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From : roy
Q: gotta have some help here. if i buy a cummins it is about 5k more than the hemi. given the difference in fuel costs and taking into consideration the mileage difference as well as maintenance costs i figure to be approx. 125k miles to a brake even point. does that sound right to you folks i spent some time driving a 05 hemi powered 2500 4x4 last night very impressive truck. a couple of you own them or just sold one please jump in here need all the pros and cons. also the same truck with a cummins very impressive truck as well. guess it comes down to need vs. want. will i be doing a lot of towing in the next couple of years probably not. will i be plowing snow it looks that way. gotta find out how these hemis plow snow anybody have a blade on one roy first are you gonna keep it to 125k second i prefer using a gas over a diesel when plowing. it sounds petty but the initial throttle response is better with a gas and i like that when plowing. i know a couple of guys with the 5.7 that plow and they both like them. both are under 20000 miles but have been trouble free so far. denny cmbba probably not to 125k. my 2k had great throttle response. of course that was after the dtt talk about instant on. seriously i know what ya mean the 03 i used last storm wasnt that snappy i think it is the convertor that is different. wtf is cmbba roy .
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From : willis harkness
jason lynch wrote anyone help out with the wire colors for a 2005 dakota stereo stock cd not infinity system. thanks i really need the switched power line not constant for an amp hookup buy a wire harness from any local car stereo shop. they only cost $10 or so and will save you alot of headaches. no splicing too! on my 2004 durango there was no switched power available on the stereo connector. the stock stereo turns on and off by computer codes. so i ran a wire to the cigarette lighter when i mounted an aftermarket stereo. .
From : willis harkness
that sounds about right. i was told at the cummins factory that the millage will go up a bit when i get about 50000 miles on my dodge. i now get 16.6 and this is with a 4.10 rear end and a 5 speed auto trans. i dont think 16.6 is too shabby! i had a ford 3/4 ton with the 5.4 gas engine and i never got more that 17 avg.. the 2004-2005 trucks are a lot heavier that your dads 1997. my new truck is getting only about 15 mpg. my dads 1997 averages 20 mpg or better. my truck only has about 11000 miles on it. is my fuel mileage average or just too early to tell while the engine breaks in .
From : carolina watercraft works inc
wtf does that have to do with dodge trucks cant i have a single place where i can go & not have to wade through football threads dont you have a football group that you can post to why is it that everything has to be about football even the daytona 500 is called the superbowl of motorsports! no its not! there is no comparision!!!! im sick of it! paul aka tha driver giggle cream - it makes dessert *funny*! .
From : denny
gotta have some help here. if i buy a cummins it is about 5k more than the hemi. given the difference in fuel costs and taking into consideration the mileage difference as well as maintenance costs i figure to be approx. 125k miles to a brake even point. does that sound right to you folks i spent some time driving a 05 hemi powered 2500 4x4 last night very impressive truck. a couple of you own them or just sold one please jump in here need all the pros and cons. also the same truck with a cummins very impressive truck as well. guess it comes down to need vs. want. will i be doing a lot of towing in the next couple of years probably not. will i be plowing snow it looks that way. gotta find out how these hemis plow snow anybody have a blade on one roy first are you gonna keep it to 125k second i prefer using a gas over a diesel when plowing. it sounds petty but the initial throttle response is better with a gas and i like that when plowing. i know a couple of guys with the 5.7 that plow and they both like them. both are under 20000 miles but have been trouble free so far. denny cmbba probably not to 125k. my 2k had great throttle response. of course that was after the dtt talk about instant on. seriously i know what ya mean the 03 i used last storm wasnt that snappy i think it is the convertor that is different. wtf is cmbba roy nosey gave me a honorary degree in another thread... ******************************** certificate of achievement awarded to denny on this 6th day of february 2005 for successfully bullshitting your way through life wearing a floppy eared pink fuzzy suit you are hereby designated certified master bunny bullshit artist ******************************** aint it great!!!!!!! denny cmbba now im thinking what else i can make from cmbba. vbg roy go for it!! may the best one win.. grand prize is the use of the bunny suit for a weekend. runner up gets the machine if mac will give it up.. denny cmbba .
From : tom lawrence
60 amps that might light your cigarettes but not your starter. check your battery condition. next voltage drop test. got a voa meter .
From : tom lawrence
fyi today while i was draining the coolant on my 2000 truck i noticed that one of my lower exhaust manifold bolts took a walk might want to check yours once in awhile. it was the last one back on the bottom. .
From : roy
475 hp!!! what the hell are you smoking 425hp... the poor guys confused as if that wasnt obvious .
From : mouse
back on a couple of times the fans will stop. i have even turned the car off and noticed that the fans were not running just to have the fans start up later while the van has been off for awhile. any ideas thanks in advance... -- john behneman john.behneman at gmail dot com yup.. the radiator fan relay which is a transistor type relay is more then likely the culprit. it is located on the left side frame rail under the battery tray if this is a 3.3 -3.8 liter remove the air cleaner assembly and air filter box and you will see it glenn beasley chrysler tech .
From : denny
does anyone have any experience running bio-diesel in their cummins .
From : tom lawrence
sixteen plugs at $3.50 ea thru mopar and 1.6 hrs labor per alldata. the pcv is under $10 iirc and there really isnt much else to do. i still want to know how you change the plugs on #5... you know the ones right underheath the brake booster if i told ya then id have to kill ya..... vbg denny .
From : mike simmons
sixteen plugs at $3.50 ea thru mopar and 1.6 hrs labor per alldata. the pcv is under $10 iirc and there really isnt much else to do. i still want to know how you change the plugs on #5... you know the ones right underheath the brake booster .
From : yonzie
roy wrote the subject was in the header you didnt have to read it. sheeesh ********** i didnt read it. but i had to scan through it & alot of others about football in several forums that have nothing to do with football. you dont get enough football in the media then start a group about football & let me get a little fucking peace from it here! its the football fans like you that need to grow up!!!! sheeeese indeed! paul aka tha driver giggle cream - it makes dessert *funny*! and your contribution has been gfy! roy wait till we start talking about tater guns .
From : mike simmons
why max thank you.. lol ok not to continue a flame war that has gone on here and wow its going. as far as malpractice and repeat testing at the doctors office. not many people pay attention to the fact that both of those are why the insurance is so high. even with deductables. i dont have incurance on my 4 year old because it is so high. but thats my problem i guess. as for the technisions part of this. i expect more from the doctors as far as tests also why i cant buy a new me if it gets to screwed up. and the only thing humons have done in the last 100000+ years is get taller smarter and older. - well as far as evalution has done. i hope i didnt affend anybody just thaught my half cent would be fun to post. and you did a good job ....posting partick -- if your going to do somthing stupid might as well be smart about it!!! you apparently dont know me. i have bitched to doctors lawyers and indian chiefs. i feel one of the nations biggest problems is the fact people are too easy. they know little so they dont bitch enough and would rather accept what is told to them rather than research it and find out they have been duped. the majority of people would rather pay the bill than have a confrontation. on the flip side i praise the people that treat me fairly and honestly. i spread the word on their performance trying to get them more business and such. i have wrote letters to their bosses commending them as well as complaint letters if they screw up. if people would complain/praise more this would be a better world. i call them as i see them. hank masterbitcher - ------------------------------------------------------ i respect that line of thought. its good to see that there are still those out that that repect a job well done yet stand firm when done wrong. this line of thought only works when a person applies it in all aspects of their life as you have not just their vehicle. brent master ase and gold certified chrysler technician .
