What Kind of Shape is This '94 Ram Diesel In?
From : magnusfarce
Q: the electric system has completely shut down. nothing works in on or start position. clock light comes on in accessories position. the battery is fully charges and i can find no blown fuses. im wondering if this means the computer has gone out. any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. --------------------------- = wake up america = .
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From : magnusfarce
i noticed that there is a small amount of fluid near the outer end of one of my injectors. there is enough to keep a very small area on the injector body damp but not enough to drip. do i need to replace the injector or can it be repaired also if yes to either of the above does this need to be done immediately soon or only if it gets worse - magnusfarce .
From : howling motor sports
the main beam headlight lenses on my 94 ram are clouded over so badly that my lights are not as bright as they need to be. ive been told that this comes as an entire assembly and further research yields a dealer price of $180 and an aftermarket price of $65. it has also been suggested that the cleaners sold at auto stores for polishing acrylic might help. any experience out there with this problem - magnusfarce .
From : tom lawrence
i purchased an 04 dakota ext cab 4.7l 5spd this oct. it was brand new when purchased any way about 2 weeks later i put the tailgate down to load up and when i attempted to close it it would not lock. the catch mechanisms appeared to be working fine they just would not lock. i played around with it for hours..banging the tailgate shut to no avail. finally i came back to it the next morning closed the gate and it locked same thing happen again yesterday as of last night i was still not able to lock the gate in the upright position. anyone have any similar problems how can i fix this do i need to bring it back to the dealership any help would be greatly appreciated! john .
From : kend
do any of the idiot lights come on in the on position the electric system has completely shut down. nothing works in on or start position. clock light comes on in accessories position. the battery is fully charges and i can find no blown fuses. im wondering if this means the computer has gone out. any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. --------------------------- = wake up america = .
From : magnusfarce
i bought a cam and lifters for my 86 318 on ebay. the lifters are roller lifters. will these work in my engine without any modifications .
From : tom lawrence
continued thanks. on the subject of compression and/or leakdown rates what sort of numbers should i expect to see on this engine with a compression ratio of 17.51 somewhere around there you can expect compression results of around 250psi or so. .
From : tom lawrence
on mon 20 dec 2004 115805 -0500 ramcharger1 jondewitz@nospam.hotmail.com wrote so after a weekend of hard wheelin i find that it was a little too hard and my front axle is bent. my ramcharger now has the stance of an old bronco with weak front springs. i am going to try and have a frame shop straighten it to get me through the near future but in case it breaks i have a few questions about earlier dodge axles. i have an 87 ramcharger 4x4 1/2 ton with 3-1/2 superlift leafs. the front axle is a 3.54 with the vacuum actuated axle splitter. i put warn hubs on it after i broke one of the other hubs. i would like to switch to a 3/4 or 1-ton axle at some point in the future although i have had no luck finding a stronger axle in my area but for now i have access to many 70s 1/2ton axles. will a 70s 1/2ton axle from a fulltime 4wd bolt up if i cant find an assembly with 3.54 will i be able to swap gears will steering linkages and such fit can i change hubs with my newer ones to acommadate the new larger bolt pattern for my wheels and my warn disconnects from one of these older full-times i would appreciate any help with this. feel free to e-mail me at jondewitz at hotmail dot com. thanks! first thing you want to do on the axle housing is install a good truss. i made one with a turnbuckle so after it had taken some beating i just tightened it back up. only took one tightening and it stayed straight. .
From : magnusfarce
on mon 20 dec 2004 111558 gmt roy roy@home.net wrote on sat 18 dec 2004 081747 -0500 roy roy@home.net wrote on fri 17 dec 2004 195407 gmt budd cochran mr-d150@citlinkspam.net wrote he is spouting considerable erroneous information based on his claimed electrical engineering degree and supposed experience. im just trying to educate him. budd you know better than that.. how can you explain or teach anything and expect it to be listened too when youre in someones face challenging them just chill budd.. youre a better person then that.. bro.. i dont get it. all people have to do is ignore t bone. most all are in agreement that he is a asshole so why deal with it admittedly he can piss ya off ive been a second away from engaging him in a number of threads lately but thats his game. why play it ya know who i actually feel bad for his family especially his kids. it has gotta suck listening to that crap 24/7. roy aka p w dunno what t has to do with it bro.. it says just chill budd.. put your reading glasses on ya ol fart.. *eg* force of habit i guess. no problem bro.. we all have our senior moments... hope you have a white christmas.... and that we dont.... .
From : tbone
thanks everyone for the help. it turned out to be the upstream o2 sensor. i broke down and went to the garage. i only had the code reader. they used a snapon scanner and knew the problem in 20mins. i wish i had one of those but i dont think the price is quite worth it for someone that works on his own cars and a few friends and family. ed im getting a code p0171on my 2000 durango. i replaced the plugs and air cleaner but no luck. the plugs were very black. also notice the fuel smells funny very sweet however i filled up my jeep at the same station on the same day and no trouble w/ it. any suggestions thanks ed .
