For Sale - 2006 Dodge Ram 2500- Flatbed for long box bed Winch bumper Flat Bed for Long Box 3rd generation Cummins Tootlbox are included with key I have a flatbed for 3rd Generation dodge Cummins. This flatbed comes with a gooseneck hitch already in the bed. The winch bumper is part of the set. Tootlbox have a key to lock and unlock all box a single key. There is rust starting and electrical will have to be sorted out on your own.
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Price: $1,000.00
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Location: New Meadows, Idaho
Other years will be similar, major point of contention would be the orientation of the belt tensioner.
Try to do it without removing anything but the belt and pump will take hours, and volumes of language not fit for Human consumption.
1) Get under truck on passanger side with a 1/2 inch long handle ratchet, not a breaker bar (head too thick). Insert the drive square on the ratchet into the belt tensioners preformed indention for the 1/2 inch square. Use the ratchet to pull the belt tensioner towards the ground. While holding the tensioner in this position take the belt off the the A/C pully. Return the tensioner to it's relaxed position, by reducing pressure on the ratchet handle. Leave ratchet on the tensioner for now.
2) Open drain-plug on radiator and let the water drain out. While you are waiting on this to happen, get all the other things you will need to do the job (list of tools and materials at the end of this guide)
3) Remove the Thermostat housing complete with hose, by removing the three 8mm bolts holding the housing to the engine block. Once it's out of the way remove the Thermostat and gasket from the block.
4) Remove the fan shroud support that is directly in front of the Alternator ( two 13mm nuts and two 10mm bolts).
5) Using a 1/4 drive ratchet and 10mm 6 point socket (12 point will cause problems), with a short extension between the racthet and socket remove the two bolts holding the water pump on the block {( you will need a cheater pipe on the ratchet ) be careful to keep the socket straight on the bolt while using the cheater pipe, it will have a nateral tendency to want to pull sideways and not square}. Remove water pump.
6) Clean the area on the block where the O-ring on the pump seals against the block ( I used a Scotchbrite pad ) { hint your wife has one in the kitchen, used to scour pots and pans }.
7) Install O-ring on new pump using a bit of grease to hold it in place.
8) Making sure the weep hole is pointed down (may be located differently than OEM pump, mine was), install the new water pump. Making sure to use cheater pipe and common sense to tighten the two bolts, while keeping the socket straight on the bolt head.
9) Turn pully on pump to insure, freedom of movement, and then reroute the serpentine belt correctly over and under all the pulleys (a smooth pully rides against the top side of the belt). Don't forget tp remove the 1/2 inch ratchet from the tensioner, once the belt is correctly back in place and fully tensioned.
10) Close radiator drain-plug.
11) Put the fan shroud bracket back on.
12) Pour 1/2 of a gallon jug of antifreeze in radiator, then fill jug back to top with water, giving you a 50/50 mix. Do a second gallon by pouring half of it into the first jug that is now empty, now fill both jugs to the top with water. Pour them into the radiator while keeping an eye on the hole in the block where the thermostat goes (if you already put it in you've messed up but not totally) {in the event you did this, remove the heater hose off of the pipe coming off the cylinder head}. When the water fluid is at the top of the hole in the block, stop filling the radiator.
13) Install a new Thermostat and gasket in the block and install the thermostst housing including the upper radiator hose.
14) Remove the heater hose off of the pipe coming off the cylinder head and resume filling the radiator, slowly until fluid starts to come out the pipe on the head. Going slower with the pour continue to fill the radiator until there is a head of fluid on top of the pipe but not flowing over. Re-install the heater hose, and finish filling radiator till full.
15) Start truck, and make sure you don't have any leaks.
16) Go for a test drive until you reach normal operating temprature. shortly there after you should be back where you did the work. Shut the truck off, after parking over a dry area, clean up the mess. Once that's done, check underneath the truck to make sure you don't have any leaks, if there are none, take a break and have one of your favorite beverages. Once the truck has cooled off, so that there is no danger of burning yourself, remove the radiator cap and check your fluid level, if it's good, put the cap back on and fill the coolant tank with 50/50 mix to the full mark.
17) Go for a longer drive this time, so that the truck gets up to temp. continue for a half hour or so before returning home. Once there have another beverage, if there are still no leaks. let the truck cool off to the point that removing the radiator cap will not result in scaulding yourself or others. using a coolant tester check to make sure you have ample coverage for your area of the country. Adjust as needed.
List of materials tools are as follows:
3 gallons of G-05 antifreeze
New water pump and gasket
New thermostat and gasket
Scotchbrite pad
Clean water source (distilled water is recommended)
1/2 inch drive, long handle ratchet
13 mm ratchet wrench
1/4 inch drive, ratchet with short extension
10 mm 1/4 inch drive six point socket
8mm 1/4 inch drive six point socket
Two foot long cheater pipe, small enough to have a good fit on 1/4 inch drive ratchet.
Hose clamp pliers or good screw driver depending on clamp type.
SUBSITUTING in 3/8 drive for the 1/4 inch drive tools will result in abject failure and rounded off bolt heads. Leaving you crying for mommy, and wishing you had taken it someplace to have the work done. A ratchet wrench may work on the top bolt, not on the bottom one. Trying to use anything but a 1/4 inch drive 10mm 6point socket and ratchet on the bottom bolt, Will fail horribly.
That's it, have fun.
On a side note now is also the perfect time to do a flush of the cooling system, if you have not done one in the recent past. It also may be time to update those hoses and serpentine belt.