Mopar1973Man

Well MoparMom went back up to McCall and had the balloon removed from her beak and doctor took a look and it looks good. So MoparMom has a sore beak for a while and have to be nice to it for a while longer being the lining in her nose is rather thin right now from the injury.

Here you go ISX more on the rotational inertia theories... http://hpwizard.com/rotational-inertia.html

I love throwing a good debate out there on the table. Thanks Bill for the good table battle...

That I'll have to disagree with. 265/75 R16 (10.43"/7.82" R16) 235/85 R16 (9.25"/7.86" R16) 10.43" - 9.25" = 1.18" Difference in Width (Basically 1" narrower) 7.86" - 7.82" = 0.04" Difference in Heigth (Basically a washout) 265's average weight is about 85 pounds with wheel 235's average weight is about 62 pounds with wheel More on Rotational Interia http://hpwizard.com/rotational-inertia.html Then cost difference I typically only pay $600 to $650 for 235's vs 265 at about $850 to $900. MPG Difference is about 2-3 MPG on average over a set of tires the is quite a bit of savings...

Be totally honest with you all my birthday is October 26, 1970. So I'm 43 years old today. Then just for Fun Mopar1973Man.Com had its Birthday back in October 4, 2007 and its 6 years old now. Actually the Mopar1973Man Web Site actually start well back in 2004... (Heck I've been helping people now for over 10 years! Wow!)

Reason why is beause the contact patch is smaller and the weight of the vehicle is concentrated and given more Pound Per Square than a wide tire or like dual trucks which can be rather wild. Now that I got 2 trucks in the 20's MPG bracket either gas or diesel powered tire do make a affect in MPG like it or not.

Actually I do like Lima Beans... As for MoparMom she healing up good and getting plenty of rest and naps in. She gaining her strength back a day at a time. Tomorrow the Doc gets to take a peak at her beak and see if it healed up good.

Hmmm... Don't I wish. Diesel up here is still $4.169 a gallon. But now that I crossed 22.6 MPG with the 96 Dodge 1500 and unleaded is 3.489 a gallon I'm happy. Now I got 2 trucks that can do 20+ MPG now one gas powered and one diesel powered.

Hmmm. That's the trick I guess the fact you can keep constant low temps in the minuses. Where driving down into the canyon you rise in temperature into the positive 30's and get up to New Meadows Valley it could be a minus temp so I've got to work with variable temps over terrain.

Hopefully your smart and lubed all the pivot up with a dab of grease.

Personally I don't like the cardboard in front of the coolers or in-between. I've actually seen so seriously high engine coolant temps with cardboard in either setup but winter front on the grill there is just enough cold air in the lower bumper to keep things controlled on mild days.

That's a tough thermostat to get up here in Idaho no one even stocks the 200*F 6.7L thermostat. I'll just have to custom order it I guess.

Wow. I've learn more again. I didn't know they had mass-air flow sensors on the 6.7L Cummins. So adding a larger filter will set a mass-air flow sensor code? Interesting.

MoparMom returns home. So now its watch and see time for 2 days.

Man its hard to sit around waiting for the phone to ring and tell me any news. "Diesel" the dog is just totally beside himself right now constantly hunt through the house looking for Mom.

Well there went my though. Man I got to admit that sucks to have something a small as a gear tooth wipe out the oil pump and possibly the rest of the engine. So did you get to open up the engine and verify the internal stuff like bearings?

DRBIII tool which only the Dodge Dealer would typically have.

Last night MoparMom end up with a severe nose bleed. I rushed her to the hospital at about 3am. The wonderful doctors got control of the bleeding. I'm kind of mental wreck right now but I think you can understand that. Doctor at this point is chalking up to stress and what has been happening last few days. Our neighbor (mail person) is going through a long drawn out divorce case (2 years now!) and we've been helping her get through it. If you don't mind gang would you please offer a few prayers for MoparMom. :pray:I just talked to her on the phone shes doing good and going to try and catch up on some sleep. Been a long night for both of us...

I've got my own home made grill inserts that typically amp up the coolant a few extra degrees like 193-197*F and a small boost to IAT temps.

Ouch... That going to hurt more than the turbo I fed a hose clamp. Ekkk... I kind of wonder about the cam gear since its not stock and maybe there was a minor defect in the gear. Since between bill and yourself you got more information to nail down this issue.

Welcome to the family. As far as the error code P1694... http://articles.mopar1973man.com/2nd-generation-24v-dodge-cummins/59-obdii-error-codes/232-p1694-no-bus-message-received-from-companion-module Before jumping out there you might want to double check the diagnostic first for clues and check over wiring issues.

MPG Fooler - Attempts to mimic summer temperature to increase MPG. Since the only sensor that changes sue to weather is IAT sensor. High Idle 6 & 3 Cylinder - Allows you to select either mode to warm up your truck quickly in the cold winter or maybe keep the alternator amped up while working or maybe set high idle for the hot days to cool the truck down with air conditioning.

I had to like than and toss it back out on my FB...