From : tom lawrence
is the injector in the cylender some of it its actually no different in position than a spark plug... and on the 12v engines removes in the same manner. you just have to disconnect the fuel line that runs to it first. on the 24v engines the injector is in the middle of the combustion chamber like the spark plug on a hemi and you have to remove the valve cover and rocker arms to access them no tube through the valve cover like on a hemi. on the 03 and up engines you also have an electrical connector to deal with. i thought that was a new thing i dont follow... he is probably talking about the common rail injection. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : trey
so after a weekend of hard wheelin i find that it was a little too hard and my front axle is bent. my ramcharger now has the stance of an old bronco with weak front springs. i am going to try and have a frame shop straighten it to get me through the near future but in case it breaks i have a few questions about earlier dodge axles. i have an 87 ramcharger 4x4 1/2 ton with 3-1/2 superlift leafs. the front axle is a 3.54 with the vacuum actuated axle splitter. i put warn hubs on it after i broke one of the other hubs. i would like to switch to a 3/4 or 1-ton axle at some point in the future although i have had no luck finding a stronger axle in my area but for now i have access to many 70s 1/2ton axles. will a 70s 1/2ton axle from a fulltime 4wd bolt up if i cant find an assembly with 3.54 will i be able to swap gears will steering linkages and such fit can i change hubs with my newer ones to acommadate the new larger bolt pattern for my wheels and my warn disconnects from one of these older full-times i would appreciate any help with this. feel free to e-mail me at jondewitz at hotmail dot com. thanks! .
From : magnusfarce
tom lawrence wrote leakdown test on a diesel without spark plug holes i didnt think of that til after i mentioned it in the original post. you remove the injector. a bit more involved than just yanking a spark plug but not too difficult on a 12v. is the injector in the cylender i thought that was a new thing .
From : trey
on sat 18 dec 2004 011241 -0500 nospam.clare.nce@sny.der.on.ca wrote on fri 17 dec 2004 224159 -0700 big al nospamsal1@qwest.net wrote on 17 dec 2004 163755 gmt ninebal310@aol.committed ninebal310 wrote from mac davis they told her that the alternator was bad.. it was putting out about 13.5 volts and should be putting out at least 14.5... wouldnt 14.5 burn up the battery i am no electrical engineer but 13.5 volts should have been enough output under a load condition to sustain a charge in the batt. 14.5 would be the high end of alt. output and not damage the batt. 13.8 is usually normal as far as i know. - hope this helps. hank thanks hank... that gives me some middle ground to take back to the shop she bought the battery at.. dont forget. the battery voltage is temperature related. the colder the battery is the higher the voltage has to be to charge it. 14.9 is normal when the battery is cold. 13.6 is normal when its hot. most older car service manuals will have a temperature/voltage chart. in the old days regulator testers had a well inside to heat the regulator. seems weird now when some cars have the regulator inside the alternator. al remember also that charging voltage is to some extent dictated by battery state of charge and condition. a dead battery on charge will draw a lot of current keeping the charging voltage lower than a fully charged battery which accepts very little charge. also a battery with a high internal resistance will exhibit a higher charging voltage than a healthy battery with a low internal resistance. snip wow.. interesting... it could be reading lower than they want it too not because the alternator is defective but that their battery is defective and effecting the charging voltage.. thanks! .
From : tom lawrence
on sat 18 dec 2004 081747 -0500 roy roy@home.net wrote on fri 17 dec 2004 195407 gmt budd cochran mr-d150@citlinkspam.net wrote he is spouting considerable erroneous information based on his claimed electrical engineering degree and supposed experience. im just trying to educate him. budd you know better than that.. how can you explain or teach anything and expect it to be listened too when youre in someones face challenging them just chill budd.. youre a better person then that.. bro.. i dont get it. all people have to do is ignore t bone. most all are in agreement that he is a asshole so why deal with it admittedly he can piss ya off ive been a second away from engaging him in a number of threads lately but thats his game. why play it ya know who i actually feel bad for his family especially his kids. it has gotta suck listening to that crap 24/7. roy aka p w dunno what t has to do with it bro.. it says just chill budd.. put your reading glasses on ya ol fart.. *eg* .
From : yofuri
ok whatever. -- budd whats the difference between a bad golfer and a bad skydiver one goes whack darn and the other goes darn whack. budd cochran wrote no. im just openly doing what you do refusing to provide proof instead of being a wuss and trying to ignore the request . . .although any manuals for an item like that would be most likely trashed by now 10 years after the fact dont you think besides youre not worth the effort you piece of whale crap. budd you and i never really got along very well but thats okay because life is like that. i got hot about the last line in the one post of yours because it seemed so childish and dumb to me and was over the line and i allowed a boil over but thats okay also. life is like that. as a rule we pretty much avoid each other which has worked out okay. but all you are doing with these kind of posts to tbone is feeding the troll. you are accomplishing absolutely nothing except to make yourself look foolish which is his main goal. every time you post back like this he wins you lose. making a post to someone in a thread he is involved in is one thing but a direct reply to him is a no win situation. watch him closer ............... every time he gets his shorts knotted up and given back to him by everyone in here he will run around and answer every post in the group as if to say hey guys look what i know. even if his reply is wrong which as we know is the majority or just a repeat of someone else he attempts to save face in this manner. just ignore the guy. if you want to say something do it in a reply to another persons post which btw really burns him up because you arent answering him directly. he is such a predictable little man it is almost comical. if you dont water a plant it will dry up and die. dont water this plant. jerry .
From : max340
the heater feels hot but no where near as hot as if i tried to grab say the radiator cap after the truck had been running a while. my mechanic says these heaters should get to about 100 degrees fahrenheit and hes going to check it the next time i take it in for service. my only concern was that it might be malfunctioning and that that could lead to worse problems like fire. ive decided to plug it in today because it got below zero last night and the old girl was complaining a lot when i started her this morning. btw this is a 22 year old truck and probably the most reliable vehicle i have ever owned. after i wash it i get a lot of stares because it looks so good. it will be a sad day when i have to retire old brownie. pat .