OT-Our tow trucks are an endangered breed !!!
From : budd cochran mrd150 preciscom spam net
Q: i guess that my question would be why would you want to use a truck with such a large cab to plow snow to be able to carry your crew to sites with one vehicle. -- ------------------------------------------ laszlo almasi cool toys formerly carolina watercraft works ice angels i see no problem with this at all. just by its name suggests that this vehicle was not intended for plowing more in line with transporting a family or large group around with the ability to tow a heavy trailer and do it in reasonable comfort. i bet that this vehicle is extremely heavy by itself and when you add the weight of the diesel to it pushes the limits of the front end components. it is probably using the same front end as the crew cab to save money. i guess that my question would be why would you want to use a truck with such a large cab to plow snow is the extended cab model still available -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving are you kidding me what is it that prevents a plow from being mounted i was actually thinking this would be my next truck....but i require plow mounting. -- ------------------------------------------ laszlo almasi cool toys formerly carolina watercraft works ice angels was out with a friend looking at the new mega cabs. what a damn disappointment. a suppoosedly hd 4x4 truck that you cant put a plow on if you get the cummins engine. so on a truck with the msrp over $54k the front end is so marginal that it cant handle a snow plow that will cost dc some customers. i know my friend is going looking at ford and i dont blame him. roy .
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From : rachel easson
nice garage. how big is that thing and btw you suck!!! - i second that! rach -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving a friend of mine has one. 15k lift cost him around 4k to put it in i found it to be a quality piece of equipment. ymmv not by much... http//home.earthlink.net/tlawren349/garage/fourpostlift-2.jpg thats my 15k 4-post lift. long wheel base 22 wide ramps dually-friendly. heres how i brought it home from the freight dock http//home.earthlink.net/tlawrence51/lift/lift1.jpg http//home.earthlink.net/tlawren349/garage/twopostlift-2.jpg thats my 10k two-post lift. i got that one first. a buddy and i unloaded that one by hand off of a semi that delivered it. not a lot of fun. it was handy to have to unload the 4-poster from the trailer... i backed the trailer into the bay and used the lift arms of the two-post lift to take components off the trailer - couple of pieces at a time. the two-post lift was fairly easy to install with just two people and basic tools a rotary hammer would be helpful for drilling the concrete for the anchors - i did it with my little 24v hammer drill but it took a while. the only heavy lifting is lifting the columns upright - i was able to do that myself probably should have two people for safety but i was impatient. the four-post lift needs some type of machinery - forklift backhoe something that can lift 800lbs. about 8 feet. thats the main beam with hydraulic cylinder that spans the columns. its about 14 long. we did it with a combination of an engine hoist a tranny jack and some 6x6 blocks. i dont recommend that for anyone else... it was decidedly unsafe. the tracks weigh close to 1000lbs. each but they can be moved around on some moving dollies. oh yeah - the four post lift needs 16 holes drilled in the concrete to anchor it. i rented a rotary hammer for that after burning up the motor in my little hammer drill on the 2nd hole amazing how much harder concrete is with its 2 years old vs. 1 month .
From : budd cochran mrd150 preciscom spam net
not really its very relevant since ford has bought back 1000 units of the psd. problems range from turbo vanes breaking and being injested to engine management glitches. perhaps the most damaging in terms of per incident costs is the injectors that stick open and hydro-lock the engine. ford and navistar are said to be at odds over the issues and it has cost fomoco upwards of $500 million over their warranty costs in the previous year. hopefully your friend will not experience any of this. however given some of the stuff ive read he should absolutley keep records of maintenance and not attempt mods of any sort. i have a friend who just bought an 05 f250 as well so well see. i know i told him but he needed a truck. ill see how it turns out for him. it is a 06 f350 crew with the short box. iirc it is on a 160 wheel base like the mega cab. roy max there are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty soap ballot jury and ammo. please use in that order. -ed howdershelt author heard some talk over the past few days about ford coming out with a new diesel. anybody here have any info that was fast... scrapping the 6.o-no already i havent paid much attention to ford for years but my friend that was looking at the mega cab has now been dragging me around with him looking at fords. the talk is in a couple of months a new power plant. maybe ford is tired of having its ass beat by the cummins. idont know which is why i asked the question. roy kinda moot now. he called and said he put a deposit on one of the fords we looked at earlier. dodge lost another one. roy .
