Rear axle sensor

From : gekco

Q: recently purchased a 92 dodge dakota v6 with the automatic overdrive. i wish to change tranny fluid. how many quarts of tranny fluid do i need to buy does this take atf+ does this have a plug on the torque converter that allows me to drain it also tia. .

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From : gekco

joe jsarti@ma.rr.com wrote man youve been getting some dangerous advice. dont use an oxy torch to heat steel to cherry red while its sitting in an aluminum head. by the time the steel heats you will melt the aluminum. period. steel reaches cherry at aout 2300 degrees most aluminum alloys melt at about 1800 degrees. see the problem the aluminum will not melt from using a o/a torch to heat the plug shell aluminum dissipates heat much to quickly to melt it with a torch but it really doesnt matter in this case because the ops truck doesnt have aluminum cylinder heads at least it didnt leave the factory that way. .

From : big al

man youve been getting some dangerous advice. dont use an oxy torch to heat steel to cherry red while its sitting in an aluminum head. by the time the steel heats you will melt the aluminum. period. steel reaches cherry at aout 2300 degrees most aluminum alloys melt at about 1800 degrees. see the problem anti sieze will change the heat range characteristics you are placing an insulator in a joint meant to transfer heat. it wont be critical unless youre racing but it will change. a real mechanic will never do it. kroil a little heat not oxy-acetylene and tapping on the plug remains along with a properly sized east-out will do it. repeat the oil/heat/tapping cycle as necessary. be patient. driving ccw with a chisel will work well. use a sharp chisel & make sure youre only driving the plug. dont distort the threads in the head. be very careful on the soft aluminum. joe on 27 jan 2005 125524 -0800 misterbeets misterbeets@pop.netzero.net wrote penetrating oil periodically for 3 days tap-tap-tap with hammer and drift electronics chiller/ice on shell only catch upper edge with chisel and drive around ccw. .

From : tom lawrence

ive got an 03 1500 4x4 qc with about 9100 miles on it. we had a lot of rain yesterday so i got a little moisture tracked in on the floors. well this morning my windshield fogged up a little so i turned the fan most of the way up and switched to full defrost. guess what no defogging. i felt the vents and almost no air was coming out. i checked the floor heater vent and it was blasting out down there. i thought that maybe the computer controls may have goofed up a bit so i shut my truck down for a few minutes then started it and tried again. same thing. the dash vents work fine when switched to that position. when i turn the fan down so i can hear things better i hear a thump when switching from defrost to floor only. i called the dealer to make an appointment for service and he said it sounds like the defrost door is broken! i looked in the factory service manual and it says in order to replace the door or actuator they must drain the coolant recover the refrigerant then remove the entire hvac assembly for disassembly to get at the door. it sounds like they would be opening a can of worms possibly creating future problems for me especially with the airconditioning system being opened up. anyone have any other ideas on what may be wrong i would like to avoid this nightmare repair if at all possible. i am still under warranty but believe in murphys law. if something bad can happen it will. thanks for any replies. hd .

From : gekco

btdt wifes 94 had a plug blow apart in it the only thing left was the threaded portion of the plug. it was stuck real good. came out real easy. first step - stick a small rag or towel into the hole and clean up all the oil/penetrant and any other dirt. second - used a very small torch tip to heat the insert almost red hot. i picked up a small oxy/mapp kit since it was smaller than my big torch. third - use an easy out and screw it in as far as possible. the insert may come out while it is hot but i waited till it cooled. clean up the tools and put a new set of delco plugs in. drive away happy. -- steve williams i think you mean the plug broke in half where the threads are left in the block along with the bottom part yes! thats it. this is time for real penetrating oil not wd40 which is not a real penetrating oil. im going to get some this morning. use real penetrating oil. everybody owns at least some. then let it soak go out and give it a tap every now and then with a hammer and a screwdriver and add more real penetrating oil. repeat as often as necessary until youve loosened the corrosion enough to get it out of the spark plug hole. lg thank you. .