dodge 8-lug bolt pattern

From : ignatz

Q: well porky im not sure what youre testing for but it didnt work. maybe with a few more inches of snow......... g denny porky huh well this machine sorta did a dixie on me not so much the machine as a combination of comcast and microsoft. anyway chubs you answered so it passed the test. porky or pudge.... take your pick.. myself you look more like a porky to me. supposed to get snow and ice tonight then up to 50 thur. then just for the colts it is supposed to be real cold for the weekend. we will see how they do off the carpet and out in the weather. that should be an interesting game. as good as the colts are i think the pats will take them. actually i think the pats will win the bowl but i gotta root for the steelers. that way we have something to argue about. i agree with ya. the pats have won iirc 19 straight at home. should be a good game. the clean up has started around here. iv

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From : ignatz

thank you all of you for all of your great discussion!! it is such a pleasure to throw out ideas and toss them around to see what falls out. i love the discussion group and have learned quite a bit as davidj01 has said. tom thank you for all of your great advice and experience. i am sure i will have more questions as i drive the truck more and become a veteran as all of you! again thank you all. now just one more thing. i need to spice up the truck just a little. the dealer sold the truck to me with 17 wheels and tires. im looking to get the knobby off-road models with a nice set of rims. dodge insignia if i can. anyone have any good web sites or ideas raul -------------------- i am new to this group and i have learned a lot from all of you who are ram truck veterans. thank you for all of your good advice!! i just got a 2003 ram 3500 single rear 4x4 w/deisel. this is new for me and i am not up to par yet with the maintenance. aside form checking the water separator any other tips i should be aware of thanks jr its been getting cold here in kc so i plugged in the block keater last night. i went out to start up the truck this afternoon and two things caught my attention. the first was how quickly the wait to start indicator turned off it was only 3-4 seconds. in the past several weeks where its been cool mid-low 30s i havent used the block heater and the wait time was a lot longer upwards of 10+ seconds if i recall correctly. pretty impressive.... anyway in the manual it says it may be beneficial to cycle the manifold heaters by turning the ignition switch off after the wait light goes out then turning the key back on and starting the engine when the wait light goes out. this is for cold weather starts at or below 0. but with what i observed with todays start low 20 - high teen temp i wonder if theres a benefit to that also for the 1st time today i noticed that the water in fuel indicator came on very briefly. is this due to the cold weather and the engine heater being on how concerned should i be at the first time i see the indicator i would be somewhat surprised if i was needing to be drainig a fuel filter this soon after purchasing a new truck... thanks david... david the water in fuel light will illuminate briefly when the key is cycled on. this is merely a bulb check. if it stays on after the vehicle is started then you need to drain the fuel water separator. water in the fuel can occur anytime and is not dependent upon the age of the vehicle. as a matter of precaution it is not a bad idea to drain the fuel/water separator as part of regularly scheduled maintenance. i drain mine at each oil change interval of 7500 miles. more frequent draining general isnt necessary unless the wif indicator light comes on. hope this helps! mike .

From : demon

theguy theguy@myplace.com wrote on thu 13 jan 2005 021751 -0600 yonzie yonzie@mac.com wrote theguy theguy@myplace.com wrote on wed 12 jan 2005 030811 gmt tbone t-bonenospam@nc.rr.com wrote do you have a wood stove all that wood could be free heat. roy nope. when the family room gets remodeled hopefully next year there will be a gas fireplace installed. you may want to rethink the gas fireplace unless it is for asthetics only. as i understand it they are super inefficient for heat. try a pellet stove ive had them in both houses and the are fantastic. there you would be wrong. really depends upon your perception i guess. i have several friends that went to gas fireplaces. they are either extremely inefficient or gas is extremely expensive. the cost for them to heat their homes with their gas fireplaces compared to my wood stove is not even close. they all have quit using them for the winter they just cost too much. my brother has a pellet stove and it is super. very cheap to use and heats the house nicely. wood fireplaces are very inefficient because they vent most of their heat to the outside. most gas fireplaces not converted wood burners are ventless and near 100% efficient. had a wood burner in nj and you really had to stoke it up to get any heat out of it. have a gas propane one here and it will cook you out of the room on low in short order unless you keep the doors to the room open and even then... yesterday was at saskatoon farm progress show. a fellow was selling these stoves. hold 1.5 bushels of grain wheat corn or wood pellets which will last a day. very nice dale they really are. pellets even the good quality ones are very cheap at least around here. thats probably the route ill go next time. they build very little creosote they heat very well. the only downside is that the fans run off of electricity so if you lose power no fan. not a big deal around here but it may be in some areas. the guy who was selling these stoves had his wired to run off a small generator incase the power goes off. a bushel of feed wheat is under $2 good #1 wheat would be around $4 3.33 us. the stove holds 1.5 bushels and will last 24 hours. what is the cost of wood pellets hey denny what does rabbit pellets cost dale .

From : tom lawrence

do you have a wood stove all that wood could be free heat. roy nope. when the family room gets remodeled hopefully next year there will be a gas fireplace installed. you may want to rethink the gas fireplace unless it is for asthetics only. as i understand it they are super inefficient for heat. try a pellet stove ive had them in both houses and the are fantastic. there you would be wrong. wood fireplaces are very inefficient because they vent most of their heat to the outside. most gas fireplaces not converted wood burners are ventless and near 100% efficient. had a wood burner in nj and you really had to stoke it up to get any heat out of it. have a gas propane one here and it will cook you out of the room on low in short order unless you keep the doors to the room open and even then... -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .