Where's oil pressure sensor on 97 Ram 5.9L

From : jason

Q: jacob suter jsuter@intranospamstar.net writes ive heard a lot of excuses... the trick is dealing with what you have... heres how i do it... disconnect the top in-radiator transmission cooler line. attach a length of hose to the end of it and run it into a fairly large 6qt minimum container. verify the hose clears all belts fans etc. get somebody to get in the truck and start it you should have a pretty fierce blast of fluid into the container. when the flow slows down or starts getting intermittant immediately shut the engine down. at this point you can either reconnect the hose and refill the transmission fluid change with new fluid or drop the now mostly-emptied pan and slap on a new filter. but yeah itd be much nicer if they used a plug. js just to make my tranny last longer ill skip your method and continue to take a bath when i dont catch the fluid in time as i drop the full pan. aw .

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From : denny

hi everyone i have a 98 dodge 4x4. the steering gear seems to be leaking at the bottom gear by i thing what i think is called the pitman arm. does it get it fluid from the power steering reservoir as i see there is two hoses comming from the power steering which attach to the unit does it only use power steering fluid one is a pressure hose from the pump to the gear the other is the return hose back to the reservoir. yes it only uses power steering fluid. does the unit have to be replaced or can it be repaired most of the time the seal can be replaced with no problems. sometimes the bushing behind the seal is worn allowing the shaft to move back and forth a tad. if this is the case just replacing the seal will probably not cure the leak. i also dont see where you can repack front wheel bearings on a 4x4. are they a sealed unit i heard they are called a hub type bearing. those are sealed units. denny thanks for all the help! .

From : nosey

tis located beside the distributor. denny would someone be kind enough to tell me where i can locate the oil pressure sending sensor on a 1997 dodge ram 1500 4x4 5.9l i suspect that mine may be going bad because the oil light constantly comes on when i drop below 1000 rpm idling at a full stop and lately the pressure guage has been dropping to 0 while idling as well. as soon as i pop back above 1000 rpm the light goes off and the guage goes back to just a hair below 40. the truck is not burning any oil and has 164000 miles on it. thank you! jason .

From : robs440

would someone be kind enough to tell me where i can locate the oil pressure sending sensor on a 1997 dodge ram 1500 4x4 5.9l i suspect that mine may be going bad because the oil light constantly comes on when i drop below 1000 rpm idling at a full stop and lately the pressure guage has been dropping to 0 while idling as well. as soon as i pop back above 1000 rpm the light goes off and the guage goes back to just a hair below 40. the truck is not burning any oil and has 164000 miles on it. thank you! jason at 164000 miles i would plan for an engine rebuild in the near future if the sending unit doesnt correct your problem. low oil pressure is normally caused by worn crankshaft main bearings. .

From : jason

in answer to dennys question next time they do a special on the carriers on discovery or history channel watch them put an f/a-18 on the catapult. at the front wheel assembly there are two bars. one is in the front that attaches the plane to the shoe that slides down the deck and pulls the plane from 0 to in less than 2 seconds. ive not launched in a jet but i fly off about three times a year in a prop job c-2. its a bigger trip than anything i cold ever hope for in my ram - except for that initial ride around the block when the odometer said 3.2 miles on it. anyways there is also a second bar on the front wheel assembly going towards the rear of the plane called the hold back. also notice the big walls that rise up out of the deck at the rear of the plane. those are jet blast deflectors so not only is the plane run up to full afterburner the thrust is actually hitting the jbds and making extra push instead of just blowing into thin air. same type of hold back devices are used when static testing the engines. they do maintenance on the carriers and run them up to full throttle tied to the deck with i think about 8 sets of chains and the back end aimed off the side of the ship. and occasionally theyll run them up in the hangar bay - all doors closed. imagine trying to sleep one deck up ;- greg emo for commander carrier group four usn thanks greg. this is why i really enjoy this group we can talk about any subject and there is always somebody that knows something about it. thanks again!! denny .