Kgardner350

Yea I went to order a timbo sadly they are on back order. Went with a ntk for the time being

I replaced what I thought was a faulty new tps and I have similar issues it does not read 100% throttle. i hooked up my scan tool today after driving the truck and noticed that the pcm is reading 0% tps at idle but the ecm is reading 9.8%. Also I now have a code that I thought I had fixed with a new crank position sensor- p1690 injection pump doesn't agree with ckp. The wierd part is it doesn't show the code unless the truck was running. I'm having concerns that the ecm could be faulty ? I ordered a autel mk808 data tool that will hopefully be in soon so that I'm more sure that the data showing on my cheaper tool is correct. This has really got me scratching my head.

So I have a 2000 dodge ram 2500 24 valve as far as I know has 345k miles on it. Runs pretty good I guess but the mileage is concerning. I wanted to do some mods maybe get 350 400 hp but the mileage concerns me. I did the oil fill cap blow by test and it doesn't move a mm. The engine does need multiple oil leaks fixed but other wise seems OK despite some recent electrical issues. Should I consider giving it a rebuild or atleast rolling some new bearings in it before squeezing some mo powa out of it? Or should I just send it and figure it out later. I am willing to spend some money but am definitely on a budget.

Yea my wait to start light shows, and the ground mod had already been done. As far as the TV cable goes, I was reading about that and have made adjustments both ways and it didn't seem to affect it much. Have you seen any procedures on proper adjustment for the TV cable other than just messing with it until it's right? From what I understand sometimes the line pressure has to be adjusted with the TV cable ?

So my new truck has been having a problem particularly when cold. When shifting from 1st to 2nd it would shift up and down quickly a couple times and then continue through the gears normally. I had a tps code at one point and talked to a local transmission shop and they mentioned it could be the throttle position sensor. I hooked up the shops scan tool and noticed the old sensor would only read to 87% not 100% when throttle was all the way down. I bought a new tps and replaced it along with the apps learn. It worked at first kind of but only got to 91%. I took it for a drive. It did not solve my hunting issue so I looked down at the scanner and now the tps was reading 0% only. This is confusing as I would think if the tps was reading 0% the truck would not drive but it did as normal. Any wisdom here would be appreciated.

Just to follow up. I replaced the alternator with another new one and is charging no problem. As for the problem with the truck not starting it seemed that there was another issue I wasn't aware of that the crank position sensor was bad and would stop working sometimes when the engine would heat up. When I would go back in the morning the truck would start as normal. When the problem would occur I noticed the tach would not move when trying to start the truck. A new ckp sensor and problem solved. Thanks for the help.

Thanks I will look into finding someone that can test the ecm. I put the old alternator on the truck for now cause I know it ran consistently. This morning I came back to the shop where the truck sat overnight and I tried to start it just for the sake of it and it started right up with no issues. I did find the alternator fuse blown so the truck isn't charging. How finicky are these trucks with voltage ? I'm trying to make sure the problems weren't just the result of low voltage from the lack of alternator input. It only made it a mile down the road and the batteries still had 12v afterwards and turned over strong? Thanks for the quick response !

Hey everyone about two weeks ago I purchased a 2000 ram 2500 5.9 with a 47re. It had a stumble at idle but never left me stranded in the two weeks driving it. I was reading about possible alternator noise causing problems so I replaced it with a remanned alternator. The new alternator went up in smoke had a short in it somewhere is my best guess. So I switched the old alternator back into the truck since it was still charging atleast. I got started driving maybe a mile or so and my alternator gauge needle went to the bottom and the cluster said check gauges. I pulled over for a sec to check the plug on the alternator. Got back in started moving and the gauges did some wierd stuff and the truck pulled over chugged a few times and died. Now I have no reading from the tps, cam sensor, or tach. Any help is huge right now guys this is my transportation for work and I could really use some advice.

Vehicle Nickname: Kyle Date Added To The Garage: 2021-10-20 Garage Link: Kyle