ON Topic: clunking steering

From : craig c

Q: clare at snyder.on.ca wrote a true christian will not ridicule or oppress or persecute others for believing differently budd has completely failed in that regard. that is why he has no respect or tolerance from most in this group. discussion is one thing. when someone refuses to have any respect for differing views then they are very much in the wrong. .

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From : jmc

get a new gas cap it is not sealing properly which is causing the emissions system to code. ive been drivivg trucks for years on the job but never owned one. ive just purchased a 2003 ram 1500 4x4 & love it. its a pleasure to drive! one problem though. check engine light comes on after getting gas. still has some factory warrenty left but im getting tired of taking it back to the dealer to get light turned off. remove battery cable & light goes out & everythings fine until the next time i get gas! i think rubber seal on the gas cap is a bet weathered. ive applied a bit of grease to the seal as this should soften the rubber a bit and help it seal. also when the gas cap is tightened i apply downward pressure to it this enables it to be tighten a little more.... .

From : chris thompson

ive been drivivg trucks for years on the job but never owned one. ive just purchased a 2003 ram 1500 4x4 & love it. its a pleasure to drive! one problem though. check engine light comes on after getting gas. still has some factory warrenty left but im getting tired of taking it back to the dealer to get light turned off. remove battery cable & light goes out & everythings fine until the next time i get gas! i think rubber seal on the gas cap is a bet weathered. ive applied a bit of grease to the seal as this should soften the rubber a bit and help it seal. also when the gas cap is tightened i apply downward pressure to it this enables it to be tighten a little more.... i had the same problem with my 2003 1500. it came with a locking gas cap. i found that i had to turn it almost a complete 360 degrees in order to assure the cap was sealed. it amazed me that something as simple as a gas cap can cause an engine to run rough these days. i remember when i first started driving of seeing people with pieces of cloth sticking out of their filler cap! id suggest spending the money on a new cap. m2cw hawkeye65 .

From : carolina watercraft works

if the fed would only spend on the things which the constitution empowers then wed have a lot less discussion of who to tax. cause wed have a lot less federal revenue needs. -- christopher a. young you cant shout down a troll. you have to starve them. .. miles wrote taxing anyone who has more than you is not always fairness. agreed. it just seems fair to some folks that the rich should pay more since they are leaching more from the system in one way or another. i have mixed feelings about this. my capitalist said screams unfairness because i happen to pay a great deal of tax due to my situation. however the compassionate side tells me that i should pay more than a struggling single mom or dad or a working student that is learning something that will help the country. productive. ive yet to hear a liberal or democrat state exactly what the limit should be to tax anyone. all they can say is if we need more money then tax the rich some more. no fair limit. its a tough situation. personally i like the idea of abolishing income tax and going to straight federal sales tax. this has many benefits including capturing tax dollars from people that have been able to avoid it like illegal immigrants. it establishes a graduated tax burden the more you have and thus the more you spend the more tax you pay ... and it puts you squarely in control of your tax payout. craig c. .

From : nosey

the real power is in the primaries. by the time i vote its either tweedle dumb or tweedle dumber. -- christopher a. young you cant shout down a troll. you have to starve them. .. again totally agree. i wish our choices in elected officials were better. i *never* feel good when i leave the voting booth. probably because instead of voting *for* a candidate i always seem to be voting *against* the worse of two evils. craig c. .

From : carolina watercraft works

i mean relatively speaking. sort of like waking up from a 40 year coma and it was winter when you went under...wake up in summer and say crap...global warming...gotta be. of course it is getting warmer. i think one day the surface may burn to a crisp and kill everyone on it...then itll start all over again. maybe...who knows. but thats next week and im still trying to get through this week. -- ------------------------------------------ laszlo almasi ----cool toys formerly carolina watercraft works ----mack daddy trailers ----ice angels carolina watercraft works wrote also we only have such a short period of documenting temps. hundreds of thousands of years read http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/icecore -- ken .

From : chris thompson

hey how dare we have an on topic discussion in this group!! sorry couldnt resist now that its getting rfh here1 my steering has taken to clunking a bit as i turn. i can feel it and hear it. seems to be worse when its hotter. is my steering loose or something more ominous is this something a layperson can fix themselves jmc 1 really...hot. 102f/38c and not even to the high yet. augh! .

From : jmc

the intermediate shaft is the part that connects the steering column to the steering box and is usually out in the open and easy to get to although not always so easy to work on. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving suddenly without warning tom lawrence exclaimed 12-nov-06 715 am 4x4 but multiple clunks. okay - then we look to either the steering box itself or the intermediate shaft. grab hold of the intermediate shaft and see if you can feel any play in it. ok off to my haynes book then to find out where my intermediate shaft is. hopefully its accessible without tools. jmc .