Overdrive 03 Dakota Question

From : kevin mcdermit

Q: can anyone fill me in on the use of the overdrive switch appears as if it defaults to on but can switch it off. is that right and why would i want to switch off the most common use is when towing... you dont want the transmission constantly downshifting to 3rd then shifting back into o/d then back to 3rd. i also disable o/d when driving around town and in areas when im doing less than 45mph.... again just to prevent the repeated upshift/downshift. basically whenever youre in a situation where the trans is going to hunt between 3rd and 4th repeatedly disable o/d. if youre on a highway then of course you want o/d enabled. .

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From : j a m

the check engine light was steady if my memory serves me right but i cant honestly remember.would it make a diff i will have my garage check the codes on monday. i will let you guys know what happens. spray em again because that may be what it is was the lite just one or was it flashing today while driving at around 45 mph the ram began to buck 8 cyl gas auto 4x4 43000 miles then the check engine light came on so i pulled over . when i restarted an hour later she ran fine. it was raining when it first happened. any ideas i did spray the ignition wires with water when i got home but it seemed ok. thanks in advance -- johnnyd .

From : rjljunk

mac davis wrote put little chains on them like pens in a bank i need to learn the trick of how not to bump the wiper arm while the blades are off. windows do not like the spring loaded arm slapping against them without the blade. .

From : tom lawrence

good to hear you guys made it ok! well there was some damage to some underwear . . . . i just got back from flagstaff. was up there most of sunday afternoon. very wet slushy snow. heading north on i-17 from 20 miles south of flagstaff we counted 9 vehicles spun off in the median. on the way back heading south we counted 8. the highway was not snowpacked just light slush. i have never seen this many off the road in all the years ive driven that route. when snowpacked people seem to slow down but on slush they drive 65mph+ in sports cars. the tow truck drivers were having a field day. you guys have still got some tourist caught down there from warm climates ill bet. ive seen it before in the co mountains. on highway 180 from flagstaff to the grand canyon much of it was very snowpacked. not a bit of blacktop showing. we only saw a couple cars spun off. funniest one was a transam that got stuck on the roadway up a slight hill. a bunch of college kids piled out and proceeded to push it into a parking lot and then drove it down a slight hill in over 1 foot deep snow. theyre gonna have a heck of a time pushing it back up out of the lot. 89 and 160 were fine in az but we ran into the stuff on 191 up by monticello ut. btw my last winter in indiana before i moved to co in 77 i spent a day helping people get unstuck . one was a black 70s transam that even with n50-15 tires couldnt get enough traction on the ice to roll over a chunk of ice the size of a hens egg. and with the performance style tires i have on the lebaron im still wondering how i made it home. i think im going to find a set of plain rims that fit and mount mud / snows on them for the front at least. budd .