From : rachel easson
on fri 27 jan 2006 110031 -0500 rachel easson rske@sympatico.ca wrote check out this british video http//www.exn.ca/video/video=exn20040414-towbike.asx budd yabbut does it have heated leather seats mike now mike youre not talking to that eastern wabbit you should say that correctly . . .try again . . .yea budd !!!!! yea budd!!! does a goldwing come with heated seats i ride american brands now and real riders dont need them. just ask beekeeper. budd eastern wabbit just stuff a couple of warm rabbits up your pants falling apart at the gut rach i thought that game was played with ferrits beekeep how would you know that greg budd hey dont ask -- eac to his won hey rachel in this group darn little is off limits for comment by 900% of the group . . .just to give you fair warning. btw welcome to the second most rednecked group on the internet the other group still thinks logging on is adding wood to a fire good one but not original . . i stole it. no problem -- worked with truckers out west then the sewer crew i calgary i affectionally nicknamed the shit-disturbers which stuck bfmfg and married a mechanic lived with an wreckers parts mgr. common-law love real-men hands drink beer etc. you get the point rach i know the type. ive been a heavy equipment mechanic truck driver sewage technician roto rooter and for a city but found both jobs just a little bit too crappy sergeant in a dump truck platoon taxicab driver janitor small engine mechanic instructor for the handicapped carpenter stonemason millwright physcal plant maintenance manager artist and author. p.s. i had thought i had made a coment about eating the rabbits so they cant talk skinning the fur and making a bunny outfit for feb 14 for the missus -- could keep the warm fury rabbits on the cheeks with pins until he sits on them grn -- heard of a recipe called pressed duck remember a joke about scots and velcro to keep the sheep in the welly boots.. yes i can say that easson is scottish and also 1/2 irish heck youre not as confused as i am . . .scottish moved during an invasion by the brits to ireland moved back after the invasion and have ancestry in both countries . . . . we havent quite figured out why denny wears the bunny suit so much but were also not sure we want to know . . . . budd cool -- but scotts do still have a distinct society and both are known for their stubbornness tempers and drinking and most scotts and irish are proud of these reputations! as well as the scotts being famous for their native engineeering skills and thrift. saw a scottish friend once scraping off his wallpaper. i asked him if he was redecorating and he said he was moving. rach p.s. denny collects bunnys -- all kinds ;- a hobby sort of... gotta guess but sounds good anyway no he doesnt collect every kind theres one species of bunny his better half wont let him keep i dont think even if mr. hefner sent him a dozen for free. budd .
From : budd cochran mrd150 preciscom spam net
heard some talk over the past few days about ford coming out with a new diesel. anybody here have any info that was fast... scrapping the 6.o-no already i havent paid much attention to ford for years but my friend that was looking at the mega cab has now been dragging me around with him looking at fords. the talk is in a couple of months a new power plant. maybe ford is tired of having its ass beat by the cummins. idont know which is why i asked the question. roy .
From : budd cochran mrd150 preciscom spam net
steve lusardi wrote the can bus is an industry standard inter controller network. it was originally designed by bosch and has since been adopted by sae. it is now used throughout the industry. the protocol is in the public domain and consequently readily available. although the protocol identifies the structure of the data sentence the contents of the data code carried is proprietary and is fiercly protected. that means boys and girls that the data can be read but is meaningless without the ability to decode the contents. owning one of these readers is only half the answer. the drb iii the dealers use also contains the daimler chrysler proprietary translation and that is not in the public domain. of course the drb iii is only available to dealers it cost around $6000 and its firmware is updated monthly. steve thanks steve. i appreciate the reply. i have taken a look at the bosch can site and you have cleared up some of my confusion. i guess the takeaway message here is that as a weekend mechanic who works only on his own cars the value of a code reader capable of reading can data is somewhat questionable. i may decide to go with a plain vanilla reader and save some bux. .
From : bob m
i am going to ask a stupid question -- as far as i know a plenum pan / gasket is inside or behind the intake manifold -- the beer-barrel intake manifolds of the 318/360s used in at least the 94+ trucks have a belly pan bolted to the bottom of them that creates the plenum chamber inside the intake manifold. the problem with these is that the belly pan is made of steel the intake is cast aluminum and the gasket is of a sort-of-not-too-flexible variety. over many heat/cool cycles the different rates of expansion/contraction of the dissimilar metals causes the gasket to fail and sucks oil from the lifter valley into the manifold. you can see a picture of it here http//www.hughesengines.com/general/fasteners/magnumfasteners.asp would you know if an ol 86ish d150 would have one sorry no. my hands-on experience is with the 94+ models. .
