Seeking Shock Advice

From : dimbo spams

Q: this is a multi-part message in mime format. ------=nextpart000008901c787ea.1260f6b0 content-type text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 content-transfer-encoding quoted-printable good morning fellow ram heads 2004.5 ctd 3/4 ton ext cab 4 wheel drive off road package 6spd. 4.10 = rear now that the prerequisites are out of the way........... my truck has 65k miles and i am thinking it might be time to replace the = shocks=20 i use the tuck mostly as a daily driver occasionally pull a 7000# rated = tandem car trailer loaded with any number of assorted loads from logs = to my tractor. and at times loads of gravel beauty bark etc in the bed. = although not at the same time as the trailer.................... please advise your recommendations on shocks. tia joe ------=nextpart000008901c787ea.1260f6b0 content-type text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 content-transfer-encoding quoted-printable !doctype html public -//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en htmlhead meta http-equiv=3dcontent-type content=3dtext/html; = charset=3diso-8859-1 meta content=3dmshtml 6.00.6000.16414 name=3dgenerator style/style /head body bgcolor=3d#17d8e8 divgood morning fellow ram heads/div div2004.5 ctd 3/4 ton ext cab 4 wheel drive off road package 6spd. = 4.10=20 rear/div divnow that the prerequisites are out of the way...........

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From : geekboy

on apr 24 530 am bigironram n...@home.com wrote ok my dodge ram leaks about a full radiator full of water in about 200 miles. i dont drive the truck much but anyways. the leak is from the rear of the motor. with the engine running and me on the ground drivers side i see it coming from the very rear up high about the middle of the motor valve cover area. any place in general i should be looking i know these things are prone to freeze plug leaks in the bell shousing but if i see the water there i know its not a freeze plug. intake manifold coolant cooled starting in 1985 dodge small blocks got water cooled intake manifolds to fight the infamous exhaust crossover blockage. im surprised a guy with little knowledge of dodge engines knows about that. my 93 360 ramcharger developed a similar leak that turned out to be a leaking head gasket. i really dont know a lot about dodges in general hell i have never stripped a piston engine. i have done a ton of rotaries but no piston motors. although im well versed around the outside of motors tho. anyways and ideas anyone have something similar to share yeah im gonna have to dig in to it here soon. i need a truck and not one thats costing me a fortune in collant. .

From : steve b

steve though i am not sure if it would fit your needs but these might be something worth looking into. i saw one this morning on the way into work being towed by a 6 banger nissan pathfinder with no issues. www.trailmanor.com the pathfinder has been retired to the utah house for grocery runs. the motor is weak weak weak. when we towed with it we had a burro trailer. this is a version of the scamp and casita trailers that u-haul had made for their rental fleet. they were fiberglass and weighed in at 2500#. they looked like an egg. they had a fridge stove 13500 btu ac solar panel water system lots of goodies on a small trailer. a friend of ours got it from u haul when he worked there. he wanted to get rid of it and sold it to us for $200. we used it for a year and found they were collectors items by trailer enthusiasts. we sold it on ebay for $4300. right now im looking for a toy hauler in the 26 range that will carry two atvs and max out at around 9000# unladen. there are lots of them on the market so ill do some investigation with rv.org and going and looking at them before selecting. steve .

From : mike

good morning fellow ram heads 2004.5 ctd 3/4 ton ext cab 4 wheel drive off road package 6spd. 4.10 rear now that the prerequisites are out of the way........... my truck has 65k miles and i am thinking it might be time to replace the shocks i use the tuck mostly as a daily driver occasionally pull a 7000# rated tandem car trailer loaded with any number of assorted loads from logs to my tractor. and at times loads of gravel beauty bark etc in the bed. although not at the same time as the trailer.................... please advise your recommendations on shocks. tia joe one word bilstein. steve .

From : azwiley1

on apr 26 1229 pm mike m...@localnet.com wrote good morning fellow ram heads 2004.5 ctd 3/4 ton ext cab 4 wheel drive off road package 6spd. 4.10 rear now that the prerequisites are out of the way........... my truck has 65k miles and i am thinking it might be time to replace the shocks i use the tuck mostly as a daily driver occasionally pull a 7000# rated tandem car trailer loaded with any number of assorted loads from logs to my tractor. and at times loads of gravel beauty bark etc in the bed. although not at the same time as the trailer.................... please advise your recommendations on shocks. tia joe ive always had good luck with bilstein shocks. they are a liitle pricey but you get what you pay for. have used pro comp shock all three lines and liked the es3000 best. i found the es9000 too hard and the es1000 too weak. i am currently running rancho rs5000 on my truck and after two months so far i love them. i personally think that bilsteins are over priced but to each his own. .

From : fmb

on apr 26 1229 pm mike m...@localnet.com wrote good morning fellow ram heads 2004.5 ctd 3/4 ton ext cab 4 wheel drive off road package 6spd. 4.10 rear now that the prerequisites are out of the way........... my truck has 65k miles and i am thinking it might be time to replace the shocks i use the tuck mostly as a daily driver occasionally pull a 7000# rated tandem car trailer loaded with any number of assorted loads from logs to my tractor. and at times loads of gravel beauty bark etc in the bed. although not at the same time as the trailer.................... please advise your recommendations on shocks. tia joe ive always had good luck with bilstein shocks. they are a liitle pricey but you get what you pay for. have used pro comp shock all three lines and liked the es3000 best. i found the es9000 too hard and the es1000 too weak. i am currently running rancho rs5000 on my truck and after two months so far i love them. i personally think that bilsteins are over priced but to each his own. yup lots of folks like their bilsteins but i love my rancho 9000s on my 03 2500 ctd 4wd qc lb laramie. fmb north mexico .