Sissy Seat Society
From : mike simmons
Q: thanks for the welcome back red. how have you been on the 2k dak you should have 6.5 7 up front and 5.25 in the rear. i would recommend audiobahn earthquake mtx or fosgate for speakers. audiobahn has a higher power handling ability as well as a high damn hes back giving stereo advice always good to here from a real expert!!!!!! g politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
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From : azwiley1
mac this is your area isnt it did you drop dinner out of your truck this aint your daddys wabbit... http//www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes//state/7917619.htm or http//tinyurl.com/2psj2 -- sss #11 only one b in fmb .
From : iowabigguy
heard they not only increase hp but also mileage. any opinions on that do a google search of this group the subject has come up once or twice before i believe if you are lucky you might find oh maybe half a dozen posts or so bfg politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
From : fmb
with my 99 dakota 5.2 4x4 auto trans 3.55 gears i average 11.6 mpg. on longer road trips with a lot of cruising at 60-70 i can get it up to 14. i talked to a guy at the gas station when he was filling his cuda he said that dodges get 10mpg doesnt matter what it is they always get 10. i put about 200 miles a month on my truck now so the mileage is not that much of an issue any more. the motorcycle gets 45-50 mpg so i commute on that instead the 4wd is nice to have but have found that the limited slip is useless once a wheel leaves the ground while crawling. need to get lockers for it.any recommendations greetings recently i purchased a 2001 dodge ram 1500 quad cab/ off road package with an automatic transmission with a 5.9 liter magnum gas engine. i love it except for the dismal gas mileage. on the open road holding steady at 75mph its getting 10 mpg. thats the best it does! its got one of those headliner mounted information centers that can display the current mpg. i turned the dang thing off because i dont want to see sometimes single digits for my current mpg cruising down the open road!! plus with the cruise set and driving over some hilly terrain the transmission shifts up and down more than expected. oh and when i put it in four wheel drive the front steering seems like it really binds a lot. any opinions thanks!! -----= posted via feeds.com uncensored usenet =----- http//www.feeds.com - the #1 group service in the world! -----== over 100000 groups - 19 different servers! =----- .
From : roy
john a. stephens wrote spelling is the use of rote memory which takes little or no intelligence. intelligence is the ability to solve complex problems. if we were to use intelligence to spell we would spell words phonetically. so why make spelling an issue instigating factor for humor smh .
From : denny
tbone wrote what make the difference is the beam pattern not the color. they are fog lights even though they are white. i almost never get shit when i have them on and on the rare occasion that i do i flash them back my high beams and that usually corrects the problem. some people just see more than two white lights and get all bent out of shape even though they are not blinding them. ....that usually corrects the problem. you dont really believe that do you i mean you cant be that dense are you other drivers are politely telling you that your fog lights are on and they are creating glare. no other drivers see more than two white lights and are either afraid of the glare that is never going to come or just have an attitude much like yourself. you in turn say screw you. that is not correcting the problem. correcting the problem would be turning the fogs off. lol and you know this how perhaps you missed the part where i said almost never get people flashing their high beams at me. fog lights dont create a glare and the only problem is with the few with attitudes. use your head for a change. use fog lights when you need them use drls when you need them. fog lights are not drls. my truck does not have drls and what difference would it make if it did do you flash your headlights at people with drls. with your attitude it appears that you do. where did i say that i used my fog lights all of the time or is that just an assumption of yours and incorrect at that. running with them on all the time just points out what a pompous jerk other drivers see you as. once again bobby boy where did i state that i used them all of the time just another stupid kid driver who should be in a honda civic. do you think less of people that drive a honda civic bobby why is that next youll be asking how to turn the fogs on with the high beams! you do tend to assume a lot and seem to usually get it wrong. making the fog lights turn on with the high beams is not difficult but what would be the point or for that matter what would be the harm now i know ive gotten your dander up and now youre all defensive. rofl. it will take much more than these childish attacks to get me going bobby boy. have you read one reply on this board telling you that running the fog lights all the time is a good idea do you live your life by what you read in this ng i hope not but believe so. as for running with my fog lights on all of the time never have and never will but there are a few roads that tend to be dear infested and i do use them there because they light up the sides of the road much better than the trucks worthless headlights. oh and btw they are the factory fog lights mounted in the factory location below the bumper and couldnt cause a glare even at there max up adjustment. doesnt that give you a clue perhaps you should get a clue and ask if i drive with them on all of the time before making an idiot out of yourself. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : yonzie
dontmind the redneck he always trys to be annoying have yet to see him actually answer a question. on fri 06 feb 2004 173445 gmt pce esty@nbnet.nb.ca wrote an appropriate response for someone who goes by redneck. oranges are sweeter and juicier but take more time to peel. apples are chewier not as messy to eat and no prep time to eat them. vitamin benefits are about the same a little more vitamin c in oranges. im asking for a little advice so please keep your negativety out of here. peter .