From : rachel easson
on 2006-01-28 085531 -0600 roy roy@home.net said on 2006-01-27 221331 -0600 christopher thompson kf4drr@alltel.net said rach im with you on that he didnt mention milky oil so im thinking that possibly a failed gasket into a intake runner. i would think a cracked manifold at a water jacket would leak water into the lifter valley resulting in a overfilled milkshake of a crankcase....but then again stranger things have happened. the mechanic that i took it to did mention that he ran a test by using something that caused the coolant to turn blue. he said there was coolant in the oil and immediately suspected the head gasket. water in the oil how long has this been going on how much water in the oil antifreeze and bearings do not play well together at all. roy well i jsut went and checked and the oil on the dipstick is nice and clean and smooth with no signs of any foreign liquid. heres a little history on this thing. maybe something here might lend a clue to whats going on. this is my sons truck. about 3-4 months ago he was having a real overheating problem and was losing his coolant from below the water pump. about a year earlier he and his soner buddies replaced the water pump. this time he and i did it by the book so i could make sure that it was done properly. we got the new pump installed and everything went fine for a couple of months and then it began overheating again. when i opened the hood i noticed a white powdery substance all over the front of the engine block especially behind the pump pulley. it also looked like the radiator had developed a leak too. i sure a lot of this damage resulted from my son driving the thing while it was hot and then coming home and filling the radiator with water. anyway the day before xmas we replaced the radiator water pump bypass hose thermostat and fan clutch. after the installation everything worked beautifully. the truck held the temperature even with the ac on which before would send the temp gauge rising. i had suspected the fan clutch early on based on some messages on this board. a call to the dodge house resulted in a quote of $340 for a fan clutch -- money that i didnt have so i never replaced it. later a friend told me that shouldnt cost that much and i found the clutch at pep boys for about $70. now that i look back im thinking that the bad fan clutch probably caused all the prior problems. the truck worked great for until after new years when my son went to start the thing and it would turn over but not fire. after the battery died i hooked the jumpers and turned it until it started. it ran for a day or two and then did the same thing. this time it wouldnt start at all so i aaad it to my local mechanic. he kept it for a couple of days and said that it started up for them and kept starting. he said the plugs were covered in coolant and that the head gaskets were bad. i went and picked it up. it started like it should and i drove it home. my son drove it for a few days with out problems and then it reverted to its problems again. so it seems that the coolant is somehow entering the intake and getting into the cylinders. im not sure what the mechanic was saying about the coolant in the oil but it appears that the oil is not contaminated. also after we installed all the cooling equipment i immediately took the truck to valvoline and had the oil changed. i would have thought they would have spotted any liquid in the oil if there was any so it appears that the problem developed after our weekend mechanic work. i wonder if there was something we did wrong. a water pump is pretty much a no-brainer so i dont know how we could have messed that up. one interesting note when i pulled the water pump that my son had installed there was a hole rusted out between the two chambers of the water pump. i suspect his use of water instead of coolant may have eaten away at the metal. could it be possible that this has occurred somewhere within the manifold btw no the truck has not been to the sun but it has been to my son who seems to be in constant motion. in roman numerals m stands for one thousand and in the print/advertising business 185m would be 185000 miles. thanks for the kind help and suggestions from all concerned. this group is a great help. .
From : budd cochran mrd150 preciscom spam net
i finally got to see the damaged transfer case and front driveshaft. the interior of the transfer case were in great shape still looked new with very little sign of wear. the failure was with the transfer case end u-joint on the front drive shaft. it failed and allowed the drive shaft to shift and wedge against the transfer case blowing up the case. we paid two garages to look at the u-joints within a month of the failure. i wish we still had self-service garages like we had in the 1970 where you could hoist a rig and look for your self. i have a physical impairment that prevents me from crawling under a car or i would have done the inspection my self. i guess i need to build somethng that will allow me to stand and work under a rig. thanks for all the ideas and discussion. these groups are a great resource. lowell .
