Question about the differential
From : dennis
Q: on fri 11 aug 2006 135820 gmt realmccoykennels via carkb.com u25144@uwe wrote snoman wrote my 04 ram quadcab with hemi and 3.55 gears gets 11.8 around town. this is after adding a k&n air intake system and a gibson dual extreme exhaust system. beleive it or not these mods especaily the exhaust mod hurt your mpg in town. there is a lot of misconceptions out there on what duals or custom exhaust do to engine efficency and mpg. if it was that easy to gain hp and mpg they would come that way from factory given the pressure they are under for fleet mpg averages but there are those that think detriot is stupid about this. modern engine are well tuned from intake to exhaust tip and when you start improving it you usually make it your mpg worse especailly in town. i could explain why too. ----------------- thesnoman.com thanks for the imput from everyone. im probably going to stick with getting a ram and drive it like a granny. lol!! me i am done buying new big iron. o have a few older ones long paided for and in excellant shape that i use when i need them otherwise it is 4 bangers for daily chores which saves money and makes the big iron last a lot longer too. anything i buy new is going to be cheap to run because gas is only going to cost more as time goes on. thats why you buy a diesel and start growing your own fuel. ----------------- thesnoman.com -- posted via a free usenet account from http//www.tera.com .
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From : tbone
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From : dennis
that is correct it is an open rear. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving thanks guys for the information. i jacked both rear wheels off the ground and they turned in opposite directions. so it must be open differential. i think thanks again dennis b. .
From : tom lawrence
hey....i saw that happen!!!.. thats the reason i bought that big smith... for a little baby zebra sadist.... .
From : roy
on tue 15 aug 2006 025307 gmt max dodge max340@verizon.net wrote more false info. vacuum is a factor of rpm vs throttle position. state of tune is irrelevant unless mechanical problems are present in the valvetrain. max dodges max crap. engine tune has everything to do with it because a detuned engine requires more throttle for the same output. but i guess the escapes him. i will be he believes rolling resistance has no effect either. ----------------- thesnoman.com .
From : denny
mattias wrote check this out.. i have problem starting my dodge ram van b250 - 87 it started this morning and then after shutting it down i could not start it again. the symthom was like a weak battery. using start cables it did not help at all. it was like the extra power did nothing and the startmotor could not be able to turn at all. like the battery is out. im thinking of changing the startmotor what do you think // mattias mattias the starter is mounted to the front of the transmission on the drivers side near the bottom. a voltmeter even a cheap one is your friend. if fully charged the battery terminal voltage will be around 12.6 volts. its telling if the voltage is 2 volts low shorted cell... cranking will be slow at best and jumping from a good battery may not work. bad connections will drop voltage across them proportionate to the current thru them the current thru the starter can easily exceed 100a. while cranking measure across each connection -- there should be very little voltage drop... less than a volt across each connection. if you find one that measures high youve found the problem. the ground side of the battery is as important at the positive side too! oxidized connections to the battery are very common and if not too bad can be cleaned with a wire brush. wire brushes that are intended to clean copper plumbing pipe work well. if the oxidation is heavy you may need to scrape them first. bryan .
From : roy
hi all98 ram 15005.9 4x4 quad cab.90715 miles. for the past weekit has started shifting later than it used toand a couple of times wouldnt shift out of first unless i let off the gasthen it shifted with up through the gears. when this happenedi just got off the freewaypulling away from a stop sign. it hanging on longer to shift.any ideas and suggestions would be appreciated. thanks. elowejr@webtv.net .
From : tom lawrence
snoman wrote on sun 13 aug 2006 104408 -0400 chris thompson kf4drr-nospam@alltel.net wrote bio is more than just a curiosity and it does not have to use food sources to make it. there is a company making bio not far from me that claim to use the trimmed chicken fat from a chicken plant near here for one example. now tell me is that a food stock you would want to use they are using food products that would otherwise wind up in animal feed. nothing is wasted from animal processing plants and was not before it was being used for bio. bio will never be a long term solution and like i said it is just a side track right now and little more. sure somebody may make some money on it now but it will not be viable long term. you can take that to the bank.it is easy to make methanol from coal with distructive distilaltion but it is harder to make a diesel type fuel from it as it really needs to be made for a oil base stock. diesel fuel supplies are being pinched more daily as it is also heat oil and current admin pushed unwisely to have hundreds of new power plants built fueled by oil to support big oil lobbies which further taxes supply other than coal which we have the largest reserves of in the world. a 300 to 500 year known supply to give you even more insight on the problem here and big oils grip on government today one ton of coal trades at about $50 a ton now and when you measure the btu energy content of this like for powering power plants it costs about $350 for the same amount of energy in crude oil or about $450 for the refined heating oil/diesel fuel products at current trade prices. biodiesel may not be the only answer but its a start. as long as it can be produced by the home-brewer cheaper than buying diesel fuel at pump prices it wont go away. commercially produced biodiesel is being sold at the pumps at an increasing rate. the ideal situation for the longevity of biodiesel would be to sell the commerically produced product at the pump for less than what home-brewers can make it for. im not the type of person you would call an enviornmentalist. i do care about pollution and i dont go out of my way to intentionally harm the planet but a tree-hugger i am not. if diesel fuel prices at the pump didnt go over $2.00 a gallon i probably would have never looked into biodiesel. well it did and now im making my own fuel for much less than that. doing so raised my awareness of other energy alternatives too. i wouldnt say it changed my life but it did change my way of thinking somewhat. even if biodiesel is only a short term side track it sure helps /my/ fuel bill and it puts alternative energy a bit closer to the spotlight. the linked article below is long but worth reading. it details some of the problems and some possible solutions of replacing all of the petroleum oil burned in the us for transportation with biodiesel gasoline included. its probably not going to happen but it addresses some of the issues you mentioned. also biodiesel burns very well in home oil furnaces. if i had an oil furnace it would be burning biodiesel this winter. coal how much cleaner does coal burn than oil id be curious to see an emissions comparison as used to fuel power generation facilities. widescale biodiesel production article from university of new hampshire physics department http//www.unh.edu/p2/biodiesel/articlealge.html -- ken .
From : mopar man
our 2000 durnago started making a terrible squealing noise whenever the truck is initially started up and the a/c turned on. if the a/c is turned off the noise goes away after a few moments. if the truck has warmed up a few minutes the noise does not happen at all when a/c is turned on. im 95% sure it has to do with the belt. however would it be belt tension or indication the belt is getting old would it be best to replace the belt now or use belt dressing for a while will this affect the alternator or a/c fuction at all mr. could be the belt tensioner. ive had new ones squeal right out of the box. ken .
From : snoman
on sun 13 aug 2006 220318 gmt tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcien5g@earthlink.net wrote yeah - if your limited slip is worn to the point that it functions like an open diff then it wont work. otherwise it works just fine. not on a gm govloc it may well look open when in fact it works fine. like i said it is not 100%. kinda a better test for a dodge is to jack up both rear wheel and with tranny in neutral when you spin one tire the other will goes same direction and match it. if it goes in reverse it is open. ----------------- thesnoman.com .
From : tom lawrence
anyone know if this product is or will be available for the dodge 5.7 http//www.edgeproducts.com/pdf/fordf-150evolution3.pdf are there any other aftermarket products like this that will interface / control a nos system .