From : mike simmons
redneck tookover hell wrote this is a follow-up to the thread cummins vs hemi which as threads usually do...went way off on a tangent. at least you learned how to spell cummins this time. thats your positive stroke politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. spelling is the use of rote memory which takes little or no intelligence. intelligence is the ability to solve complex problems. if we were to use intelligence to spell we would spell words phonetically. so why make spelling an issue .
From : mike simmons
redneck tookover hell wrote this is a follow-up to the thread cummins vs hemi which as threads usually do...went way off on a tangent. at least you learned how to spell cummins this time. thats your positive stroke politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. spelling is the use of rote memory which takes little or no intelligence. intelligence is the ability to solve complex problems. if we were to use intelligence to spell we would spell words phonetically. so why make spelling an issue intelligence is also the ability to figure out how to turn on auto-spellchecker for those of us that just cant spell like me .
From : mike simmons
fwpp witnessprotectionprogram@imnottelling.com wrote in snipped same here. the advantage is clearly rwd because the drive wheels are different from the steering wheels. joe black 03 dakota 5.9 r/t cc calypso green 93 mustang 5.0 lx hatch with a few goodies actually that is what gives the rwd the disadvantage. with fwd the front wheels with the majority of weight pull in the direction you steer. if those front wheels are slipping the only place the car is going is out of control. no steering along with no drive traction = out of control. complete bull just because the front wheels are slipping doesnt mean that they have lost all traction just some of it. care to explain what partial traction is partial traction is a reduced traction force. perhaps you should look up the coefficient of friction and how it relates to static and moving sliding objects. if the tires lost all traction when they slide they would provide no force at all. this would mean that you could never do a donut or power slide and that a skidding car would never stop unless it hit something. when somthing is spinning it has lost traction. while true that is not completely correct. it has lost some traction not all. sometimes enough traction is lost where the force being applied is no longer enough to move the vehicle but that is not always the case. how many times did you light up the tires on your vette and i bet that it still moved. if all traction was lost then it would have just sat there and the tires would spin and never got warm. as long as you have friction you have traction. and the only question is do you have enough. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving now how much friction is there on snow or ice remember we were going round about control. and you can have the last on this one.g roy .
From : mac davis
are heated after a few beers and a bowl of chili. sir while i have no doubt that your neons seats get pretty toasty from time to time i regret that this organization is for members who have internally heated seats rather than the externally heated seats ala your poor neon. say orville you know one of the fine local bar establishments up here is having a chili cookoff on sat feb 21st. there maybe an opportunity for a lot of toasty leather seats that day itd be pretty cool if by some chance you and your truck could make it up for that. we could park it right out front and really draw attention to the issue of heated leather seats versus beer mixed with chili toasted leather seats probably even schedule some demonstrations of the difference this all occurrs at the silver dollar bar in spanaway wa not to be confused with the silver dollar casino which is up the road a couple miles bring your own rolaids!!!!!! g politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
From : mac davis
redneck tookover hell wrote hey dale back off!!!! if we sent any more then we would have to clean our own rest rooms and serve our own burgers. never thought of that dale somehow i think the usa has way more illegal mexicans than 3 million. we could probably easily send 2 or 3 times that and still have ample labor politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. hell. theres 3 million of them here in dallas alone hogging the left lane of central expressway. bob -- that big propeller is there to cool the pilot. watch how much he sweats when it stops. .
From : mac davis
spelling is the use of rote memory which takes little or no intelligence. intelligence is the ability to solve complex problems. if we were to use intelligence to spell we would spell words phonetically. so why make spelling an issue a while back i dont remember who or from which group had a sig line to the extent of spelling mistakes left on purpose for anal retentive people to justify their existance which is kinda how i feel about it as well! 79 t/a ws6 455 hurst 4 spd blk w/ t-tops heavily fortified 4mpg 00 ram 2500hd qc v-10 4x4blk5 spd410 lsd 10mpg 98 intruder 1400 blk 5 spd 25mpg .
From : mac davis
on my 95 dak i had to unplug the connecter at each bulb and put the connector from the wiring harness on the bulb then plug the original connector into that. hey all bought a new qcab dakato 4x4 and also purchased dealer trailer wiring harness that has plug-ins into existing wiring at rear of truck. only problem is that i dont see any plug-ins at rear or middle of truck...there is one for licence plate light but thats it. does anyone know where these plug into thanks .
From : redneck tookover hell
my durango seems to only have one drive wheel! after driving through a muddy area i noticed that only one side of the vehicle had mud spun on it. ive tried to get both wheels to spin but can only determine that one wheel propels the vehicle. isnt a limited slip required to be called 4x2 thats how this vehicle is presented on the window sticker. how can i tell if i have a limited slip axle can i make chrysler put one in since this is supposed to be a 4x2 .
From : denny
ok gang i am asking you all this because i know i will get some answers along with the shit so... here in the next few months i will be hopefully spending a little money on the truck and would like some thoughts. i am going to add steps of some type and either a grill guard or brush bar of some type. the one thing i am not sure on is color black or polished stainless not chrome. thoughts! .
From : roy
same here. the advantage is clearly rwd because the drive wheels are different from the steering wheels. just to throw a little gasoline on this discussion last sunday on speed channel they showed a rallye from sweden on snow. i only watched a couple minutes but sure looked like those cars had fwd the way the front tires were throwing rooster tails and those guys were really throwing the cars sideways and drifting the announcer claimed they hit 120 on the straights of snowpack now if having the front wheels drive and steer on snow/ice is bad those guys certainly dont subscribe to that theory whooooosh g sound of gasoline lighting i enjoy watching those road rally races. they are usually on dirt mud and/or snow. most of the cars are all wheel drive. lots of mods and you are right they fly! bill .
From : denny
hi joe thanks for the input. what if i just want to replace the head unit and keep all else the same iow wire the new head to the infinity amp etc big deal does crutchfiels have a harness for it thanks. --mike all true. because the oem head unit infinity amp and factory crossovers are all hooked into the factory harness its necessary to rewire right from the new head unit to an aftermarket amp if applicable to the new crossovers and to the new speakers. its not a trivial job but probably worth it if the new components are decent. joe black 03 dakota 5.9 r/t cc calypso green 93 5.0 mustang lx hatch with a few goodies azwiley1 azwiley1@spamearthblowslynk.net wrote in michael i have been doing car audio for almost 13 years a lot on and off but none the less i can tell you it is not as easy as just installing a new head unit. each vehicle is different. the problem lies here though if you install say the alpine cda-9811 am/fm/cd/mp3/wma player w/built in eq and crossover which is a 50x4 unit and you connect the amp trigger lines together guess what you just negated the power on the deck and are only using the amp in the truck. you have to completely by pass the amp in the truck by running new wires to the speakers to tapping in to the factory wires past the amp to use the features of the new unit. the same would apply if you added a new amp to the new deck. hope this helps and clears it up some. hi joe so would replacing the head unit be a simple exercise if the amp is seperate i want a unit that will play mp3s on a cd. the stock unit on my 03 will not. it is the infinity system btw. --mike iamgoode@aol.com iamgoode wrote in im looking to upgrade my factory stereo ive blown 3 infinity speakers now and im ready for something else. i want to replace the front speakers wtih better quality but the same size and put something a little larger in the back doors its a quad cab. my questions are does the back speaker set up have a cross over in the premium factory system would seperates or coaxial work better in the back anyone have luck running any larger speakers under the factory grilles recommended wattage ratings thanks. sean rec.bicycles.marketplace the 00 dak sound system is similar to the 03 which is what i have. the basic layout is this stock oem head unit about 5 watts/channel rms speaker leads feed the infinity amp about 15 watts/channel rms in the passenger kick panel which in turn drives the speakers. btw the infinity amp is very heavily eqd to compensate for the lousy speakers. in the cc the front speakers are components whereas the rears are simply coaxial. dont know about the qc rears but the fronts are the same. the crossovers are somewhere in the wiring between the speakers and the infinity amp which is garbage btw. assuming youre not going with a subwoofer your best bet is to get a new head unit an aftermarket amp if you can afford it and 4 component speakers. components will almost always sound better than coaxials - you just need adequate power for them. on the qc the woofer size is 6-3/4 all around. some components come with tweeters mounted in the woofer others have separate tweeters like the fronts in your qc. regardless theyll all have crossovers. either way youll be able to find components that can fit. also make sure you get adquate wiring based on your amps rating. joe black 03 dakota 5.9 r/t cc calypso green 93 mustang 5.0 lx hatch with a few goodies .
From : mike simmons
last august there was a thread where i described how to wire up the fog lamps to come on with the ignition here is a copy of the post. good luck and dont forget to us a fuse. here are the specifics got an in-line fuse holder with a couple of inches of wire on each end. crimped on a set of lugs the same size as the pins on the relays and fuses. fuse #37 is a spare run fuse positrion. and pin 87 on the relay goes o the fog lamps and indicator. removed the relay and pluged in the jumper. with the ignition switch in the run position i have fog lamps. to reverse it just remove the jumper and reinstall the relay. on mon 9 feb 2004 134848 -0500 rchkthfm@bellsouth.net wrote i have a 99 quad-cab. when i turn on my lights i always pull out the light switch to turn on the fog driving lights. is there a way to rewire the fog lights to come on when i turn on my headlights. thanks .
From : mike simmons
id definately look into aluminum for both the brush guard and the steps. any kind of steel would be too heavy and could over-stress your frame to the point of failure. also make sure the grill guard doesnt impede the hood from opening in any way - since youre under the hood about as much as youre in the cab you dont want to be reaching over or around a big guard everytime you need to fix the damn engine. oh by the way - welcome back larry okay - all kidding aside ive always been partial to cps or chrome plated stainless. you get the best of both worlds - the durability and usually lifetime warranty of stainless with the protection and shine of chrome uncoated stainless tends to dull or yellow over time. make sure all the hardware is stainless as well. replace the stock hardware if its not stainless some companies cheap out. nothing looks worse than a nice shiny accessory with rusty bolts holding it on. .
From : mike simmons
thanks tom it feels good to be back. hmm reaching over or around to fix the engine yes that could be a problem if i had a ford. shame though i took better care of my dodge then i do the z-71 hell i bet this thing to death sometimes. dodge had 79k when i trade it in z-71 is 2 years newer with 133k and not a leak of ping. maybe i should have keep the ram bg any particular brands for steps i am thinking the gorhino 6k series wheel to wheel modular. for the front i dont think i want a full front guard maybe something like a bull bar or the outlander i think from westin. id definately look into aluminum for both the brush guard and the steps. any kind of steel would be too heavy and could over-stress your frame to the point of failure. also make sure the grill guard doesnt impede the hood from opening in any way - since youre under the hood about as much as youre in the cab you dont want to be reaching over or around a big guard everytime you need to fix the damn engine. oh by the way - welcome back larry okay - all kidding aside ive always been partial to cps or chrome plated stainless. you get the best of both worlds - the durability and usually lifetime warranty of stainless with the protection and shine of chrome uncoated stainless tends to dull or yellow over time. make sure all the hardware is stainless as well. replace the stock hardware if its not stainless some companies cheap out. nothing looks worse than a nice shiny accessory with rusty bolts holding it on. .