From : budd cochran mrd150 preciscom spam net
on fri 27 jan 2006 204547 -0700 budd cochran mr-d150@preciscom spam.net wrote on fri 27 jan 2006 110031 -0500 rachel easson rske@sympatico.ca wrote check out this british video http//www.exn.ca/video/video=exn20040414-towbike.asx budd yabbut does it have heated leather seats mike now mike youre not talking to that eastern wabbit you should say that correctly . . .try again . . .yea budd !!!!! yea budd!!! does a goldwing come with heated seats i ride american brands now and real riders dont need them. just ask beekeeper. budd eastern wabbit just stuff a couple of warm rabbits up your pants falling apart at the gut rach i thought that game was played with ferrits beekeep how would you know that greg budd i believe that it is a popular sport in ireland . they put the ferrit up one pants leg and have to wait for it come out the other. the one that stands it the longest wins. beekeep you sure that not pennsylvanian budd .
From : rachel easson
im about to purchase one with around 60k miles on it.... are there any problems/recalls/defects i should know about ive read the msn reviews and there seems to be tons of people whove had transmission problems..... the asking price is $3900 is this a good price .
From : budd cochran mrd150 preciscom spam net
whats the acceptable compression range for a 97 2500 with 12 valve cummins .
From : beekeep
not to mention a certain super 8 motel parking lot . . . . . btw did the rest of the family recover ok from that i never asked and hope they did. budd hhhmmmm. maybe that female teenager stuff that i thought was normal may have been the lasting effects from............... now i can blame you for all this grey hair and empty bank accounts!!!!! vbg denny i think the fact the poor girls did garner more than a bit of their looks from you might be pretty solid evidence wrong wrong wrong!! i met one of dennys daughters she is a very pretty girl. actually looked quite a bit like her mother. there is absolutley no way she resembled here father. how could you possibly say that bfg roy shush roy . . .we dont want the poor bunny losing what little self-confidence he . . . . . . otoh . .. . . . . . . .. budd .
From : beekeep
the can bus is an industry standard inter controller network. it was originally designed by bosch and has since been adopted by sae. it is now used throughout the industry. the protocol is in the public domain and consequently readily available. although the protocol identifies the structure of the data sentence the contents of the data code carried is proprietary and is fiercly protected. that means boys and girls that the data can be read but is meaningless without the ability to decode the contents. owning one of these readers is only half the answer. the drb iii the dealers use also contains the daimler chrysler proprietary translation and that is not in the public domain. of course the drb iii is only available to dealers it cost around $6000 and its firmware is updated monthly. steve ive finally decided to bite the bullet and buy myself a new obd-ii code reader. ive looked at a few models on the web and am leaning toward the innova/equus canobd-ii model 3110. does anybody here have anything good or bad to say about this one im also a bit confused about the can protocol. it appears that dc introduced this on some 04 models and frankly i figure that since im not likely to buy another scanner this decade its worth the small upcharge to include this feature since its going to be required on all cars soon. can anybody point me to a source of information as to which dc models use can and what it is good for thanks. .
From : budd cochran mrd150 preciscom spam net
it passes between the heads front and rear. starting from the front theres your coolant passage then the intake runners and another coolant passage -- -chris 05 ctd 99 durango on 2006-01-27 160803 -0600 christopher thompson kf4drr@alltel.net said if your sure its coolant. you could have a intake gasket problem coolant passes through the intake. only way i can think of that would wet all eight cyls with coolant. just before xmas we replaced the radiator water pump thermostat and fan clutch. theres a short bypass hose that goes from the top of the water pump to if i remember the intake manifold. where does that coolant go witin the intake. is it possible theres an area inside the manifold that could have corroded and is leaking fluid would this mean replacing the intake or just putting in new gaskets .
From : budd cochran mrd150 preciscom spam net
on fri 27 jan 2006 172759 -0700 budd cochran mr-d150@preciscom spam.net wrote yep btdt. i had a 66 honda cb-160 back when i hardly cast a shadow that i rode down to a barbershop in a small town in in about every week he still charged only $0.75 / haircut and cross winds could make the pegs kiss the pavement at times. it was a good thing that bike was such a good handling machine or i could have been on my but many a time. budd a 160 road bike that one was before my time. i can remember hondas 305 dream machine. my first bike was the cb-350. beekeep iirc kid the cb-160 was a one year deal and ive heard rumors that a mint bike now goes for around $12k. mine was far from mint. the next year they re-worked the head design fired the cylinders like a triumph 180 crank pins. the 160 had a 360 degree crank the pistons moved together and fired the cylinders alternately . . .very smooth. it came in the sport cb and trail ct styles but the engine was too peaky the 305 dream and super sport came out in 65 iirc. my last honda was a 72 cb-450. a good bike but i decided to fulfill the dream of owning a cushman so i sold it. budd .