From : snoman
lets make this the end of this thread! thanks for all the tips yes i drove with my foot under the brake pedal so it would never engage the brake light. tried to make sure the throttle didnt move over bumps and did all the testing i could but couldnt figure it out. my gut instinst was the solenoid in the transmission instead of the tps. anyway i got feed up with it yesterday because i feel that there will be some transmission cost in the future and traded it in for another vehicle. at this point i needed to cut my losses. also my job making rockets for israel and the us army takes my total focus. so again thanks but its now somones elses problem. mr ed a dodge owner till the day i die on fri 11 aug 2006 174219 -0700 mr ed mistered56@sbcglobal.net wrote 98 dodge truck 1500 4x4 quad cab short bed gasoline 5.2l 318 ci. 4-speed auto w/overdrive with 60k mi. bought the truck new in 98 - 1st year was ok. started pulling a tiny tent trailer in 99 and noticed on long hauls that the torque converter was locking & unlocking every time i hit a small or large bump. took it to the dodge dealer many times more than 8 times for this problem but they could not find anything wrong. the dealer said it may be a short in the electrical system somewhere but each time could not find it. after the warranty has expired it still continued to do this a few times a week. since may of this year i changed jobs and now have a daily commute on the freeway at sustained speeds above 55 mph. now the tc is unlocking/locking on every bump sometimes every couple of seconds. i have scanned this group for help many times and also www.dodgeram.info.com and have tried to track it down. i got out the voltmeter and checked the throttle position switch and brake light switch. they were both ok. re-routed the spark plug wires so there was no induced current in other nearby plug wires. cleaned the battery and the frame ground wire. checked the manual 3-key on/off sequence to look for any error code. no error code. tried to follow the instructions on forcing the pcm to lock the tc by running a wire & switch off of pcm pin #54 but could not do it because the pcm wiring was not labeled. this week i manually switched off the overdrive before getting on the freeway and at 55+ mph the tc still locked and unlocked. this is with the od switch off! summary now remember this locking/unlocking has only occurred when the truck goes over a bump or encounters a sudden change in wind direction. now for my questions is there a fuse or a way to disable the transmission solenoid for the overdrive lockup like the manual od on/off switch should have done so i can test to see if its 4th gear or not instead of the od tc lockup does anybody have a sketch diagram of the pcm wiring plugs so i can locate pin #54 does anybody have a sketch of the transmission showing the tc solenoid so i can pull the pan and check for a broken wire anyone have this type of problem before end of questions if you dont know dont guess! mr ed dodge owner since the mid 70s .
From : tom lawrence
not on a gm govloc it may well look open when in fact it works fine. youre aware this is a dodge truck group right .
From : tom lawrence
on sun 13 aug 2006 210426 gmt tom lawrence tnloaswpraemnmcien5g@earthlink.net wrote jack up one rear wheel and with the transmission in neutral try turning the wheel. if it turns you have an open differential. if it wont turn you have a limited slip. this does not always work so it is not 100%. ----------------- thesnoman.com .
From : chris thompson
are you some king of racist what exactly is a raghead a raghead is an idiot who wears a rag on his head. hence the name. an alternative term is towelhead. it depends on whether they wear a bathroom towel or just a common garage rag on their head as to whether they are properly called raghead or towelhead. there is nothing racist about it its just an accurate description of what the moron chooses to wear. .
From : denny
of course this would have to happen during a stampede of elephants on the 4th of july between the hours of 345 and 415 during a hail storm with one baby zebra.... but it could happen hey....i saw that happen!!!.. thats the reason i bought that big smith...just in case it ever happened again.. give the smith to your daughter we know she is the better shot. ill leave the one liners about elephants alone for now. bfg roy vbg denny .
From : snoman
whether by a total screw up or after market not likely but still possible though very remote indeed. okay ill concede that point. if someone were drunk off his butt at the assembly plant and accidentally shipped a rear axle for a colorado down to saltillo and another chrysler worker were similarly drunk off his butt and installed that axle under a dakota then maybe - just maybe - some poor dak driver would jack up one rear tire turn it freely and feel he got ripped off by his dealer for installing an open diff when he paid for an lsd. of course this would have to happen during a stampede of elephants on the 4th of july between the hours of 345 and 415 during a hail storm with one baby zebra.... but it could happen by the way - does 8.25 equal 8.0 yet just checking.... .