farewell Dodge group
From : weisserer
Q: supertuner microchips that increase hp and can help with towing. have you actually towed with your setup yes you can dramatically increase a diesel engines output by adding fuel & boost right to the point of the exhaust gas temps increasing to the point of melting pistons. this is why you need an exhaust gas temperature gauge and boost gauge yes you can keep increasing the power until the vehicle is unuseable for towing because the exhaust gas temperature will be too high politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
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From : dudlee brennfoerder
a while back i thought id be able to post and read to the group more often but that changed when the wife found i had her computer up and running. now that i have some time alone with her at the store i thought id pop in and say howdy. looks like a little new blood is floating around her along with some of the old albeit with more beer that blood cells ;- . so hows everything going it looks like weve lost a few. wheres budd beekeep and cbhvac i remember them talking about leaving because the bs was flooding into their chest waders but didnt know whether they actually left or not. anyway i have a couple of problems that ill put in another post concerning my 85 ram. same problems as usual but i never got around to doing it and now i cant remember anything. -josh cant remember anything you must be over 40 then! ;^ bill many of us older folk suffer from crs.... cant remember $hit. ^ .
From : tbone
the first male on earth who claims to have periods dale roy@home.net wrote badluckdragon i wonder could it be the return of dd roy wouldnt a 4 door dakota with a cap be a durango yep and in the old days they were called station wagons. .
From : bill hall
tbone fatchance@noway.now wrote while the deals look good this is old technology in most cases. one of the notebooks that they are selling ibm is the same one that i have and it is over 2 years old. the problem is that my notebook cannot hold a candle to what is being sold today in either speed or battery life. the list price they show for mine is what the list price was when it was new a few years ago when prices were much higher and i bought mine directly from ibm for much less than that. the price they are selling them for would be about what they would sell at normal retail now if they were still available. if all you ever intend to do with it is read cds then they should do just fine but you are getting what you paid for. agree 100%. the prices just arent that great and in some cases higher than what you can find buying local or on e-bay. i have 2 laptops for shop use a dell c-600 which i bought locally for $500.00 it works okay but is built kind of very cheesy. the other is a panasonic toughbook which i bought new off of e-bay for $1000.00 the vendor goes under the name of mostly laptops every couple of weeks he shows up with a batch of toughbooks with no reserve price and if youre patient you can get a $2700.00 machine for a very good price. there is absolutely no comparison between the two the panasonic is built like a brick outhouse very fast doesnt come with any bloatware 2 usb ports serial parallel ps2 mike headphone jacks floppy necessary to run mitchell on demand 2 -32 bit cardbus slots and has the sweetest keyboard ive ever used this side of a steinway piano. id advise getting a machine with at least cd-dvd capability since many data service formats are going to dvd. the panasonic has a sealed keyboard and a gel mounted hard drive which makes them especially suited for the environment were using them in and its my understanding that the business class machines like the cf-48 cf-50 and cf-72 will survive a three foot drop the industrial class machines like the cf-28 will survive a drop from a telephone pole have a friend who works for sbc whos dropped his many times while pole climbing. battery life runs around 3 hours so i can usually make thru a full workday of periodic accessing before i need to recharge knock an hour off if using a wi-fi card for any length of time. try and anticipate future needs so that in 6 months you dont find youself going oh shit i need a bigger machine to handle different/newer formats. second in the running would have been a t series ibm or a fujitsu. id avoid the stuff on sale at the local big box stores most use the cheapest components with reject processors celeron. .
From : weisserer
badluckdragon i wonder could it be the return of dd roy wouldnt a 4 door dakota with a cap be a durango yep and in the old days they were called station wagons. .