From : budd cochran mrd150 preciscom spam net
on fri 27 jan 2006 172417 -0700 budd cochran mr-d150@preciscom spam.net wrote check out this british video http//www.exn.ca/video/video=exn20040414-towbike.asx budd yabbut does it have heated leather seats mike now mike youre not talking to that eastern wabbit you should say that correctly . . .try again . . .yea budd !!!!! yea budd!!! does a goldwing come with heated seats i ride american brands now and real riders dont need them. just ask beekeeper. budd eastern wabbit just stuff a couple of warm rabbits up your pants falling apart at the gut rach yep hes an eastern wabbit short ears short tail fat belly short . . . . .nose as compared to these jackwabbits out here in the west with the long ears and all that. had a kitten run up a pant leg back when i was ten . . . .thought id die of massive cat scratch fever. ya see back then in indiana it was hot and muggy in the summer time so we didnt usually wear any bvds . . . . . . budd here kitty kitty....... here kitty kitty...... rotflmao.... budd that isnt the way you play with four legged kittens... lol even at ten. fmb i know but i was napping under the apple tree that beautiful afternoon after lunch and the durn thing it belonged to a neighbor btw decided the leg of those cut-off jeans was a good place to nap. it was when i rolled onto my side that the fuss began. durn near got circumcised. . . . budd i can see the headline now 10 year old caught with pants down under an apple tree trying to get a little pussy!. beekeep .
From : beekeep
rm@blah.blah writes so you are saying the ignition system and the heads were bad kinda odd coincidence. why new o2 sensors i have been fighting a p0302 for 2 years cyl 2 misfire and have replaced all the ignition components and am thinking it may be the head as well. it damn sure wasnt the ignition stuff. an earlier compression test conducted not quite 2 years ago when the problem first began revealed only minor seemingly insignificant variances. what i did not realize is a 10 lb variance is considered significant when youre chasing misfire problems. also my symptoms were a little misleading. the misfires were occurring only at low idle i.e. sitting at a light idling in gear. as long as you could maintain the idle at or above 1000 rpm the misfire would not occur. fuel pressure was good 52 psi before the dealer tore it down another compression test indicated 15 lbs low on #7 and 10 lbs low on #2 and 5 lbs low on #8. thus both heads were assumed to be involved. i had recently had a couple instances of p0302 and p0300 though the primary problem from day one had always been p0307. a combustion leak test also revealed #2 #5 and #7 sucking air past the intake manifold gasket during the intake stroke. bad intake gaskets improper torque who can say. teardown revealed a cracked cylinder head with the crack appearing across the face of the #7 intake valve seat not repairable without replacing the head. replacing the other head vs sending it out for a valve job was close enough to a push factoring in the labor that we decided not to risk it and opted to just replace both heads. the tech suspected a hairline crack in the right bank around #2 as well but said only the machine shop would be able to say for sure. aside from the plugs which got pretty badly trashed from the combustion chamber cleaner the rest of the ignition parts wires cap rotor were done for thoroughness. the o2 sensors were at my option and no addtl labor parts cost only although they were considerably more costly than i had anticipated. they gave me a 12/12 warranty on all parts and labor which is 9 months longer than anyone else was offering and a free loaner car which no one else was offering. inarguably i probably paid to much and had some unnecessary stuff done but bottom line is its fixed guaranteed to be fixed and i didnt have to get my hands dirty. when you get 5 months away from turning 60 major projects like this seem to lose a lot of the glow they once had ;- hell i stopped changing my own oil 6 years ago. if youve done all the obvious ignition stuff the tsb etc and still having the problem something in the valve train is a strong possibility. try the idle trick. clear the code and then drive for a day or two holding a fast idle on it when you come to a stop. how many miles do you have on it my problems began around 75k. .
From : budd cochran mrd150 preciscom spam net
heres a followup to a post from earlier this month. ...the front 4 plugs and each was covered in fluid. i held a match to one of the wet plugs to see if it would burn and it didnt. i guess the mechanic was right when he said that the engine had a blown head gasket and the plugs were wet with coolant. i may be wrong but should your oil not be milky and frothy if there is coolant in it you didnt mention seeing that rach sorry -- meant to reply to peters initial post not yours chris but did you check for possible hairline crack in intake manifold -- hoping that is not my problem but my ex suggested that probably worst and final scenario in my case which probably means take it to the tried and true garage because it is too much work in cold climates and no garage hope it is the gasket good luck .
From : fmb
on thu 26 jan 2006 122737 -0700 budd cochran mr-d150@preciscom spam.net wrote why in the heck would they want to contaminate the bogs budd good question.... then again why would they want to live on the right coast anyway cause they all talk funny over there not like us normal mid-westerners.. denny .
From : rachel easson
on fri 27 jan 2006 102715 -0500 rachel easson rske@sympatico.ca wrote on thu 26 jan 2006 223259 -0800 clyde n19346@humboldt1.com wrote i have the same problem and so did my daughter with her van. im not sure if the dealer will honor the warranty but the way they were talking i have my doubts. how i wish they still made internationals. i had a travelall for years and never had problems like these newer vehicles. in fact i still have a 68 one ton ihc flat bed and it is just now starting to rust out. seems like nothing is built like they use to be. even my 47 diamond t has not rusted out it is also a one ton . clyde oh bullshit - paints are much better today than they were years ago. back in the 60s if you were luckey you got 100k out of a vehicles drive train. if the drive train did last any longer you had a rusted out pos. repainting a vehicle after 10 years is just pm. beekeep i have some suggestions on paint --industrial/commercial/farm paint will last forever --marine paint back in the days with my ex when we were expecting kiddo and had a tight budget we bought a 66 4-dr fairlane for $300 that had been sitting outside for 20 yrs. he completely re-wired it with no manual and changed the front seats mice we did a little body work and i tracked down some free paint -- light blue marine paint not beyond reconditioning with thinner and a bit of green tint--lasted forever rach p.s. how about a conversion roof that gives you standing room i still have fond memories of my first $300 car a 64 catalina baby blue. now a days when you buy a beater for your kids they start out at $2500.00. beekeep that was only in 1994 -- the deal was my ex husband bought the car off his ex-ex-father-in-law prior used car salesman when the f-i-l arrived back from vacation 3 mo. late and wifey wouldnt talk to him or cook until he at least removed the car from the veg. patch so the price was right -yes i think that made the fairlane an 500-xxx grn gotta hand it to him -- he went into a coma for 6 wks and came out unhinged but was a really smart man with gr8 education -- grandpa was a welder and designed and built himself a plane and flew the oilmen all around the med.hat area of alberta back in the early 1900s son takes after them rach rach .
From : beekeep
on fri 27 jan 2006 172759 -0700 budd cochran mr-d150@preciscom spam.net wrote yep btdt. i had a 66 honda cb-160 back when i hardly cast a shadow that i rode down to a barbershop in a small town in in about every week he still charged only $0.75 / haircut and cross winds could make the pegs kiss the pavement at times. it was a good thing that bike was such a good handling machine or i could have been on my but many a time. budd a 160 road bike that one was before my time. i can remember hondas 305 dream machine. my first bike was the cb-350. beekeep .
From : beekeep
roy wrote been thinking about your situation. somebody here offered to scan and send the pages you needed iirc. why not take him up on his offer that was bigironram i will if i need to -- still waiting for money to pay for the o2 sensor -- said id keep him posted and let him know if i cant do this w/o the pages -- i am getting some help if i can afford the sensor this w/e others here have the fsm and other manuals that im sure they would send you the relevant pages that contain the info you need. still othere have the knoweledge to talk you through what ya have to do. tom lawrence denny max budd and others have info and more importantly experience in a ton of repairs and r&rs. it would be quicker than selling one thing to buy another at least it would do until situations improve. just my thought. roy cool -- i didnt want to be much trouble but you are right -- in the short term this is better and manuals will come along again thank you roy rach theres one on ebay right now going cheap nope not mine dont know the seller. item number 8032065597 hurry! thanks -- will check out. also bought the sensor this afternoon 2 1/2 hour return bus trip rach really sorry -- cant -- need to get credit card -- expires jan31 -- new one probably in mailbox -- should be back on ebay next week -- no bids -- so will get card for then .
From : budd cochran mrd150 preciscom spam net
now really how much longer is the cab of the mega cab over the previous dr crew cabs 20 .
From : budd cochran mrd150 preciscom spam net
rev writes ask the autoparts store. theyre probably the same part number. buy one. trial and error. or replace both. -rev i could do this for sure but i am from the school of finding out what is truly wrong and how to fix it. thanks anyway hank not a parts changer .
From : mac davis
because theyre not lefties or leftists . . . .vbg budd ducking and waddling as fast as he can budd on thu 26 jan 2006 122737 -0700 budd cochran mr-d150@preciscom spam.net wrote why in the heck would they want to contaminate the bogs budd good question.... then again why would they want to live on the right coast anyway on wed 25 jan 2006 121232 -0700 budd cochran mr-d150@preciscom spam.net wrote well thats why i gave you the redneck translation. besides it dont sound so sissy-fied either duz-it budd hey budd... i think in roys neck of the woods they use them to throw old chevys into cranberry bogs.. trebuchets in french roy . . .or in redneckese punkin chuckers. thank you. sue knows all that stuff not me. roy budd on tue 24 jan 2006 150657 -0500 roy roy@home.net wrote snip had the x-rays done nothing broken but a hell of a lot of bruising. they were curious as to the metal that showed up in the pics. some things just never go away eh bro.. yeah ive set off a few metal detectors.. lol now i have a elastic brace deal and instructions to stay home and keep my foot up for the rest of the week. hmmmmm.. wonder if i can sneak to the range and go through a few hundred rounds.vbg roy only if its a long gun and you use your foot instead of a sand bag.. *g* mac https//home.comcast.net/mac.davis/woodstuff.htm hey bro!!!! just went through your home page and ya left out a couple of pictures. a picture of those things ya use to make that i can never think of the name of. the things for chucking tribect or something. and a picture of the gray haired pony tailed old man. bfg roy mac please remove splinters before emailing mac please remove splinters before emailing .
From : rachel easson
on thu 26 jan 2006 122737 -0700 budd cochran mr-d150@preciscom spam.net wrote why in the heck would they want to contaminate the bogs budd good question.... then again why would they want to live on the right coast anyway on wed 25 jan 2006 121232 -0700 budd cochran mr-d150@preciscom spam.net wrote well thats why i gave you the redneck translation. besides it dont sound so sissy-fied either duz-it budd hey budd... i think in roys neck of the woods they use them to throw old chevys into cranberry bogs.. trebuchets in french roy . . .or in redneckese punkin chuckers. thank you. sue knows all that stuff not me. roy budd on tue 24 jan 2006 150657 -0500 roy roy@home.net wrote snip had the x-rays done nothing broken but a hell of a lot of bruising. they were curious as to the metal that showed up in the pics. some things just never go away eh bro.. yeah ive set off a few metal detectors.. lol now i have a elastic brace deal and instructions to stay home and keep my foot up for the rest of the week. hmmmmm.. wonder if i can sneak to the range and go through a few hundred rounds.vbg roy only if its a long gun and you use your foot instead of a sand bag.. *g* mac https//home.comcast.net/mac.davis/woodstuff.htm hey bro!!!! just went through your home page and ya left out a couple of pictures. a picture of those things ya use to make that i can never think of the name of. the things for chucking tribect or something. and a picture of the gray haired pony tailed old man. bfg roy mac please remove splinters before emailing mac please remove splinters before emailing .
From : mike simmons
try clicking on the back to mac link in the upper left hand corner. it doesnt look like a link but it is and all the stuff you are looking for is there. i did wouldnt work. .
From : budd cochran mrd150 preciscom spam net
many people do not change their differential fluids every o&m does require changing it. i change mine once a year weather i need it or not. it also provides a snapshot of you gear wear. i have never had a failure and i do alot of off roading. it is cheep to do easy to do and it is a good thing to do so why not do coasty why is it important to change the oilfluid or whatever is in the front and rear differentials. i dont remember ever having to do it with any car i owned. i only remember watching the mechanic check the level on the cars rear end. i have 17000 on my 04 ram 1500 hemi quad. if that helps. thanks hp .
From : budd cochran mrd150 preciscom spam net
although at least up there people know how to drive. nope we have more than our share of idiots here. we have a certain percentage of idiots that think they know how to drive in snow like doing 60 mph when you should be doing 30 and bitching all the time about how people dont know how to drive. seems to me like they are the ones who keep the body shop busy in the winter. denny .
