2nd Generation Dodge Non-Powertrain

I'm about ready to address some typical steering sloppiness in my 02 before it gets worse. Who here has installed a red head steering gear box and can provide some feedback? All comments I've read on various forums and videos I've watched are favorable on these boxes. Also heard about Blue Top as another provider. Thanks

Hey all, planning/wanting to do the rear pinion seal on my truck and while talking to my dad about it on the phone, he warned about having to re lash the diff after taking that big nut off (the one torqued to 450+ ft/lbs). Is this the case? Truck I'm almost certain has a Dana 80 due to it having the 6sp from factory. Any knowledge or tips or suggestions are appreciated! Thank you all.

Thinking about having a one piece drive shaft built for my truck. The carrier bushing is going out again, I can feel it thump around when letting off the throttle. What are the pro's and cons for this?

My drivers side seat heater has never worked, I get the flash indicating a break in the circuit somewhere. I try to keep everything factory so I started working on fixing it yesterday. I couldn’t remember why I hadn’t done it sooner. Well I’m a jackass…now I remember why I never tackled this project. Long story, I’ve ordered a new bottom seat cover. Does anyone know of an aftermarket heat pad that will work with the factory module? Any suggestions on salvaging the oem pad or should I just suck it up and install an aftermarket pad with a new aftermarket switch?

OK, if you're brave enough to check this out, here's my issue. I drive my truck 5 miles or 50 miles, when I park and get out of truck, I smell gear lube.....alot. Hot gear lube. When I bought this truck 3 years ago, about 3 months into ownership, I smelled gear lube. It's unmistakable. Found an axel seal was leaking and saw gear lube on the tire after sitting overnight. Removed both axels and replaced outer seals. Fast forward to about a year ago. Started smelling gear lube again. Haven't found any signs of axel leakage at all. Is it possible I'm just smelling gear lube from the vent tube? The thing that has me puzzled is I don't remember smelling i…

First off, thanks to Moparman and IBMobile's A/C troubleshooting tips. I'm not mechanically inclined, and A/C is a mystery to me, but after spending a good portion of the day reading, and watching videos I'm starting to understand. Some background - took to the shop, mechanic recharged and put dye in, A/C was good for ~1 month then started blowing warm. Took back, he couldnt find the leak, recharged with dye and kept it for a week, blowed for ~1 month, now it's warm again. I believe he used a Freon with leak patch. Since it's a time and money commitment to get it to him, I got a loaner Manifold gauge and Vacuum pump and set it up tonight. Wi…

Sunday morning I had high hopes of changing my front shocks. Driver's side went well, but two of the passenger side shock tower retainer studs snapped off. In lieu of spending $30-40 to replace this part, I came up with a "repair" plan that hopefully may help someone in the future that doesn't have a week to dream this up and build it. Also, I read nothing but bad things about the MOOG version of this device - for some folks the studs immediately snapped, for others the studs spun in the retainer. I'm not yet done with this, so this is a post in progress. Basically I have thus far cut the hex off some grade 10.9, 10-1.5x25mm flange bolts and plan to either silve…

Home again today thanks to Commie Cold and feeling fantastic so thought I'd change out my front fuel tank strap that has been bent/ mangled since before I bought the truck. Just like the Kung Flu, it too is from China. The new straps are plain carbon steel so the one I installed got a good coat of paint before install. Factory straps appear to have been galvanized. Here are some photos I took to compare; the new strap is actually for the rear, hence the smaller size and lack of clipped corners at the bolt end. Corners must be clipped to clear driveshaft center support bracket. Not sure what to think of the spot welds versus rivets. Time will tell. …

Today I made an effort to diagnose loose steering in my truck and installed the "Rock Solid Steering" kit from this guy that I bought a few years ago on a whim (realized before installing that it wouldn't fix my problem, but did the install anyway). http://rocksolidramtrucksteering.com/ I have to saw the wheel back and forth quite a bit, and tightening the box as recommended didn't take much slop out, it required very little change. My intermediate steering shaft has lots of lateral slop in it at the sliding joint, but I couldn't hold one end and rotate the other relative to it (radial slop undetected). It may be replaced soon, so any sugges…

My passenger e brake started dragging so I got under there and at some point I bent the cable where it goes in the bracket. So I went to order a new one and no one can get them, so I go to Dodge and they tell me both brake cables are discontinued. I hate going to the wrecking yard for parts. Anyone else experience this?

So today I was a little bored and wanted to check my rear tire pressure. With the chrome covers on this is impossible on the dual rear wheels. The covers are 4 hole and the wheels 7 hole so they don't line up and there is just no way to get in there with a gauge so...... I removed the chrome covers, painted the wheels black satin and reused the chrome centers. See pic below. What ya think? Rears before Rears after

I bought another Howard gem rotovator last month from a friend of mine, he has a Chevy diesel long bed truck I asked him on the phone if he had anything to lift the rotovator onto my truck "yeah no problem" Turns out he's got a bed mounted hydraulic crane, lifts the rotovator easily Just bought a new one and waiting for it to turn up I'm thinking make a mounting that attaches to my 5th wheel rails so when I need it to be gone as in when I use my 5th wheel I just pull 4 pins and lift it off, this will depend on if the crane has enough reach to get over the side We'll see

Edit: whoops. can someone move this to non- powertrain? Thanks Hey all, Ive had this forever, but its been on the backburner. I figure some better minds could help. Airbag light, new clockspring fixed cruise control, no dice on light. Cant figure out how to pull codes for it. Dont know where to go. I looked at a 99? Wiring diagram posted here, showed the ACM hooked to something called a seat belt module. Supposed to be under center seat? Nothings there on mine, or harness, so dont know if was deleted? Mine is a 2001. Also theres this terminated plug under the air-filter. Dont know where that goes or what it does, a…

Is this a ujoint or something else? Noise only happens in reverse gear with engine running, no noise when backing in neutral with the engine off. Noise disappears when in forward gear.

I've had the Toyo tyres on my truck now for about 2 years and within the last 3 months or so I noticed an out of balance wobble starting to get worse there was several speeds where it was worse and the tyres were wearing very odd like the front edge of all threads wearing off. When I had the tyres fitted the guy told me the rims or tyres were way out of balance and that he had to use a lot of weight to even get close and to be fair the truck was never 100% and had a slight wobble over 60mph that settled out about 65mph. It was getting worse so I decided to try beads Dyna beads to give them a name, called the company here in the UK that I presume imports t…

I swapped out the dash on my truck with the help of a friend. Now i have this single plug left with no ideal where it goes. To top it off now my truck will not start. Can anyone help with pictures of the plug location. This plug has an Orange wire with a White tracer along with a Brown wire with a black tracer.

So I had this show up at work the other day, apparently there is now a tool for removing the hubs on our trucks if you don't feel like sacrificing an extension.

So i just replaced the complete dash on my 2001 3500. I also replaced the VP and ran the truck before i pulled the dash. At first the truck ran rot a few seconds then shut of. On the third start up it would not start at all now. I do have a plug that i can not find the plug for. Below are pictures from the interweb and one of mine. Anyone have an ideal of where it goes. i had a friend helping me so i don’t know where he unplugged it!!!!

Hey all, back with more problems. So, got most of the friend end rebuilt at a shop and got a red head installed. The popping noise when turning went away for a day or two and then was back. Truck was down for awhile for fuel in oil and I brought it back to the shop under warranty. They replace the redhead because it was also leaking when turning. They then told me it was still popping after the replacement and they think it was the frame being cracked in that area. They welded it and I bit the bullet on that price tag. Drive the truck back with no popping when turning and the next day its back again... I don't think it was the frame causing the noise. It was c…

I’m going to replace my factory cooler, it’s actually been a really good unit with no issues, but a lot of the fins are smashed in and I’d rather just replace it sooner than later. Does Mopar even offer the original unit anymore? I can’t find a PN for it. I’ve considered doing the Mishimoto as it claims to be a direct fit, but noticed @Dynamic offers the 3rd gen version on his website, but not the 2nd gen version. I assume he excluded the 2nd gen version for a reason.