From : tbone
yeah but he wants to move... hes a yankee at heart. ^ mike i heard there were too many rednecks there for him g politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
From : toxictavrn
dont laugh too hard. i think ole red has experienced most of these up in nd. bg denny lmao. just the confidence boost i needed thanks red. now after i clean the coffee off of my screen and keyboard.... -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving i just saw where before you can legally move to north carolina you have to be able to pass this!!!!!!!!! better start studying!!!!!!!!! bg subject southern engineerng exam my friends in the south are sick and tired of hearing about how dumb people are in the south. therefore they challenge any so-called smart yankee to take and pass this exam administered by the university of arkansas engineering department 1. calculate the smallest limb diameter on a persimmon tree that will support a 10-pound possum. 2. which of these cars will rust out the quickest when placed on blocks in your front yard a 65 ford fairlane a 69 chevrolet chevelle or a 64 pontiac gto 3. if your uncle builds a still which operates at a capacity of 20 gallons of shine produced per hour how many car radiators are required to condense the product 4. a woodcutter has a chainsaw which operates at 2700 rpm. the density of the pine trees in the plot to be harvested is 470 per acre. the plot is 2.3 acres in size. the average tree diameter is 14 inches. how many budweisers will be consumed before the trees are cut down 5. if every old refrigerator in the state vented a charge of r-12 simultaneously what would be the percentage of depletion of the ozone layer 6. a front porch is constructed of 2x8 pine on 24-inch centers with a field rock foundation. the span is 8 feet and the porch length is 16 feet. the porch floor is 1-inch rough sawn pine. when the porch collapses how many hound dogs will be killed 7. a man owns a tennessee house and 3.7 acres of land in a hollow with an average slope of 15%. the man has five children. can each of his grown children place a mobile home on the mans land and still have enough property for their electric appliances to sit out front 8. a 2-ton truck is overloaded and proceeding 900 yards down a steep slope on a secondary road at 45 mph. the brakes fail. given average traffic conditions on secondary roads what is the probability that it will strike a vehicle with a muffler 9. a coal mine operates a nfpa class 1 division 2 hazardous area. the mine employs 120 miners per shift. a gas warning is issued at the beginning of the 3rd shift. how many cartons of unfiltered camels will be smoked during the shift 10. at a reduction in the gene pool variability rate of 7.5% per generation how long will it take a town which has been bypassed by the interstate to breed a country-western singer politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
From : yonzie
should i just go with the holley 1945 or step up to a carter bbs i have to correct myself here before someone else does. i meant to say the holley 1920. talking on messenger and writing a post at the same time tends to get me mixed up lol. .
From : redneck tookover hell
i dont know about that im a southern redneck stationed in maine married to a french canadian from ottawa....im damned happy ;- i hear that in maine your girlfriend or wife doesnt leave you or get divorced it just isnt your turn anymore g politics the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich. .
From : sascheffey
on sun 01 feb 2004 061750 gmt bryan swadener bryan.swadener@comcast.net wrote im going to acquire a laptop shut up roy in the near future to keep at my box to read the service cds. i was looking at some of the factory reconditioned ones at www.overstock.com. am i doing something really stupid by getting one from there the prices seem good and most have a two year warranty. pro/cons anybody. thanks and to the group smart-asses they do not give discounts to people wearing bunny suits. denny when it comes to pc hardware its typically the electromechanical parts that go first though theyve gotten much better in recent years. also keep in mind that particularly with laptops its far cheaper to buy as much as you think youll ever need rather than try to upgrade later. bryan i have a reconditioned ibm thinkpad 600e - it has been a good machine but batteries are a week point. as far as the dell from hell i make a point of staying as far away as possible. cheap crap and deceptive pricing policies - masterful marketing. ill buy a used business class machine before a new consumer machine for the same price. .
From : dave young
the gasket comes separately. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving hello. quick question on a 1989 dodge ram 1/2 ton with a 318 is there a rubber gasket that goes around the thermostat i had one picked up for me and it doesnt come with one. i would like to find out before i rip the truck apart. thanks in advance. .
From : yonzie
had the same problem with our 2000 durango a month or so ago. the power door lock motor was shot and had to be replaced. not sure of the cost we have an extended warranty that covered it. rob whenever the automatic lock is engaged the driver side door the locking motor makes a loud noise. often times the door will not lock and i will just lock it manually. can i squirt some lubricant into the motor require door panel removal or does this seem like it needs replacing if so any ideas how much .
From : redneck tookover hell
go ahead fuck all the footballs you want. bg on sun 01 feb 2004 200223 gmt roy roy@home.net wrote go pats !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! roy phuck football!!! go harvick!!!! wont be long now. beekeep .