From : budd cochran mrd150 preciscom spam net
ive got a double door would have to measure it and with the tow mirrors out and my wifes truck in the garage its a wiggle to get the right mirror past the door without taking it off. the drw wouldnt make it without having to shove the durango into the kitchen a remodel that she would not like *grin* needless to say its tight all the way around my truck -- -chris 05 ctd 99 durango bonus for me on the 2500 srw was it doesnt take as wide of a garadge door to fit through made finding a house with a garage to fit both trucks into easier assuming you have the tow mirrors you need at least a 9 door to clear them unless you want to fold them in everytime. if the mirrors clear the rear fenders clear. ive marked up my door jambs with my mirrors on occasion but never with the fenders those i reserve for tangling with concrete light poles .
From : budd cochran mrd150 preciscom spam net
clyde n19346@humboldt1.com wrote in just wondering if dodge van owners have had problems with the roof rusting out seems like my daughters 2002 van had a problem and mine now is rusting. clyde the roof was the first part to rust on my 1992 van full size utility van. the paint was flaking off in small chipstoo. rob .
From : budd cochran mrd150 preciscom spam net
didnt work for me either but from the looks of things mac makes the kid do the work the slave driver. budd try clicking on the back to mac link in the upper left hand corner. it doesnt look like a link but it is and all the stuff you are looking for is there. i did wouldnt work. .
From : tbone
check out this british video http//www.exn.ca/video/video=exn20040414-towbike.asx budd yabbut does it have heated leather seats mike now mike youre not talking to that eastern wabbit you should say that correctly . . .try again . . .yea budd !!!!! yea budd!!! does a goldwing come with heated seats i ride american brands now and real riders dont need them. just ask beekeeper. budd .
From : beekeep
are you kidding me not in the least. what is it that prevents a plow from being mounted dunno probably the same bs when they started with the quad cab. couldnt put a plow with the cummins with them either for the first year or so. im thinking that the front axle once again is too light. you can put a plow on with the gas engine. figure the gas is about 3-4 hundred pounds lighter. i was actually thinking this would be my next truck....but i require plow mounting. a lot of people were. it is a shame i can plow with my 2500 quad cab with a cummins but with a 1 ton truck ya cant. ive a friend that has a 03 crew cab with a cummins with a 9 foot fisher on it no problem. same wheel base as the mega but it is a no go. roy -- ------------------------------------------ laszlo almasi cool toys formerly carolina watercraft works ice angels was out with a friend looking at the new mega cabs. what a damn disappointment. a suppoosedly hd 4x4 truck that you cant put a plow on if you get the cummins engine. so on a truck with the msrp over $54k the front end is so marginal that it cant handle a snow plow that will cost dc some customers. i know my friend is going looking at ford and i dont blame him. roy .
From : fmb
the only trans that will bolt in is the same model. you dont specify if its a 3 or 4spd at but the majority of them are the 4spd at. the 89 model should bolt right in assuming its the same model of trans. however for the price of a useable trans from a salvage yard you may be able to get a rebuilt one with some performance mods that would save repairs down the road. these transmissions arent any more problematic than other manufacturers units it depends on the use and abuse they are required to handle. can they be made better with some work absolutely. -- max there are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty soap ballot jury and ammo. please use in that order. -ed howdershelt author hi im looking at a 92 dodge dakota 4x4 that needs a tranny. ive heard of some problems with these trannys. if i buy this truck will an older tranny bolt in like one from an 89 is it the same tranny better or worse thanks egd .
From : mac davis
it could be mac just fixed it -- i told him yesterday the back to mac link was dead and to change the file extension from htm to html tbone try refreshing your page https//home.comcast.net/mac.davis/woodstuff.htm usually if your browser wont update you press the control key and refresh again and that works could be your browser is set not to refresh pages and cache s pages you have already visited rach -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving try clicking on the back to mac link in the upper left hand corner. it doesnt look like a link but it is and all the stuff you are looking for is there. i did wouldnt work. thats strange but not impossible. i just checked it again and it still works for me. what browser are you using and what is your security level set to. here is the link for his home page https//home.comcast.net/mac.davis/index.htm .
From : beekeep
tbone writes are you sure that there is no sensor behind the converter. it could be on top of the pipe and sometimes it is actually on the very tail of the converter itself again on the top. yes i am sure. i have cat-back dual exhaust. but thanks for asking. has anybody tried the sensor imitator. i guess it is suppose to act like the o2 sensor but isnt. if you have tried it does it work also what happens if you just disconnect the sensor is there a way to test the sensor thanks hank .