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From : Annonymous
Q: grease on the drill bit. -- max give a man a match and he is warm for a short while. light him on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life. i have drained many tcs and installed my own drain plug over the years. just drill and tap - install plug with sealer. usually 1/8 tapered pipe. how do you keep the metal shavings out of the torque converter i think it would be more of a risk than a convenience. .
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From : j
easy. let the product speak for itself. yeah the cummins is that much better. but without facts this is just your opinion. true ... but thats the case with any truck maker. for example i had a 2002 toyota tacoma v6 qc 4x4. at the time it was the highest rated truck with the lowest rate of service visits. on paper this truck was the bomb. in actuality it was the worst vehicle i had ever owned. a true lemon from the get-go. of the 9 months i owned it it spent 30+ days in repair. so to me the facts have less value than my own opinion. i follow the kiss method. keep it simple stupid. the cummins is a simpler time tested design with fewer moving parts. its made by a company that does not manufacture cars ... just power systems engines generators etc. the decision was easy for me. craig c. .
From : carolina watercraft works
lol boy tom your noise levels are reaching all new highs. how so were discussing dodge trucks and specifically transmissions. seems more signal-ish to me... axles unless you are under heavy duty schedule b or what is actually a heavily used commercial vehicle you never have to change the fluid in them correct... if youre of the minority see below of users that fall into the light-duty schedule a. most of us do not. at least according to the 97 fsm you dont. well in my 99 fsm under schedule b it calls for fluid changes every 12k miles so i was wrong before - the now-current 15k interval is actually longer than it was previously this would indicate that they are also not designed with this level of maintenance in mind for the average user. the average user isnt capable of removing 12 bolts damn - the average sure has dropped off... trailer tow option its a $350 option - not $600. again you make rediculous exaggerations to try and bolster a failed argument. were you there when i ordered my truck that is what i had to pay for it well the current pricing is exactly what i quoted. im not interested in what happened 9 years ago... im talking about the present. and presently the tow package has an invoice price of $350. if you only want to keep the transmission cool you dont need a receiver and if youre not hooking anything to the truck to pull around the transmission will never need to be cooled beyond the integrated cooler in the radiator. yea and the one with the external filter as well as the drain plug and btw the gm site claims every 30000 but then again you are probably looking at the most extreme schedule again. im looking at the schedule that says use this if you tow. and how do you get the screws out without it dripping fluid on you or do you wait for an hour or so for it to stop dripping. given that youve never done this i understand your confusion. the filter is encased in a plastic box with a rubber gasket on the top. light hand pressure keeps the filter box sealed against the valve body via the gasket. with my other hand i remove the torx screws. its really not that difficult... certainly not as complex as say removing 12 bolts. it says so for extreme duty applications which you all seem to think that you fit into. the average truck owner is nowhere near a heavy duty schedule b type of use. really see if any of this applies to you short trips of less than 10 miles driving in dusty conditions trailer towing long periods of engine idling 50% driving at sustained high speeds above 90f ambient stop and go driving day and night temps are below freezing off-road operation if any one of those applies congratulations - youre in the severe-duty service category. would also indicate that for the greater percentage of owners changing fluid in them is not required. well then the authors of the fsm disagree with you. my fsm states note most vehicles are operated under the conditions listed for schedule b. youll understand if i take the word of the factory service manual over your opinion right i was not talking about the axles here so i said nothing about them at all so how do you know what i find acceptable or not nope - you didnt. i brought them up because their service is virtually identical to that of the transmission - the one you find absolutely unacceptable. i was using the axle maintenance as an analogy uh-nal-uh-jee to point out the flaw in your claims. sorry if i confused you. .
From : j
i assume the battery is not under warranty i think this is a bit abnormal as the truck never was turning over slowly or the lights dim or anything just seemed to take me by surprise. thanks .
From : Annonymous
tom lawrence wrote 2000 dodge fsm calls for medium duty schedule a atf change at 24k heavy duty schedule b at 12k. that is just about twice as often. lets deal with current applications. for the 48re dc calls for fluid/filter changes every 30000 miles for severe service from my 03 fsm. ford calls for the same from fords online publications. gm actually allison wants fluid/filter changes every 12000 miles from allisons online publications. pardon me while i completely side step this pissing contest and ask a question ... but that is what this group is all about!! g on the fluid/filter change called for by dc are they recommending a complete fluid change or just the nasty crap that falls when the pan comes off i have read that a complete change is preferable. however if i requested that of my 5 star service department they would look at me like i had 4 heads. in my opinion by having 26 years in the trade and by what i do on my own truck that is used fairly hard every other time the pan is pulled and filter changed. this gives me a chance to see if there are any sparklies or chunks laying in the pan. the in-between times i put the flush machine on it and just exchange the fluid. i took my truck a free detail after i purchased it. when i drove into the service department the service guy came over and took my information ... meanwhile my truck is still idling while were standing less than 6 inches from the driver side front tire ... the next question floored me ... hey is this thang a diesel i didnt know ole tbone worked in a service dept..... vbg denny craig c. .
