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Welcome To Mopar1973Man.Com LLC
We are privately owned, with access to a professional Diesel Mechanic, who can provide additional support for Dodge Ram Cummins Diesel vehicles. Many detailed information is FREE and available to read. However, in order to interact directly with our Diesel Mechanic, Michael, by phone, via zoom, or as the web-based option, Subscription Plans are offered that will enable these and other features. Go to the Subscription Page and Select a desired plan. At any time you wish to cancel the Subscription, click Subscription Page, select the 'Cancel' button, and it will be canceled. For your convenience, all subscriptions are on auto-renewal.
Responding to notification about being "inactive" member... I read more than I post, since y'all know more than I do.
But, just to say something for the sake of saying it: my "new" truck turned 20 years old on Tuesday, 05/12/15. It has 569,750 (about) miles on it.
Just put another water pump on - O'Reilly autoparts keeps replacing them when they wear out. I bought the first one from them in 2003 to replace the OEM one. The new pump lasted until 2010, went out near enough home to let it cool and limp back. This one went out on the way home from work and needed a tow. So OEM 8 years, then 7 and 5. I think I will buy and install a new one in 2019 (G-d willing) just to preempt another tow.
AC compressor clutch went out a few weeks earlier; new compressor (I know, wasteful, but it was close to 20 years old and replacing just the clutch seemed pointless), accumulator/drier, flushed, and A/C works fine now. I wonder if taking off the serpentine belt to do the AC had anything to do with killing the water pump bearing?
A few weeks before all this, the right front outer wheel bearing disintegrated and kinda' welded the inner race to the spindle. Cut it off, replaced the bearings, cleaned and re-packed the other side, good to go. There is a year of meat left on the brake pads. Only hitch was, the stamped sheetmetal locking nut thing - goes over the spindle nut and has holes for the cotter pin - was fried and no longer available new. Got one from the wrecking yard (and again, thanks to my Wife for lending me her car to go chase parts) - paid $20, which seemed steep, but in retrospect it was cheap, not steep, since it was not available new, even from the Dodge dealer. Moral of the story: clean and re-pack front wheel bearings annually.
I they keep me on at work until I'm 70, the truck has to go another ~90 - 100k miles - about 30k miles a year for 3-1/2 years. But they could run me off any time, they are getting to where they don't like gray hair (but the young Engineers are sorta clueless and they need us old fogies to clue them in).
Anyway, I'm amazed, I've never put this many miles on a vehicle in my life. Not looking forward to ever buying a new one, can't get used to the idea of my truck talking to me and telling me where to turn, or how many mpg I'm getting. This 12-valve gets abut 21-22 mpg (I don't drive fast anymore); my buddy got a new 1/2-ton Dodge with the Italian V-6 diesel and he likes it real well, but it does not get better mpg than mine, and to me it is pretty space-shippy.
So - long-winded but that's what's up in my corner of the 12-valve world.
Thanks for all the info and help over the years.