Mopar1973Man

Time to clean that mess up...

I don't know why they never came out with a 4 position a-pillar? There is enough room for a 4th gauge at the top with a modified angle adjustment. Most would get some sort of phone holder and mount it to the dash some how. I kind of want to set up my Azpen Tablet for gauges from my OBDLink LX and have both a analog gauge as well as digital. Analog is much easier to read.

Spider and snakes don't bother me much. Spider you just smash with a kleenex. A snake you grab a shovel take its head off. I remember one morning a girlfriend woke up and go to the bathroom and found a very large worm as she called it in the bathroom. It was a rubber boa snake picked it up, chucked it out the front door. We've got Garter snakes all over here those are harmless but nasty stink. The put off a scent that you can't wash off. No real rattle snakes where I'm at. Down in Riggins, ID there is but most are quick to clip the heads off. Spiders we've got brown recluse, hobo spiders, daddy long legs, several type most are poisonous but never had any issues with just crushing them and moving on. So the whole fear of spiders and snakes not really for me...

I carry tools in my truck for all the other broken trucks on the road. Like my truck is parked in the shop with rear driveshaft removed because it didn't feel right on my last long trip. Now it going to get fixed this week. I don't let things that don't feel right or look right stay I get after the problem quickly. So I'm not one of these guys that carry extra lift pump, VP44, and tools in the truck. Also that why your MPG is lower hauling around a big tool box full of your Voodoo chicken bone tools.

Problem is not so much the artwork. That I got a fair quote on be done. The problem is making an order of shirts so if I order say 10 of M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL I'm looking at a good sized bill for product then there is no promise that I can sell them. Bad part is we are hung up with the high idle cable right now and I really can make any more moves till I get the cables and get some sales going. Take a peek at donations there is only $70 this month in donations. So paying site bills come first.

I remember looking at some of AH64ID tune graphs and seeing the CR engine timing more so retarded than anything. So a tune of some sort does optimize the engine performance.

I want to do the shirts but I'm not seeing much for the sticker sales... I was hoping to see better sales of sticker and badges. Kind of hard to drop serious money on shirts if having hard time getting rid of only 10 stickers.

LOL... Mine hang out about 1.5" and I got 235's...

Take a look where I mounted my Scan Gauge...

Not a good sign to have to keep tools, grease guns and supplies in the truck.

I'll have to dig it outo of the old database. Itt appears it got missed during conversion. Anyways it was a 3rd Gen article wrote by AH64ID if I remember correctly.

Sample the fluid and see if it's got a red tint. If so then flush the system out. As for going lock to lock I've found thatt will pump the gear box out but it may or may not take fluid from the pump. So you might have to start and run the engine if it doesn't pull fluid from the pump.

I'm going to say go back and check your wiring I'm sure you're going to find a loose connection.

I've seen this on my last truck I worked on. I had 1995 Dodge that the owner claims the previous shop installed a power steering pump. Sad to say the pump didn't last very long because the previous shop did not flush the system nor did they top off the fluid after dealing with the foam up issue. So, needless to say, the new power steering pump got damaged from poor installation.

If it continues and it misbehaving and causing issues I would consider going to a Dodge Dealer and having the entire truck reflashed and updated.

Welding sheet metal is a royal pain in the ... If you do it wrong the metal will bow and warp.

It true stock typically speaking it safe to drive without gauges. If you planning on towing at all or hauling any kind of weight I would highly suggest you consider the gauges. Personally, from what I know of the newer generation trucks with 6.7L engines, I would opt for the gauges because then you can monitor your EGT's and get them hot enough to keep the DPF cleared out.

Bad connection with the pyrometer probe. Remember a pyrometer is a very small voltage in millivolts. So a poor connection will create all kinds of problems in accuracy.

Typically error codes are held for 40 warm up cycles before being erased. So P0500 should not just vanish by starting the truck. Then reappear on the next key on. That's got me thinking there is an issue maybe in the ABS computer.

Yeah... That the thing of course FSM is going to state how only Mopar Fluids should be used. We all know the truth on that...

There is lot to be said about diagnostic tools. Each manufacture will have strong points and weak points. Personally my favorite is the OBDLink LX because of small size, cordless (bluetooth), it allows me to ride in the passenger seat and watch the streaming data while the owner drives. The nice part of the OBDLink LX is that it provides a numeric error code and if you got WiFi / Cell service then you can look up in the internet for more information about said error codes. Then I can step out of the vehicle and stand at the front of the vehicle and still use the tablet and watch data as I peak and test things. Where ScanGauge II and Innova 31603 are both corded and limited on reach. The Innova is my least liked tool. Yes, it will do ABS and SRS codes but way too much button pushing to get the data you need or want. This tool does come with a valuable database of information for error codes and information. Again does have its limitations. ScanGauge II is OK live data tool but limited to what the XGauge will provide. Like there is more data in some vehicles and if ScanGauge tech team is willing to provide you with the XGauge Data then it can be programmed into the tool to watch that special live data. For out truck 98.5 to 02 ScanGauge will NOT support anyone with custom XGauge data because of the difficulty of digging up the data. 2004.5 to current they will support because of the CANBus standard. Do a bit of searching on Google I bet you find articles on how to hack the CANBus and there is several people that done it with simple Bluetooth OBDII dongles like the OBDLink LX or MX.

Funny you happen to say that... I'm in the process of locating a local driveline shop to rebuild my rear drive shaft, new carrier bearing, and spin balance my drive shaft. I look at this way it been under the truck smacked by all kinds of debris for 258k miles and 14 years. Why not invest the money and have the shaft rebuilt right. Mine start acting goofy on the last trip towing the RV. Vibration and odd bucking. Come to find the carrier bearing rubber is shot.

Again... Like in my note from my previous post. So as for as for being the good stuff. Mostly likely good for the dealer as they empty your pockets of hard earned cash.

Yeah but during change up you might of loosen up some debris and now the hydro-booster is partial plugged up. More common than you think. This is why I always suggest doing a full system flush before putting in new parts or if the previous pump died then leave the return line off and flush before hooking up. This just insures debris isn't going to plug something. You could try using compressed air and back block the hydrobooster hoping to blow out the debris.

CHECK ENGINE light will remain ON till the engine is started. CHECK ENGINE light will come on for a bulb check every start up.