dave110

I would love to have that bumper!!!!

I'm running Duralast as well. The gold ones. No complaints so far.

Hmmm. Not to start anything but East Penn here in Reading has a few plants manufacturing the Deka battery and maybe other names as well. They are going 7 days a week right now.

You beat me to it! That's basically the same as what I have and will work just fine or better.

I'll try to do tomorrow

At that price they don't for mine Not sure though

Don't know what to say Ripley. I have Napa joints in one side of mine from the PO and they are tight at 40k. Other side is original at 125k. At this point I'm either going Napa or Spicer. Got a 10% coupon for Napa and they'll be easy to return if I do happen to get the wrong ones. I put about 6-7k a year on my truck so definitely don't need $800 Carli's but I don't want junk either. Coupon expires on the 9th. I'll let you know what I decide.

It appears that the 708047 are for yours. All this makes the install look easy no?

The castle nuts on mine are both on the top and the joints are in the knuckle and not in the axle. I'm assuming mine are the early style then?

Looking again at that link I see they list from 94-98.5, and 2000-2002 totally skipping my year of 1999. I'm not sure what to do???

It's frustrating shopping for anything. For every 5 good reviews there's 4 bad ones. That's why I asked on this forum instead of some others. More real world experience and less B.S. Like when I did timing belt on the 300, lots were using the Gates kit. But this one guy on an LH forum said get only OEM because aftermarket belts can be off enough to cause timing issues. Scared me enough that I got a Mopar belt That with shipping cost me as much as the whole Gates kit. Reason I asked about XRF is because I always thought they were high end with the million mile warranty and expected a high price. When I saw on E-Bay I could get a whole set free shipped for the price of 1 side in Spicer I got interested. Like Nick said though I don't like the splines and did not realize they had them. Why used a splined joint unless you have oversized bores? And you will be oversized from that point on. The warranty is nice but my truck will be a Cummins engine surrounded by a pile of rust in another 100k anyhow. I guess I'll stick with the Spicers. Any of our vendors carry them? I was told Dennys Axle but did not see 99's listed. Geno's?

I know this has been beat to death over the years but I have a question. I never considered XRF because I thought they were high priced but checking I see they are cheaper than NAPA and OEM Spicer. Are they any good?

Thanks for the replies. I'd like to just put a Ranch Hand or similar bumper on but dang!, so much $$, and you almost never see a used one.

Anyone know if the front bumpers and fenders are the same the whole way through the 2nd generation (94-02) ? I may have found a parts truck but I'm pretty sue it's from the 12v years and I thought I read one time the fenders were different.

134k aint bad for a VP44. Like Mike said check the alternator for AC noise just in case.

I've noticed that when the key is on and not running the gauge is steady but when running bounces all over the place. Probably the gauge is bad.

Thanks!! That's a good start.

Be carefull if removing just 1 line. Those little blue clips can break and be tough to get lined up again. Generally it's advisable to remove the whole set of 3 together.

Anyone know how to diagnose the fuel gauge/sending unit on one of these? It's electric and I don't know if it's the gauge or the sending unit. Thanks.

Did you try to tighten it a little? You can pull the tube without the injector but you need to take the line off. Sometimes they are a bear to get to stop leaking..... ask TFAORO.

If I knew how to make a living at home I would be doing it and I guess that goes for everyone else as well.

Does the 01 block even have a hole for the sensor? I don't think they did so swapping cranks would not work. I could be wrong though. It's been a while since I went through this.

It's on the crank but you should be able to see it through the sensor hole.

I've often thought of that. Where could a worse place be to put a computer than on the side of a hot, vibrating, dirty engine. Everything a computer hates exists there but yet they all do it

Auto Computer Specialist 221 S St Rd 7 Plantation Fl 33317 This is who imbodie used with good results. I would still recommend reading the thread I suggested above before pulling the trigger. There where alot of good suggestions in it