From : j
yep instead of redesigning the unit to handle the new requirements they instead just stuff more shit into the same bag iow turn a solid long life transmission into a high maintenance pos. wrong again. 1975 dodge fsm claims trans fluid and filter should be changed at 30k normallly 20k for severe service. really for what type of vehicle either way that is once every 2 to 3 years. 2000 dodge fsm calls for medium duty schedule a atf change at 24k heavy duty schedule b at 12k. that is just about twice as often. given the higher heat and loading of od the maintenance is not high. with the advances in materials and lubrication it most certianly is especially when you pretty much have to take the trans apart remove the pan to do it. secondly since the new transmissions are virtually the same but with an od ratio literally bolted on it hardly diminishes the quality of engineering or the track record of the trans as a whole. the trans is only as good as its weakest point. we had this discussion with the dc 9 1/4 rears and you were wrong there too. while the design of the rear was unchanged they decided to save a little money by using second rate bearings and that turned the rear into a pos as well especially for those who had to cough up the big bucks to repair it. lol you just made my point again maxi. instead of redesigning the transmission to either better deal with the heat generated or make servicing it about as easy as an oil change they just stuffed more parts into a difficult to service unit requiring the owner to go to the aftermarket to get parts that are basically a requirement for reliable long term operation. wrong again. the trans now comes with a cooler for towing. then why are so many people installing aftermarket coolers second there are no more parts in the front section than there used to be. is that the same as no more parts inside of the case at all and if not wtf is your point the point is that nothing is different even though the internal parts run much hotter than the non-od units of the past. how about a deeper pan and a drain plug third its not difficult to service certainly no more so than its predecessor which wasnt difficult either. sure it is. much harder than changing the oil and the frequency is damn near the same amount anymore especially with the new oils comming out. parts from the aftermarket arent required for long term operation. i have 62000 on mine and have changed the fluid twice. its about due for another change. and for each change you have to remove 4000 bolts to drop the pan and it doesnt have a drain remove and replace the filter while it continues to drip fluid on you hope that the new gasket that comes with the kit is not damaged or folded so that it will leak for sure reinstall the 4000 bolts that hold the pan on making sure not to overtighten any of them or strip any of them and then pour the new fluid through the dipstick tube while praying that it doesnt piss half of it onto the ground. now while this was acceptable when the change frequency was never or once in the life time of the vehicle 1 or more times a year is unacceptable. a simple redesign would use a deep sump finned pan with a drain plug and converting the filter to an external spin on type but that would cost a few $$ per vehicle and we just cant have that now can we. im not sure where you get your information but you certainly dont have any real facts. neither do you although your half-truths are interesting. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .
From : Annonymous
termite wrote the little magnet works fine. i just did it on my 2005 2500. its important to use plenty of grease on the drill bit and also the tap. go slow taking small bites at a time. mine is mounted pre turbo in the down tube going to the turbo. after mounting the probe use some anti-seize on it i started up the engine and let it idle for a couple of minutes. working great. this is a good place to do it. you want it as close to the exhaust ports as possible to get a truer reading because the gas is cooling the further it expands and the further it gets from the exhaust ports. -- posted using the http//www.autoforumz.com interface at authors request articles individually checked for conformance to usenet standards topic url http//www.autoforumz.com/dodge-recomendations-egts-ftopict138706.html visit topic url to contact author reg. reqd. report abuse http//www.autoforumz.com/eform.phpp=673052 .
From : Annonymous
that is because your dad is from a time when things were built to last unlike the junk that we have to deal with and accept as normal today. once again you prove yourself full of shit. the current a500/518/618/42/44/46/47/48rh/e are all the same design as the a727 and a904 transmissions. pull apart a 727 and the guts from it will interchange with the guts from the three speed section of a 46 with no differences except the tailshaft. the only other differences in going to the 47/48 are numbers of clutch plates so the drums have the snap ring groove cut in a different location. yep instead of redesigning the unit to handle the new requirements they instead just stuff more shit into the same bag iow turn a solid long life transmission into a high maintenance pos. the real difference which you have claimed to be smart enough to know is the heat generated by the od unit. this breaks down the atf which is what causes most of the failures associated with the od transmissions. lol you just made my point again maxi. instead of redesigning the transmission to either better deal with the heat generated or make servicing it about as easy as an oil change they just stuffed more parts into a difficult to service unit requiring the owner to go to the aftermarket to get parts that are basically a requirement for reliable long term operation. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .