question about changing the rings on a dodge 2500 , 5.9L magnum , 1998
From : stormin mormon
Q: stormin mormon wrote which ring if you mean the rings bearings that hold the bottom of the piston rod to the crank shaft probably easier from the bottom. if you mean piston rods which hold the compression in youll need to compress the rings to get the piston into the cylinder. i dont know if you can use a ring compressor from the bottom. but i doubt it. never heard of anyone doing it. it is the oil ring on the piston pat .
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From : roy
budd cochran wrote not me miles the bible says what the characteristics of a true god are. thats because thats the one you believe is the best one to follow. others follow their beliefs for just as strong of reasons as you. all i did was ask a question which one in your opinion is the best one to follow the one you feel is best for you. just dont expect others to have any respect for that unless you have respect for their differing beliefs as well. .
From : nosey
leythos wrote i am about to change the battery in my 2000 dakota quad cab and wanted to replace the lamps also anyone got a link to instructions on this thanks l instructions for changing all the different lamps on the vehicle are in your owners manual. if you want instructions for changing the battery take the negative terminal connector off first and put it back on last. be sure all the connections are clean. -- ken .
From : roy
i doubt this ass will every read this group again but boy does he have a chip on his shoulder! i wonder if he acts this way when dealing with people in a face to face encounter or if the anonymity of the internet gives him the freedom to act like this. bob m wrote puce blorg wrote mike simmons wrote ed i bought the car used. it doesnt have a manual. i truly dont see how the manual would help even if i had one though. its not a matter of me pressing the wrong switches. i did make a typo indeed but i dont think you understand the gist of this problem in any case. ill try to elaborate. the problem is that the switches are not working as one would anticipate them to be. the lights all worked fine until a few days ago i point out once again. do you ever drive at night if you do normally youd turn on your headlights and have no interior lights on unless you intentionally turned them on. in my case that is no longer possible. i can only drive with the interior lights off to be clear if i slide the dimmer switch to the extreme left or if i would take out the light bulbs. in order to see my gauges lit for night driving i would need to slide the dimmer switch to the right but if i do that the interior lights come on. is that clearer it may not be but its a strange little problem. i just thought that maybe this was a common or semi-common glitch with this sort of auto. ive checked the doors to see if the light switches are all making contact with the doors and they are. ed h. wrote i dont mean to be a smart ass but have you read the owners manual i think you have a very mis-leading typo in your 3rd paragraph because you state the the interior lights remain off i think you meant on but also say that the interior lights always want to remain on when the headlights are on; a contradiction if took me a few re-readings to figure out. anyway if reading the manual doesnt provide the answer i would look for a selector switch on the interior or dome light. hi everyone. my first post. a few days ago my 4 year old son was playing with some buttons on my old caravan. he got scared when the emergency blinkers started blinking. now im not sure this is not justa coincidence but ever since that incident and i dont know what all else he was pressing or how he was pressing ive had a strange problem with my lighting system. when i put the headlights on and slide the dimmer slider just a tad to the right the interior lights come on and stay on. if i press the switch for the interior lights whilst the headlights are on the headlinghts will shut off but the interior lights will stay on. if i turn the headlights on and push the dimmer to the extreme left i can only get a faint glow from my gauges but the interior lights remain off. in other words the interior lights always want to be on when the headlights are on. the hazard lights work normally it seems. it is very frustrating. i think my only option is to take out the light bulbs in the dome lights for night driving. am i being somewhat clear with my description can anyone adivse many thanks. g if you slide your dimmer switch to the extreme right the dome lamps will come on.... that is a feature of the vehicle! mike mike i know that. jeez. the point being there is no way to shut them off. i was trying to show that the only way to see my gauges at night is to slide the dimmer up to the right not even to the extreme right until it clicks but that then the interior lights come on. i was simply illustrating the conundrum but only astute readers would have comprehended that. then maybe you should learn how to articulate your problem more clearly. now figure out the solution to your problem on your own you pompous a$$hole. bob gee i dont think i could have articulated any more clearer. such a sensitive lot. yeah im sure ill be missing out on loads of other helpful information like how to put mittens on without getting your thumbs stuck and advanced topics in opening and closing velcro straps. bofqs. .
From : beekeep
bob m wrote puce blorg wrote mike simmons wrote ed i bought the car used. it doesnt have a manual. i truly dont see how the manual would help even if i had one though. its not a matter of me pressing the wrong switches. i did make a typo indeed but i dont think you understand the gist of this problem in any case. ill try to elaborate. the problem is that the switches are not working as one would anticipate them to be. the lights all worked fine until a few days ago i point out once again. do you ever drive at night if you do normally youd turn on your headlights and have no interior lights on unless you intentionally turned them on. in my case that is no longer possible. i can only drive with the interior lights off to be clear if i slide the dimmer switch to the extreme left or if i would take out the light bulbs. in order to see my gauges lit for night driving i would need to slide the dimmer switch to the right but if i do that the interior lights come on. is that clearer it may not be but its a strange little problem. i just thought that maybe this was a common or semi-common glitch with this sort of auto. ive checked the doors to see if the light switches are all making contact with the doors and they are. ed h. wrote i dont mean to be a smart ass but have you read the owners manual i think you have a very mis-leading typo in your 3rd paragraph because you state the the interior lights remain off i think you meant on but also say that the interior lights always want to remain on when the headlights are on; a contradiction if took me a few re-readings to figure out. anyway if reading the manual doesnt provide the answer i would look for a selector switch on the interior or dome light. hi everyone. my first post. a few days ago my 4 year old son was playing with some buttons on my old caravan. he got scared when the emergency blinkers started blinking. now im not sure this is not justa coincidence but ever since that incident and i dont know what all else he was pressing or how he was pressing ive had a strange problem with my lighting system. when i put the headlights on and slide the dimmer slider just a tad to the right the interior lights come on and stay on. if i press the switch for the interior lights whilst the headlights are on the headlinghts will shut off but the interior lights will stay on. if i turn the headlights on and push the dimmer to the extreme left i can only get a faint glow from my gauges but the interior lights remain off. in other words the interior lights always want to be on when the headlights are on. the hazard lights work normally it seems. it is very frustrating. i think my only option is to take out the light bulbs in the dome lights for night driving. am i being somewhat clear with my description can anyone adivse many thanks. g if you slide your dimmer switch to the extreme right the dome lamps will come on.... that is a feature of the vehicle! mike mike i know that. jeez. the point being there is no way to shut them off. i was trying to show that the only way to see my gauges at night is to slide the dimmer up to the right not even to the extreme right until it clicks but that then the interior lights come on. i was simply illustrating the conundrum but only astute readers would have comprehended that. then maybe you should learn how to articulate your problem more clearly. now figure out the solution to your problem on your own you pompous a$$hole. bob gee i dont think i could have articulated any more clearer. such a sensitive lot. yeah im sure ill be missing out on loads of other helpful information like how to put mittens on without getting your thumbs stuck and advanced topics in opening and closing velcro straps. bofqs. .
From : roy
mike simmons wrote ed i bought the car used. it doesnt have a manual. i truly dont see how the manual would help even if i had one though. its not a matter of me pressing the wrong switches. i did make a typo indeed but i dont think you understand the gist of this problem in any case. ill try to elaborate. the problem is that the switches are not working as one would anticipate them to be. the lights all worked fine until a few days ago i point out once again. do you ever drive at night if you do normally youd turn on your headlights and have no interior lights on unless you intentionally turned them on. in my case that is no longer possible. i can only drive with the interior lights off to be clear if i slide the dimmer switch to the extreme left or if i would take out the light bulbs. in order to see my gauges lit for night driving i would need to slide the dimmer switch to the right but if i do that the interior lights come on. is that clearer it may not be but its a strange little problem. i just thought that maybe this was a common or semi-common glitch with this sort of auto. ive checked the doors to see if the light switches are all making contact with the doors and they are. ed h. wrote i dont mean to be a smart ass but have you read the owners manual i think you have a very mis-leading typo in your 3rd paragraph because you state the the interior lights remain off i think you meant on but also say that the interior lights always want to remain on when the headlights are on; a contradiction if took me a few re-readings to figure out. anyway if reading the manual doesnt provide the answer i would look for a selector switch on the interior or dome light. hi everyone. my first post. a few days ago my 4 year old son was playing with some buttons on my old caravan. he got scared when the emergency blinkers started blinking. now im not sure this is not justa coincidence but ever since that incident and i dont know what all else he was pressing or how he was pressing ive had a strange problem with my lighting system. when i put the headlights on and slide the dimmer slider just a tad to the right the interior lights come on and stay on. if i press the switch for the interior lights whilst the headlights are on the headlinghts will shut off but the interior lights will stay on. if i turn the headlights on and push the dimmer to the extreme left i can only get a faint glow from my gauges but the interior lights remain off. in other words the interior lights always want to be on when the headlights are on. the hazard lights work normally it seems. it is very frustrating. i think my only option is to take out the light bulbs in the dome lights for night driving. am i being somewhat clear with my description can anyone adivse many thanks. g if you slide your dimmer switch to the extreme right the dome lamps will come on.... that is a feature of the vehicle! mike mike i know that. jeez. the point being there is no way to shut them off. i was trying to show that the only way to see my gauges at night is to slide the dimmer up to the right not even to the extreme right until it clicks but that then the interior lights come on. i was simply illustrating the conundrum but only astute readers would have comprehended that. ah yes astute reader now i see...... sorry that i am not able to decipher your cryptic missive.. the one other thing you might check is that the dome lamp in the cargo compartment has been switched on inadvertently. youre welcome! mike .
