythm. so the guy in the shop says well your upper and lower ball joints have some play in it your tie-rod end has some play in it your wheel bearings have some play in it your track bar has some play in it. so i assumed he knew what he was taking about.... so after finding out that my guardian insurance plan paid for almost $600 of these repairs i had him do it all. the problem is still there. i couldnt believe it. i almost have a brand new front end basically. but yet the thumping knocking general unsafe feeling is still there. i just put new rotors calipers and pads on the front both sides. so its not a break vibration. i dont know much about this part of the truck so do you guys have any suggestions on where this could be coming from thanks steve .