From : redneck tookover hell
tbone fatchance@noway.now wrote in bryan swadener wrote also both are ...the american people are now conditioned to front-wheel drive and its superior handling in snow and ice... fwd gained popularity with automobile manufacturers due to ease of cheaper design and manufacturing; madison avenue sold it to america. it isnt better -- its just a *different* can of worms. just my observation and experience. a fwd vehicle certainly isnt easier to design or cheaper to build is it stuffing transmission and engine together then somehow bending drivetrain to the front wheels as well as addition of cv joints doesnt seem cheaper to me. i think he meant that it was easier to meet design criteria that stipulated in the late 70s that newer cars would have similar interior dimensions w/ much smaller exterior dimensions. with fwd packaging this was accomplished by removing the transmission hump and differential which was exemplified in the hatchbacks that were common then. the cars were also much lighter w/ smaller driveshafts and smaller differential. and fwd vehicles *do* have better winter traction. at least better than what the vehicle would have if the drive wheels were astern. whether that traction is good enough or not is another issue. i used to have a rwd car w/ posi and studded snow tires not all-season. id put that car up against any common fwd car in snowy/icy conditions. ;- and if the driver of the fwd car had any skill at all you would lose. nonsense. when fwd slips you lose both traction and steering. not so with rwd. with two equal drivers the rwd car with a bit of extra weight in the rear will be better in snow. bullshit. when a fwd slips a light touch of the gass usually gets it right back. when a rwd loses traction in the front your sol and better pray that nothing else is around. when they lose traction in the rear at best nothing happens but usually the front and rear of the car exchange positions and again you better pray that nothing else is around. then there is the fun of deep snow where the front wheels plow in and get a rwd hopelessly stuck. while a rwd car can be made better in the snow with the help of studded tires and more weight in the rear a fwd is still better and doesnt require modification or pre-planning. i have owned nothing but rwd cars all of my life but when my furnace failed at the end of a blizzard and i needed to get parts for it my wifes little fwd honda civic got me there where my rwd trans-am couldnt even get out of my drive way and i knew better than to even try. do ya think that the big tires and more hp might have been the reason the ta couldnt get out of the drive way. oh you said you knew better than to try. glad you know your limitations. bfg lol bite me bg. yes its big tires are part of the problem and it has them on the front as well and they plow right into the snow. i got stuck driving it in the snow a few times and although it got me home it was not fun well actually it was but not exactly safe. i knew that it wouldnt stand a chance on those roads with over a foot of snow in places. over a foot and it becomes a plow.g roy .
From : oregon
oregon is a great place to spend a week. .
From : beekeep
here is the situation i have a 98 4 cylinder dakota. actually my wife does. well i go to check the oil the other day and find oil on the underside of the hood and all over the passenger side of the engine. i check the oil and find nothing but a chocolate milkshake substance all the way up to the dipstick opening. first thought was blown headgasket but i have no clue how that would happen. the truck has never overheated no detrimental running issues no smoking the coolant is perfect. someone told me to watch out for a cracked head but they dont just crack for no reason. any clues. i dont have the time to tear this motor apart 2 car-2 job family. any one hear of this happening or care to shed some light here you have a load of water in your oil. hopefully you dont have anti-freeze in it. roy .
From : beekeep
from roy roy@home.net date 1/30/2004 915 am central standard time robert ive bought a bunch of cars interstate mostly corvettes but never sight unseen. also never would think about a deal without being very sure that the seller has their shit together. sounds to me that it is being driven by emotion and not common sense. there has to be a truck that would satisfy your needs closer and within your financial means. you aked for advice and whatever. here it is run dont walk away from this deal. it is too fucked up. if it was in your hometown it would be a pia. hey roy and everybody else im still a bit leary but the biggest obstacle is taken care of now. the seller called me about 30 minutes ago he says he now has clear title. i dont know what kind of hoops he had to jump through to accomplish this dont really care he had to do it anyway to sell it. im under no real obligation to buy the truck as you say i havent seen it yet. but i will tomorrow by this time. only after ive inspected it thorougly will i go ahead with this deal. i expect now that ill leave portland on monday or tuesday to drive home im looking forward to that as i love to drive and ive never been there before. i expect the trip to take three days yeah i know if i was younger two days barring weather or truck problems. when this deal is done ill post a link to the truck and explain a little about why im so enamored with this particular truck. then you guys can really give me the business - see ya next week! robert if he has clear title ask him to fax you a copy. roy .
From : beekeep
milkshake oil means you have water in your oil. you either have a blown head gasket or a cracked block or cracked cylinder head. most likely tho its a head gasket and cheap to fix if you can do it yourself and have access to a torque wrench. expensive to fix if you have to hire it done. head gaskets usually only blow as a result of engine overheating not much else will cause it. however dont rule out the possibility that someone has deliberately or accidentally poured water into the oil. get an oil change before ringing too many alarms. shit happens sometimes for dumb reasons. you want to screw up the brakes on a vehicle really bad and cause the brakes to seize and the wheels lock up pour power steering fluid into the brake fluid reservoir sometime and watch the result when things start to heat up. very effective in southern climates. shearer331@earthlink.net writes here is the situation i have a 98 4 cylinder dakota. actually my wife does. well i go to check the oil the other day and find oil on the underside of the hood and all over the passenger side of the engine. i check the oil and find nothing but a chocolate milkshake substance all the way up to the dipstick opening. first thought was blown headgasket but i have no clue how that would happen. the truck has never overheated no detrimental running issues no smoking the coolant is perfect. someone told me to watch out for a cracked head but they dont just crack for no reason. any clues. i dont have the time to tear this motor apart 2 car-2 job family. any one hear of this happening or care to shed some light here thanks ken .
From : mac davis
tbone fatchance@noway.now wrote in tbone fatchance@noway.now wrote in bryan swadener wrote also both are ...the american people are now conditioned to front-wheel drive and its superior handling in snow and ice... fwd gained popularity with automobile manufacturers due to ease of cheaper design and manufacturing; madison avenue sold it to america. it isnt better -- its just a *different* can of worms. just my observation and experience. a fwd vehicle certainly isnt easier to design or cheaper to build is it stuffing transmission and engine together then somehow bending drivetrain to the front wheels as well as addition of cv joints doesnt seem cheaper to me. i think he meant that it was easier to meet design criteria that stipulated in the late 70s that newer cars would have similar interior dimensions w/ much smaller exterior dimensions. with fwd packaging this was accomplished by removing the transmission hump and differential which was exemplified in the hatchbacks that were common then. the cars were also much lighter w/ smaller driveshafts and smaller differential. and fwd vehicles *do* have better winter traction. at least better than what the vehicle would have if the drive wheels were astern. whether that traction is good enough or not is another issue. i used to have a rwd car w/ posi and studded snow tires not all-season. id put that car up against any common fwd car in snowy/icy conditions. ;- and if the driver of the fwd car had any skill at all you would lose. nonsense. when fwd slips you lose both traction and steering. not so with rwd. with two equal drivers the rwd car with a bit of extra weight in the rear will be better in snow. bullshit. when a fwd slips a light touch of the gass usually gets it right back. no different from rwd. when a rwd loses traction in the front your sol and better pray that nothing else is around. same thing with fwd. with fwd youd better be praying harder because you have no steering and no engine braking. at least with rwd you can downshift. when they lose traction in the rear at best nothing happens but usually the front and rear of the car exchange positions and again you better pray that nothing else is around. the only way the rear will come around with a rwd is if youre still giving it gas as its slipping. if you let it go itll snap right back. then there is the fun of deep snow where the front wheels plow in and get a rwd hopelessly stuck. and you think a fwd wont get stuck in the same situation lol! while a rwd car can be made better in the snow with the help of studded tires and more weight in the rear a fwd is still better and doesnt require modification or pre-planning. what modification or pre-planning you just throw a sandbag or a couple cement blocks in back during the thanksgiving weekend then take them out come easter. if you think that fwd is really better in snow then youre a victim of sales/marketing bullshit over all these years. i have owned nothing but rwd cars all of my life but when my furnace failed at the end of a blizzard and i needed to get parts for it my wifes little fwd honda civic got me there where my rwd trans-am couldnt even get out of my drive way and i knew better than to even try. well duh. a ta has absolutely no weight in the rear and the tires are way too wide for snow. the hondas skinny-ass tires cut right through the snow and it obviously had a better weight distribution on the drive wheels. here it is real simple when a fwd cars front wheels lose traction youve lost all control. with a rwd car youve only lost half control. for years weve all gotten the hard sell on how great fwd is in bad weather. bullshit. joe black 03 dakota 5.9 r/t cc calypso green 93 mustang 5.0 lx hatch with a few goodies .