From : roy
do not mess with the air bag wiring with the battery connected!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! actually if you dont know what you are doing id suggest finding a dealer who will help. an airbag can kill if you or seriously injure you. shouldnt an 8 year old child be big enough to sit in an approved booster seat on thu 12 feb 2004 212034 gmt mmc merlinuxo@yahoo.com wrote hi ive just bought a 04 ram 1500 quad cab and am very happy with it. i have an 8 year old daughter who goes everywhere with me and i need to disconnect the passenger side air bag to make it legal and safe for her to ride in the front with me. the quad cabs dont have the key switch in the dash supposed to stick the kids in the back seat. i think i found the plug above the glove box yellow with an orange plastic tab but am unsure about messing around with it and getting the bag to function with my noggin right in front of it. is this the right plug how do the air bags actuate thanks merlin. .
From : roy
i am traing to change the fuel filter and i habe never domne it. do you have to purge the system after replacing the filter if so how do you do it any help please fill the filter canister with clean fuel and install remember to put the filter in the canister too.. then cycle the lift pump a couple of times and you should start right up. roy .
From : denny
anyone tried a block sealer for a water leak such as k&w block seal or cargo seal up -- ed light smiley -/ ms smiley - send spam to the ftc at uce@ftc.gov thanks robots. .
From : redneck tookover hell
replacing the tc takes about 550.00 in labor tranny shop just to remove and reinstall the tranny after the tc is replaced. been there done that. thats what the labor book calls for. you could actually do it in less time without completely pulling the tranny but i digress. the mechanic has to eat too. chris i have a 2001 ram 1500 4x4 with a bad torque converter. i bought the truck used and do not have a warranty. it has 42000 miles on it. the dealer says they have to remove the transmission to check the torque converter. they tell me this adds an additional cost of $700 because the seals will have to be replaced when it is reinstalled. another mechanic tells me that the dealer is lying to me and that he can check the torque converter without having to remove the transmission and can replace the converter without having to replace the seals. which one is telling the truth .
From : roy
personally i only turn them on when its foggy...thats why i thought they were called fog lights and not running lights. at $40.00 a pop ill agree with you. it riles them to believe that you perceive the web they weave the moody blues .
From : denny
try taking the jack stands out from under it next time - jack stands must be a jersey thing. most other places they use concret blocks!!!!! g politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
From : redneck tookover hell
dangerous may not have been the best word but with the heavy weight of the truck and most of it being in the front they do tend to make the back of the truck slide around much easier. while i agree that much of it is due to drivers skill in the real world many of the drivers of these vehicles are not very skilled at all. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving limited slip diffs have both good and bad points and one of the bad points can be dangerous so unless it is requested when someone orders the truck they usually dont have them. how are they dangerous maybe to a person who doesnt know how to drive than anything is dangerous 79 t/a ws6 455 hurst 4 spd blk w/ t-tops heavily fortified 4mpg 00 ram 2500hd qc v-10 4x4blk5 spd410 lsd 10mpg 98 intruder 1400 blk 5 spd 25mpg .
From : redneck tookover hell
the drive gear wasnt changed but if the interface in the new tranny was different than the old one obviously that would make for the difference on the speedometer. so this must mean that the tranny senses speed off the speedo output as part of determining shift points anyhow i suppose that is a starting point. thanks scott the selectable speedo drive pinion gear matches the speed sensor output to the combination of rear axle gear ratio and tire diameter. it has nothing to do with shift points. the shift points are controlled in part by the throttle valve. the throttle valve is connected to the throttle by a cable or linkage that is adjustable. adjusting the throttle valve linkage/cable so that the lever on the transmission is further forward for any given throttle setting will cause the transmission to shift earlier. john .