From : roy
gotta have some help here. if i buy a cummins it is about 5k more than the hemi. given the difference in fuel costs and taking into consideration the mileage difference as well as maintenance costs i figure to be approx. 125k miles to a brake even point. does that sound right to you folks i spent some time driving a 05 hemi powered 2500 4x4 last night very impressive truck. a couple of you own them or just sold one please jump in here need all the pros and cons. also the same truck with a cummins very impressive truck as well. guess it comes down to need vs. want. will i be doing a lot of towing in the next couple of years probably not. will i be plowing snow it looks that way. gotta find out how these hemis plow snow anybody have a blade on one roy first are you gonna keep it to 125k second i prefer using a gas over a diesel when plowing. it sounds petty but the initial throttle response is better with a gas and i like that when plowing. i know a couple of guys with the 5.7 that plow and they both like them. both are under 20000 miles but have been trouble free so far. denny cmbba probably not to 125k. my 2k had great throttle response. of course that was after the dtt talk about instant on. seriously i know what ya mean the 03 i used last storm wasnt that snappy i think it is the convertor that is different. wtf is cmbba roy nosey gave me a honorary degree in another thread... ******************************** certificate of achievement awarded to denny on this 6th day of february 2005 for successfully bullshitting your way through life wearing a floppy eared pink fuzzy suit you are hereby designated certified master bunny bullshit artist ******************************** aint it great!!!!!!! denny cmbba now im thinking what else i can make from cmbba. vbg roy .
From : tom lawrence
roy what figures are you using for mileage and per gallon cost for fuel ive been considering a diesel for myself for my next truck. currently i have the 01 2500 with 360. been plowing with my hiniker 8 blade and love it so far. -- laszlo almasi carolina watercraft works inc. dont you hate it when money beats out love gotta have some help here. if i buy a cummins it is about 5k more than the hemi. given the difference in fuel costs and taking into consideration the mileage difference as well as maintenance costs i figure to be approx. 125k miles to a brake even point. does that sound right to you folks i spent some time driving a 05 hemi powered 2500 4x4 last night very impressive truck. a couple of you own them or just sold one please jump in here need all the pros and cons. also the same truck with a cummins very impressive truck as well. guess it comes down to need vs. want. will i be doing a lot of towing in the next couple of years probably not. will i be plowing snow it looks that way. gotta find out how these hemis plow snow anybody have a blade on one roy .
From : mike simmons
on thu 10 feb 2005 104032 -0500 dick puter413atyahoo.com wrote i replaced all the bearings in my dakota axle 2 years ago now its making some noise again mostly on a right turn. i suspect the left carrier bearing any thoughts i didnt have a adjusting. spanner or other tool or torsion bar to adj. preload properly when i did it before. what year torsion bar will fit the adjusting nut through the axle tube its a 97 8 1/4 29 spline with posi. dick i made mine out of a piece of 1/2 all thread with a nut welded on one end and a hex head pipe bushing 3/8 x welded on the other. i dont recall the size of the bushing but it fit really nice in the adjuster. then you use you torque wrench on the nut end. beekeep .
From : mac davis
mac davis wrote on thu 10 feb 2005 015251 gmt denny wddodge@woh.rr.com wrote now im thinking what else i can make from cmbba. vbg roy go for it!! may the best one win.. grand prize is the use of the bunny suit for a weekend. runner up gets the machine if mac will give it up.. denny cmbba ive never seen your alleged machine wabbit... if it really exists its probably used in your truck in place of heated seats... and it seems like the funny bunny suit would be a punishment not a prize.. mac please remove splinters before emailing i think red has the machine thats probably why we havent heard from him in along time. he got sucked up in his work dale .
From : mike simmons
transurgeon wrote seems i recall there was a tsb out by dc recommending the service departments change all vehicles to atf+4 as they came into the shops. i assume this was if the customer agreed to the change as it wasnt necessary if the customer didnt want it. last time i had my truck serviced 99 cummins auto i asked the service manager about this and he said he would change over if i wish but he recommended i stick with the atf+3 because of price. in addition you can buy atf+3 from several different companies. he also told me once you switch to atf+4 you cannot switch back to atf+3. wrong you can switch or mix 3 or 4 in a vehicle requiring type 3 no that is not correct. this is from the tsb note atf+4 is compatible with atf+3 and atf+2. atf+4 can be used to top off vehicles that currently have atf+2 or atf+3. do not use atf+2 or atf+3 to top off vehicles that have atf+4 fluid. so if you read carefully you see you can add atf+4 to atf+3 but you cannot add atf+3 to atf+4. in other words once you completely change over to atf+4 there is no going back unless of course you can drain 100% of the fluid out first. jerry .
From : mike simmons
on wed 9 feb 2005 190351 -0600 mike simmons mikesim@yhti.net wrote guess it comes down to need vs. want. will i be doing a lot of towing in the next couple of years probably not. will i be plowing snow it looks that way. gotta find out how these hemis plow snow anybody have a blade on one roy your payback miles sounds about right. i figgered mine to be about 100k. keep in mind that with the cummins you get about $2-$3k back for the diesel when you get ready to sell it. mike bosstd how about the cost of tuning up that 16 spark plug beast mike would that be enough of a maintenance cost to be worth factoring in sixteen plugs at $3.50 ea thru mopar and 1.6 hrs labor per alldata. the pcv is under $10 iirc and there really isnt much else to do. times three since ya gotta do it every 30k. plus the oil change interval on the hemi is 3k vs 7.5k for the cummins..... but since ol rattles uses twice the amount of oil that cancels itself. mike denny cmbbc .
From : denny
ot score denny 2 but welcome by most who are in this group daily thadriver 2 unwelcomed ot bitching changing name to thadrivel ******** thats funny! consider this is the only place ive complained but the ot score for football is around thirty just in the few groups i check. then go check a few more im sure you can get way more than thirty. im just really tired of hearing about it & completely off-topic in these groups! half the shit we talk about is ot. if you dont want to read it dont click on it. if football is sooooo welcomed why dont you just start a football group & leave the rest of us alone cause its so fun to see how easy it is to get some people riled up about absolutly nothing. if you wouldnt have bitched about it this thread would have been dead..... hey!! im a poet..... denny cmbba .
From : mac davis
roy nosey gave me a honorary degree in another thread... ******************************** certificate of achievement awarded to denny on this 6th day of february 2005 for successfully bullshitting your way through life wearing a floppy eared pink fuzzy suit you are hereby designated certified master bunny bullshit artist ******************************** aint it great!!!!!!! denny cmbba thats great...thanks for the morning chuckle .
From : denny
i replaced all the bearings in my dakota axle 2 years ago now its making some noise again mostly on a right turn. i suspect the left carrier bearing any thoughts i didnt have a adjusting. spanner or other tool or torsion bar to adj. preload properly when i did it before. what year torsion bar will fit the adjusting nut through the axle tube its a 97 8 1/4 29 spline with posi. dick .
From : mike simmons
gotta have some help here. if i buy a cummins it is about 5k more than the hemi. given the difference in fuel costs and taking into consideration the mileage difference as well as maintenance costs i figure to be approx. 125k miles to a brake even point. does that sound right to you folks i spent some time driving a 05 hemi powered 2500 4x4 last night very impressive truck. a couple of you own them or just sold one please jump in here need all the pros and cons. also the same truck with a cummins very impressive truck as well. guess it comes down to need vs. want. will i be doing a lot of towing in the next couple of years probably not. will i be plowing snow it looks that way. gotta find out how these hemis plow snow anybody have a blade on one roy your payback miles sounds about right. i figgered mine to be about 100k. keep in mind that with the cummins you get about $2-$3k back for the diesel when you get ready to sell it. mike bosstd big ole sissy seated truck driver denny cmbba .
From : tbone
the subject was in the header you didnt have to read it. sheeesh ********** i didnt read it. but i had to scan through it & alot of others about football in several forums that have nothing to do with football. you dont get enough football in the media then start a group about football & let me get a little fucking peace from it here! its the football fans like you that need to grow up!!!! sheeeese indeed! paul aka tha driver giggle cream - it makes dessert *funny*! .
From : andy s
i have a 2000 3/4 ton cummins that doesnt like to cold start...it will crank for 8-10 seconds before it fires... i may be way off here. my dodge is the first diesel i have ever owned. when i was younger my father owned an oldmobile 98 regency with the converted 350 diesel. remember that disaster anyhow it may not be applicable on a true diesel but he use to have the same trouble when the car got up in age/mileage. he talked to a mechanic who told him to put in 5 gallons of keroseen sp and the rest diesel fuel. he did and after burning that tank of fuel the cranking problems went away and it fired up on the second turnover every time. for all i know could be telling you something that could end up in huge mushroom cloud. i would be interested to see what the experts on this ng have to say ... craig c. 2004 ram 2500 4x4 qc dsl .
From : mac davis
gotta have some help here. if i buy a cummins it is about 5k more than the hemi. given the difference in fuel costs and taking into consideration the mileage difference as well as maintenance costs i figure to be approx. 125k miles to a brake even point. does that sound right to you folks i spent some time driving a 05 hemi powered 2500 4x4 last night very impressive truck. a couple of you own them or just sold one please jump in here need all the pros and cons. also the same truck with a cummins very impressive truck as well. guess it comes down to need vs. want. will i be doing a lot of towing in the next couple of years probably not. will i be plowing snow it looks that way. gotta find out how these hemis plow snow anybody have a blade on one roy your payback miles sounds about right. i figgered mine to be about 100k. keep in mind that with the cummins you get about $2-$3k back for the diesel when you get ready to sell it. which if he follows his current path would be in about 2 years - -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : denny
on 9 feb 2005 132049 -0800 max max340@aol.com wrote check valve in the transfer pump might be faulty. since the fuel is at the ambient temp how does the block heater affect the fuel system max you can say that again! oh... you did.. mac please remove splinters before emailing .
From : denny
gotta have some help here. if i buy a cummins it is about 5k more than the hemi. given the difference in fuel costs and taking into consideration the mileage difference as well as maintenance costs i figure to be approx. 125k miles to a brake even point. does that sound right to you folks i spent some time driving a 05 hemi powered 2500 4x4 last night very impressive truck. a couple of you own them or just sold one please jump in here need all the pros and cons. also the same truck with a cummins very impressive truck as well. guess it comes down to need vs. want. will i be doing a lot of towing in the next couple of years probably not. will i be plowing snow it looks that way. gotta find out how these hemis plow snow anybody have a blade on one roy first are you gonna keep it to 125k second i prefer using a gas over a diesel when plowing. it sounds petty but the initial throttle response is better with a gas and i like that when plowing. i know a couple of guys with the 5.7 that plow and they both like them. both are under 20000 miles but have been trouble free so far. denny cmbba probably not to 125k. my 2k had great throttle response. of course that was after the dtt talk about instant on. seriously i know what ya mean the 03 i used last storm wasnt that snappy i think it is the convertor that is different. wtf is cmbba roy nosey gave me a honorary degree in another thread... ******************************** certificate of achievement awarded to denny on this 6th day of february 2005 for successfully bullshitting your way through life wearing a floppy eared pink fuzzy suit you are hereby designated certified master bunny bullshit artist ******************************** aint it great!!!!!!! denny cmbba .
From : denny
just looking for some opinions on a decent price for a steering column for an 84 ram charger 4 wheel drive. im just comparing junkyard price ranges. all replies appreciated .
From : roy
now im thinking what else i can make from cmbba. vbg go for it!! may the best one win.. carrot-munchin big-butted ... ummm... aristocrat .