From : dave young
they are on there roofs because they can take off so easily in the snow. a rwd car lets you know real quick when you are pushing it too hard in the snow and usually long before you reach speeds that you cannot possibly regain control. fwd cars tend to hide how slippery the roads are and allow you to regain control by pressing harder on the gas until you push them to speeds beyond what they can handle and then........ f l i p. i see a lot of 4x4 suvs in the ditch and not always on their wheels in the snow for the same reason and they have better traction than either fwd or rwd. im not talking about snow. dry roads. how about because they are so light in the ass push one of the smaller ones and as you get into a curve and you can feel the inside wheel unload push some more and over ya go. imho the friggin things are unbalanced as hell. dont know what the front/rear weight ratio is but 65/35 or more wouldnt surprise me at all. yea they are a bit out of balance compared to the rear wheel drive. i think that most of these accidents that you are seeing is due to the idiots driving them. they watch these movies like speed and think that their cars are capable of doing those things. then you take the modifications that they like to do that eliminate the suspension and you wonder why they flip over. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : denny
tbone fatchance@noway.now wrote in tbone fatchance@noway.now wrote in bryan swadener wrote also both are ...the american people are now conditioned to front-wheel drive and its superior handling in snow and ice... fwd gained popularity with automobile manufacturers due to ease of cheaper design and manufacturing; madison avenue sold it to america. it isnt better -- its just a *different* can of worms. just my observation and experience. a fwd vehicle certainly isnt easier to design or cheaper to build is it stuffing transmission and engine together then somehow bending drivetrain to the front wheels as well as addition of cv joints doesnt seem cheaper to me. i think he meant that it was easier to meet design criteria that stipulated in the late 70s that newer cars would have similar interior dimensions w/ much smaller exterior dimensions. with fwd packaging this was accomplished by removing the transmission hump and differential which was exemplified in the hatchbacks that were common then. the cars were also much lighter w/ smaller driveshafts and smaller differential. and fwd vehicles *do* have better winter traction. at least better than what the vehicle would have if the drive wheels were astern. whether that traction is good enough or not is another issue. i used to have a rwd car w/ posi and studded snow tires not all-season. id put that car up against any common fwd car in snowy/icy conditions. ;- and if the driver of the fwd car had any skill at all you would lose. nonsense. when fwd slips you lose both traction and steering. not so with rwd. with two equal drivers the rwd car with a bit of extra weight in the rear will be better in snow. bullshit. when a fwd slips a light touch of the gass usually gets it right back. no different from rwd. lol only in your dreams. when a rwd loses traction in the front your sol and better pray that nothing else is around. same thing with fwd. w r o n g ! ! ! with fwd youd better be praying harder because you have no steering and no engine braking. at least with rwd you can downshift. lol i light touch of the gas will normally regain some steering just like in a 4x4. as far as engine braking you can do the same thing with the emergency brake. when they lose traction in the rear at best nothing happens but usually the front and rear of the car exchange positions and again you better pray that nothing else is around. the only way the rear will come around with a rwd is if youre still giving it gas as its slipping. if you let it go itll snap right back. lol i guess the laws of physics and inertia work differently on your planet. we are talking about ice and snow here not dry roads. i guess that you havent been driving long at least in the snow. then there is the fun of deep snow where the front wheels plow in and get a rwd hopelessly stuck. and you think a fwd wont get stuck in the same situation lol! nope not as easily as a rwd and that is just simple physics. in a rwd you are trying to push the non-powered front wheels most weight into the snow where a fwds front wheels also most weight try to climb over it instead of just plowing into it. while a rwd car can be made better in the snow with the help of studded tires and more weight in the rear a fwd is still better and doesnt require modification or pre-planning. what modification or pre-planning you just throw a sandbag or a couple cement blocks in back during the thanksgiving weekend sounds like a modification and pre-planning to me. this also kills your trunk space. then there is the inertia thing with a hundred or more pounds of dead weight in the trunk. then take them out come easter. if you think that fwd is really better in snow then youre a victim of sales/marketing bullshit over all these years. lol it is more like you are just to stubborn to view reality. i have owned nothing but rwd cars all of my life but when my furnace failed at the end of a blizzard and i needed to get parts for it my wifes little fwd honda civic got me there where my rwd trans-am couldnt even get out of my drive way and i knew better than to even try. well duh. a ta has absolutely no weight in the rear and the tires are way too wide for snow. but if rwd cars are sooooooo great what difference would that make. the hondas skinny-ass tires cut right through the snow and it obviously had a better weight distribution on the drive wheels. duh no shit. the weight distribution is the key reason why the fwd cars are superior in the snow. the cars are lighter and most of the weight is over the drive wheels. then you can add the fact that you are pulling the non-drive wheels with little weight on them over the snow and that is much easier than trying to push the non-drive wheels with most of the weight on then through the snow. here it i
From : roy
emergency brake used daily on a standard shift. cold here in ny. brake is still on when released. looks like 2 cables in the rear attached to one main cable. could it be the cable is frozen id bet on that... water getting into the inside of the cable and then freezing. try using a heat gun or hair dryer to warm the offending cables. bryan maybe not. experienced folks who live in freezing weather do not use their parking brake in freezing weather because the heat caused when braking will condense water from the air which will freeze after the parking brake is applied and alowed to set awhile. therefore the brake shoes are frozen to the drum or pads to the rotor. if you wish release the parking brake and look under the car at those two cables. they are not as taunt as they used to be. to unstick your brakes chat with someone with cold weather experience. really cold weather experience. it is going to be cold here tonight probably get way down to about 41 or 42. probably gonna turn on the blanket tonight. fmb only one b in fmb .
From : yonzie
tbone fatchance@noway.now wrote in dude based on what youve said you dont have a clue what youre talking about and/or you dont have a clue how to drive in snow. lol and how long have you been driving two or three years chances are a lot more than you. feel free to believe what you want. those of us that understand simple physics and how it relates to cars know the truth. my point exactly. you just dont get it and probably never will. joe black 03 dakota 5.9 r/t cc calypso green 93 mustang 5.0 lx hatch with a few goodies .
From : yonzie
how difficult is it to take off the door panel is the power door lock motor easy to replace or is this something that should be left to a mechanic ours was making the same noise and then stopped working so that i couldnt even lock the door. i called a local dealer and they wanted $70 for the part alone. what i did was to unplug the electric motor and am now locking and unlocking it manually. scott rob robertgatnwlinkdotcom wrote in had the same problem with our 2000 durango a month or so ago. the power door lock motor was shot and had to be replaced. not sure of the cost we have an extended warranty that covered it. rob whenever the automatic lock is engaged the driver side door the locking motor makes a loud noise. often times the door will not lock and i will just lock it manually. can i squirt some lubricant into the motor require door panel removal or does this seem like it needs replacing if so any ideas how much .
From : mac davis
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From : mac davis
i just bought a new 2004 dodge dakota quad cab 4x4 with 300 delivery miles on it while we were picking it up at the dealer my wife noticed that paint was comming off in the wheel well blue paint same as the body color. is that normal this is the first 4x4 ive owned and never really paid much attention to other trucks since you can see the wheel well better on 4xs. should i get it undercoated and or rust proofed i know new trucks have better galvanized steel. do nerf bars help protect the doors how about mud flaps and a hood shield thanks for any input a good nerf bar will help keep large stuff from denting the rocker and lower door. handy if off road or going through snow banks. add some good mud flaps and you should be fine. the full running board if hit will damage the truck if it folds up. guess it depends on how you plan on using it. ymmv roy thanks for all the input. put mud flaps on from dodge the aftermarkets didnt fit the flared wheel wells very good. put an egr hood shield on and bought the nerf bars from the wheelman on e-bay should get those tommorrow. .
From : redneck tookover hell
hi everyone. i hope this is an ok place to ask about a durango. i dont see any durango posts but the durango ng is empty so here goes. i have a 99 durango 4x4 with an automatic transmission. lately i am having some shifting problems with it. it does not seem to know when to shift out of 2nd gear. it would stay there until the engine blew up if i didnt let up on the accelerator. when i do let up on it it usually hesitates for a few seconds and then shifts normally. i have taken it to the dealership and they tried tightening the bands but this didnt help. they seem to be approaching the problem as though i have a slipping issue. it does not slip. once its in the proper gear it is solid as a rock. even in 1st or 2nd gear there is absolutely no slippage. the fluid is nice and red not burnt. there is plenty of fluid and it does not leak. someone suggested that i replace the throttle position sensor to see if that would help but it really didnt. the dealership wants to sell me a new tranny for $5000.00 bucks. not gonna happen. they cant find the problem with it and just want to replace the whole thing. im convinced that there is a simple problem with this tranny since it does not slip and functions normally other than not knowing when to shift. i used to be pretty good at working on cars until they all became computerized and now have no idea where to begin looking to try to solve this one. is this a common problem with these vehicles and does anyone have any advice on what to do about it thanks! robert hi i have a 99 ram 15004x4. it had the same issue. the dealer checked the belts reprogrammed the computer. this went on for several months until the trans had a loud clunking when i shifted from park to drive or reverse. then the dealer looked into it and said the transmission was no good that it has been going bad for awhile. lol now but then i was pissed. good luck mike .
From : jeff mayner
merritt wrote 3500 slt heavy duty quad cab with 5.9 cummins so 47re automatic 3.73 rear gears go here http//www.turbodieselregister.com/ and in the forums there is a towing group that you will find a lot of good information. unfortunately you cannot do a search without being a member so you will have to look through each page for the information you seek. seems to be a lot of people that do tow with a stock 47re and they do just fine as long as they keep in mind what they have and dont push it beyond its limits and keep the maintenance up. there are several companies that will beef the 47re up for you ats out of denver being one that ive looked into. pretty expensive at $3500 to $4000 but you will end up with transmission that will handle anything you can throw at it and at the same time put more of that cummins power to the ground where it is needed. jerry .
From : tbone
its almost time to replace the tires on my truck 2002 2wd dodge ram 1500 qc and i want to go to a bigger more all terrain tire but dont want to lift it. does anyone know what the biggest size tire that will fit under it without rubbing is also what suggestions does everyone have for a good all terrain tire i drive on-road more than off-road. thanks dan .
From : azwiley1
tbone fatchance@noway.now wrote in tbone fatchance@noway.now wrote in dude based on what youve said you dont have a clue what youre talking about and/or you dont have a clue how to drive in snow. lol and how long have you been driving two or three years chances are a lot more than you. with your severe lack of knowledge in fwd handling and operations i doubt that. feel free to believe what you want. those of us that understand simple physics and how it relates to cars know the truth. my point exactly. you just dont get it and probably never will. lol let me ask you something. is that dakota a 4wd and if so what do you do if the front starts plowing sliding on a curve in the snow guess you dont know what a dakota r/t is... my dak has never seen snow and it never will if i can help it. before moving to south florida 15 years ago i was driving in the hills of northern nj for about another 15 years prior. had a 4x4 bronco ii for a while up there. underpowered piece of shit but at least it handled the lousy roads and weather ok. btw the best way to recover from a slide is to keep your feet off the pedals until you regain control. that goes for any vehicle rwd fwd 4wd or awd. heres where we disagree. how do you regain control ive found with rwd steer into the skid use either light brake or gas whichever is needed depending on conditions. 4wd again depending on the slide a bit of gas or perhaps get it into 2wd and loop it. now fwd your fucked no gas lets face it its a push. roy joe black 03 dakota 5.9 r/t cc calypso green 93 mustang 5.0 lx hatch with a few goodies .