From : beekeep
not and will not feel the same as you and you can not make me us. if you would just accept that and respect everyones feelings when we have asked you to stop forcing it on us the world would be happy once again. if you dont like it then its your problem. take it up with god. i dont want to hear it. blah blah blah i have taken it up with him and he said you are out there. had he said something like the later i would have said the same to him as has been said to you. no more no less you i doubt no correction i know you will not believe that. from what you have called me from how you refused to accept my side and probably still refuse it what the heck do you expect me to believe out of you take some responsibility yourself larry. cya. i never refused to accept your side of any story. i read all your posts repeatedly! i tried to reason with you failure. i tried emailing you failure. i tried arguing with you failure. so please tell me again how i am the one that is wrong all i ever asked you to do is to stop trying to convert me to your way of thinking about religion. no more no less. i didnt then dont now and never will think feel or believe about religion as you. that is why you are you and i am me. accept it budd people are fucking different! period end of discussion you cant change that. aloha!! . 222 329384 vi2dncuptzzoq17ynz2dnuvzqcmnz2d@comcast.com id appreciate some insight from anyone in the know about this engine. how do they deactivate the four non-contributing cylinders is it always the same four or do they shift it around in order to spread the wear when does the deactivation occur can the feature be manually locked out any known issues yet i remember the cadillac 8-6-4 system from years ago it was a pos throw-away engine. im looking at trading my 03 ram hemi before the $7k incentives run out next week buti dont want to be a guinea pig for a technology experiment that is valueless or worse. thanks in advance for any information martin saw your question in the other thread. the 03 just seems to have the rep of being faster and more responsive like dodge has been taming down the hemis over the years. as to the mds. dont care for the mds one little bit but dodge being dodge there is a wide range of quality to their engines. some say its a good thing. i guess i do know how it works at least on mine. what are model are you interested in i sorta agree with you one more thing to go wrong. im glad my hemi doesnt have it. roy heh i dont know about one more thing... maybe a hundred or so things. dont know exactly why but im not very concerned about mds failure. .
From : roy
question time!!!! how many points do the bears win by how many times is manning intercepted how many times is manning sacked what is the longest play how many yards not time rabbit will it be a run or pass by which team .
From : tbone
our language is fine its those that misuse it that have trouble. and once again you prove yourself wrong. if the language was perfect it could not be misused. then you know less than you think you do. i guess that you dont know the definition pf perfect then do you maybe the fact you jumped in with both fists swinging is the reason. you have a tendency to argue with me for the stupidest reasons. that could have just made him decide the group wasnt worth his time. lol if you refer to the simple post i initially made as both fists swining then you are either a wimp or just spinning once again to cover your ass. no just dont want to be accused of inserting this type of content when someone else is to blame as has happened in the recent past. that type of content didnt and still doesnt exist in this thread so who exactly is going to accuse you of anything i didnt answer the question because it was worded as to give a chance for more arguments about that topic. just spin. if you were so worried about starting or continuing argumnets then why did you reply at all btw carb kits are still available. then it sounds more like a dead or missing unit. how do you know you didnt know the kits were still available. i didnt bother to look. but i do know that most auto-parts stores will not carry it as it would be a class d part by now and he would have to order it either at the store or on-line. right. in a town 30 miles from the nearest interstate 120 miles from the nearest town of a population over 20000 and i can walk into any of three parts stores and get the kits. then you must live in an area where old clunkers like that are the norm. if parts have a smil chance of being bought then they have an equally small chance of being stocked as that is just wasted money. now did you actually go to these auto-parts stores looking for these i bet the kit is also about 20 years old. i didnt think youd be interested in asking questions . . . not in this case and since the op didnt answer yours it seems that i had the correct decision here. he just wanted to know if the part was available in the private sector not answer 20 questions. oh there you go with the mind reading again . . . . then i must be pretty good since he has yet to respond. he did not ask for an opinion and even if he did my response was not to him anyway. obviously you intent was to start an argument and try to drag religious content into it. i did no such thing budd. stop lying and blowing smoke. i brought no religious content into it at all. i simply pointed out that you dont follow your own words or claimed beliefs which is a fact clearly shown in this thread. i asked him a question. you started the argument. i did no such thing. the point is budd is that he didnt ask for an opinion or a diagnosis and my response was not to him. no it was another attempt to start an argument as per your normal inclinations. it was nothing more than an obvious observation by me. if an argument started over it that was caused by you. you could have chosen to simply not respond. as could have you. i simply replied to your question with somewhat obvious answers. you chose to make an argument out of it. maybe it is beyond repair maybe not but dont guess ask. why should i he did not ask for my opinion. nor did he ask for mine but i did try to find out his exact needs unlike you. because once again i didnt reply to him. you asked why he didnt rebuild his and i posted some obvious reasons why not. was it your place to do that or his it is a public forum and can be answered by anyone. you could have simply ignored me and waited for him to respond but didnt. what does that have to do with anything just because they are available doesnt mean that the owner or multiple owners used them and cracking can come from other means than improper mounting. really the only method i can think of is a wreck or using a hammer to adjust them. how about ice budd. sorry i use gasoline in my carbs not water. burns better in the cylinder. now look who is making assumptions. did you do some studying on those electrical circuits and ohms laws yet yep. you i dont have to as i already am proficient there. did you learn that increasing resistance does not increase current flow bragging again mr supermechanic it is not bragging budd but by your comment above i guess that you have learned something. even if you are still not man enough to admit to even a simple error. tom youve screwed up so many times in comparison to my few times youd be weeks apologizing them all. once again nothing but spin and still not man enough to simply say that you were wrong even though you now know that you were. like i said budd you like to talk the talk but are never willing
From : stormin mormon
i cant say for sure that it will work. ive used atf to clean out clogged up lifters so why not try it on the oil rings considering what he is thinking of doing i would give it a try first. what does he have to lose other than a few bucks for filters and fluids agreed ive used atf for lifters and it worked on a valve once. with what he has going doubtful atf will move it. ive seen water dilution to the point that you have to scrape it off. perhaps a quart of diesel fuel. let it idle for a few minutes shut it down drain it and repeat a few times. leave all the fill caps and breathers open so the fumes will escape. do not let it get hot! warning! if the bearings are wiped and get hot the addition of diesel fuel can be real dangerous. honestly with a cracked head and ring problems id be looking for a good replacement engine. .
From : roy
tom last question on this subject..i hope! are these hose we are talking about something i have order/get from the dealer. or can i find them at a good auto parts store i am planning on dropping the tank this saturday and repairing the problem and having back on the road in time for work on monday. thanks david .
From : beekeep
on jan 24 726 pm nursetracy tholl...@nospam.hotmail.com wrote i recently had major repairs to my 99 dodge ram 2500. i had the timing chain cover and gears water pump and thermostat replaced as well as a coolant system flush among multiple other repairs. today 250 miles later i spring an antifreeze leak. the guy says that the bypass hose in the thermostat housing is what sprung a leak and is not related to the repairs already performed. my question is shouldnt they have inspected the hose when the water pump and thermostat were replaced any ideas i would think that the bypass hose would always be replaced when servicing the thermostat because pulling the thermostat in v-8s from the late 1990s models involves quite a bit of disassembly remove alt a/c and brackets. they relocated the themostat housing in subsequent models. im a cynic but i can imagine that perhaps your shop didnt have the correct hose laying around and wanted to get your job out and billed. now that im mad at the mechanic i also imagine that he damaged the bypass hose by prying at it with a screwdriver martin .
From : stormin mormon
stormin mormon wrote i presume you or your garage has tested the compression. it would be unfortuate to pull the engine apart and replace the wrong component. yes it was tested at the garage and the problem that the dealer is telling is that i used syntetic oil and i had a crack head that leak prestone in the oil and they tell me that because it was syntetic oil the mix of oil and prestone did a kind of caramel like goo that is stuck inside or in the back of the compression ring and those ring are stuck compress in and ther is no way to unstuck them with any additive so i have to take them out to change them pat .
From : stormin mormon
hi i have a 2000 dodge dakota 4w quad cab and im trying to remove the half axle to replace the differential can somebody tell me how to remove the half axle.. the rest looks easy. do i have to remove the wheel hub... reply to lawlessbill@yahoo.com would be great.... thanks bill .