how to remove front shocks 2004 3500 ram

From : chadtom lawrence

Q: on sun 23 mar 2008 130154 -0400 roy roy@fhome.net wrote on sat 22 mar 2008 234756 -0700 hayseed nothere@bogus.com wrote anybody know how to disable the damn seatbelt chime/gong im driving around on the ranch in and out of the rig constantly and the chime is driving me nuts. thanks bob my 2004 there is a procedure to do this and it was in the owners manual. ill check the manual tomorrow and see if i can find it. you can also do it with a scan tool the right one probalby not a generic one... but the owners manual method takes only the key and a few minutes. yea drove me nuts too i dont belt in when plowing... hmmmm.... i used the belt when plowing. of course i never got out of the truck. i had problems twisting my older body around while backing up... i do have to jump out too to shovel mail boxes... i wont go anywhere on the highway or road without a seatbelt however. firm beliver in them a few years racing off-road and on taught me the value of seatbelts. . 222 343537 1206361375763@isp.n aarcuda69062 wrote wrote yes it is. ever open an egr valve at idle yep. did the engine run better or worse didnt run at all they dont run well on an inert gas. next time dont open it so far. try a 10% or 20% command on your scn tool instead of 80% . do you suppose hc goes up or down if you open the egr at idle being the engine wouldnt stay running i would say it went down. ; if it would stay running it would have a lean misfire that would lead to an increase in hc. no it wouldnt be a lean misfire. lean misfire comes from too much air and not enough fuel. opening the egr does not add more air. it does add gas which displaces air. that would mean less air going into the cylinders. at least that is what would happen in the first fractions of a second. so for a very brief period of time you get a rich condition. the exhaust gasses displace what would have been combustible mixture in the combustion chamber the actual ratio of that combustible mixture doesnt change. how can the mixture not change if you just took away some of the air. of course in about the time it takes you to blink the dynamic system that controls fuel air timing and idle speed is going to react to those changes - so any conclusions you draw from this experiment are more than likely to be completely wrong. -jim if you have an engine with a leaking egr valve at idle fattening up the mixture doesnt improve how the engine will idle. comparing secondary spark lines on a ignition scope a lean mixture looks completely different than a stuck open or leaking egr valve. air pumps tend to have a generic universal design what if instead of a 4 cfm air pump made for a 3.9 liter engine he got a 10 cfm replacement pump made for a 7.4 liter engine. you -can- pump too much air into a catalytic converter and snuff out the fire. yep i see your point here. my experience has been that aftermarket emission parts are junk. yup. ----== posted via pro.com - unlimited-unrestricted-secure usenet ==---- http//www.pro.com the #1 group service in the world! 100000 groups ---= - total privacy via encryption =--- .

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From : tom lawrence

on sun 23 mar 2008 130154 -0400 roy roy@fhome.net wrote on sat 22 mar 2008 234756 -0700 hayseed nothere@bogus.com wrote anybody know how to disable the damn seatbelt chime/gong im driving around on the ranch in and out of the rig constantly and the chime is driving me nuts. thanks bob my 2004 there is a procedure to do this and it was in the owners manual. ill check the manual tomorrow and see if i can find it. you can also do it with a scan tool the right one probalby not a generic one... but the owners manual method takes only the key and a few minutes. yea drove me nuts too i dont belt in when plowing... hmmmm.... i used the belt when plowing. of course i never got out of the truck. i had problems twisting my older body around while backing up... guess when your older that can be a problem. i just use the mirrors. i do have to jump out too to shovel mail boxes... repeat after me never get out of the truck never get out of the truck i spent my 8 or 20 hours or however long in my truck nice and dry and warm. of course those days are behind me now. i still actually feel for the rabbit as he still has his plows on while i have my skinny ass at the beachvbg i wont go anywhere on the highway or road without a seatbelt however. firm beliver in them a few years racing off-road and on taught me the value of seatbelts. yup have a 5 point in the jeep. seat belts are a must everywhere. even the friggin rabbit wears one. custom made to go around but it works.bfg .