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I've noticed these "solder seal" wire connectors and wondered if anyone on here have used them and what they think of them. They're the butt connectors with low temp solder inside. No soldering iron needed, just a heat gun. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks.

Just wanted to get the word out that I started a new club in the clubs section of Mopar1973Man.com It is open to all makes and models, on or off road, 4 wheelers and side by sides included. If it takes off we can make changes as it grows for separate sections for street, off road. Open to all members, Check it out!

Dave Paliadies is going to be on Coast to Coast to night and he will speak about the people that have gone missing in Idaho. Just thought Id throw that out there. I do listen to the guy and find him very interesting.

Any interest? In my younger days I used to enjoy the summer/winter games. Now, I really don't care. I lost interest when politics started showing up on the podium from the athletes. It's bad enough when countries try to use the Olympics as a political statement, (U.S. boycott on Russia) but when the athletes use it for their political views, it cheapens it to the point of me not caring. The Olympics to me should be for athletes doing the best humanly possible in competition against other athletes from around the world. Politics be Damned! Just my opinion, what's yours?

Ive made a horrible mistake and have been sledbiking with a buddy riding his bike. I used to do the dirt bike thing 20 years ago. Im now 39 maybe this is a crisis whatever it is ill take it. Th we green thing is almost ready. Ive never done drugs but this must be like all the best ounce at ounce pumping through my veins

Came across a 1st Gen Cummins on Ebay UK if only I didn't use my truck for work I'd get shut and dive in on a 1st gen https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165303643861?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D19b89403208a48dd8c26652589ff7a0a%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D183621570250%26itm%3D165303643861%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3Aaa30c046-8370-11ec-94f8-5275ed8b2457|parentrq%3Ab5d3860a17e0a6451a09d8ecfff0e9ea|iid%3A1

Sent DAP 2600.00 in love in a day. Ive been taking this stock new to me truck and just getting it all over with at one time. Man it just keeps adding up, soon I will be able to get in it and go coast to coast free of worries of break downs. It's fun to to see it come along too, the guy that had it put new tires, and interior, dash, new stereo that I'll never listen to unless its am talk show.

Get yourself a decent enough place away from towns and cities. Not too big of a house but, a good enough shop that you can do most all your own work. Build up tools too. Got to go Power going out any min.

I just went with dap because most here recommend them. So I stared comparing prices and wow good savings. For comparison 4" straight piped Diamond Eye 332.00 everyone is higher but one place was 562.00 same exhaust. Thanks for the heads up Michael.

Sent DAP 2600.00 in love in a day. Ive been taking this stock new to me truck and just getting it all over with at one time. Man it just keeps adding up, soon I will be able to get in it and go coast to coast free of worries of break downs. It's fun to to see it come along too, the guy that had it put new tires, and interior, dash, new stereo that I'll never listen to unless its am talk show.

Just wanted to take a minute and wish all my friends here a Happy New Year! Hope it is a better year than the past two have been. Let's all hope for the best!

Its now Christmas Eve already. Just wanted to take a minute to Wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas! We have a great community here on Mopar1973Man.com and I appreciate everyone for their help, conversation and different views on various topics. I have learned a lot here and consider you all more than just other forum members. I look at you all more as friends I have not met yet. This is a friendly place to discuss our Dodge Cummins trucks and many other topics that come up from politics to our daily lives. I do not partake in Facebook so this is my social media. I get on here regularly just to see what's been going on. Its usually my first stop with morning coffee a…

It's been pretty quiet here on our little corner of the interweb. Is everyone that busy with the upcoming holidays? If so I get it but I get bored. This is my Facebook. I've been somewhat busy with work but decided to take Thursday off so i could have a little home time to get some things done around here. the wife has been doing her Christmas baking. I've done my best to stay out of the finished baked good but that don't always work out. Lol Hope everyone has a great Christmas!

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Is there a reason I can't post replies to threads in the club section? Also, in the vendor section, Quadzilla, in your pinned thread, wanna buy a Quadzilla, the links don't work....

I've been using this app for quite some time. So far I'm really impressed with its ability to keep you on track with maintenance and tracking MPG numbers. I figured I'd bring this up and let people know about the app. https://www.simplyauto.app/ Personal dream I had for the website here was to have the author of the Garage Software to add a maintenance record program to the garage so it would remind owners of up coming thing like oil change, brakes etc. That way as you logged on the site and you would add your mileage to the web site and it would notify of service needed. Also would possibly allow members with permission to view your records to pro…

snow in the UK unusual for this time of year

Colorado has never seen no snow this late in the season and the California needs rain and snow worse than any other time in history. So instead of starting a riot over gas/ diesel engines or anything else you think is better to butter your bread with, why don't we try a little prayer once in awhile. How long's it been since you read the bible or said a little prayer for others and your family? You know prayer accomplished as a team will work wonders, it says so in the good book. We need to stop all this here disease of everyone having a solution and ask for God to help us out of the garbage America has dumped itself into. Truely we are headed for the heap and I belie…

Not sure where to put this, for sale in the UK not by me I will add. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265413198482?hash=item3dcbdc0292:g:1NkAAOSwXI1hl9h2 $22600 to you guys Just gobsmacked at the price these are at now, I paid £7k for mine 3 or 4 years ago, I've done a lot of work to mine but nowhere near £10k

This article is going to be about proper final ratio to the ground and the effects. OPTIMAL FINAL RATIO TO THE GROUND 3.55:1 to 3.73:1 Remember when you have 3.55 axle gears you cannot swap to a larger tire without a huge impact on EGT's and loss of power. Cummins engines are not designed to be cruising at highway speeds at low RPMs. True 3.73 final ratio will be roughly 2,100 RPMs at about 65 MPH. Even what I'm set up for with my own truck with 245/75 R16 is a 3.69:1 final ratio. I'll be using the stock tire size of most trucks which was 31-inch tires. I highly suggest you take a moment and plug in the tires size and gear ratio into this gea…