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diesel4life

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  1. Your best bet IMO is either the Peak or stick with a G05 coolant. They both would perform well, offer extended service and protection, and will mix well with what is currently in your system in case you don't get all of it out with a couple of flushes. Going back to old school ethylene glycol (green stuff) or any OAT with a 2EHA formula could be a recipe for trouble.
  2. It's great to see people so willing to help. I think we've all been the "victim" of a break down before and left stranded away from home, and having a local who is willing to lend a hand is priceless.
  3. This is exactly how my tilt trailer is set up From the factory. I have 4 clear lights on each side. Only place there are any reds are at the back For the tail/brake lights and turn signals.
  4. Happy birthday Mike! Here's to many more!
  5. I' Very intuitive! One of the local auto parts stores collects it here for a small fee. I take mine to an acquaintance who disposes of it by the drum through Safety Kleen.
  6. One thing you have to be careful about universal coolants, all that I have looked at are an OAT blend of some sort. Some OAT like Dexcool use 2EHA in their formula, which at one time was responsible for eating silicon gaskets in cooling systems. If a cooling system is not designed for use of 2EHA, it is best to stay away from any type of formula that uses it. Peak Global does not use 2EHA, but Prestone does As does some other brands Of universal coolant.
  7. I'd be afraid of using something like CLR, I've seen what that stuff does to shower heads after a few minutes so I'd be nervous about not getting it all out like Mike says. I switched my truck over from the traditional ethylene glycol to Peak Global. I don't buy the lifetime fill that Peak claims but I plan on testing for ph annually and will see how it does. I did several flushes to get the old stuff out So I'm confident I can easily double the service intervals. It's really a win win situation - I am increasing my service intervals which will decrease my overall costs (Peak Global was about a dollar more than the regular green antifreeze), and I am creating less toxic waste to have to dispose of.
  8. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=8&ved=0CDYQFjAH&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.sae.org%2F11284%2F&rct=j&q=05%20dodge%20ram%20cummins%20coolant%20service%20interval&ei=XIBMVMu-CsOg8QHyq4GYCg&usg=AFQjCNGdPRs2FwLm3lNIbbpVo036fcQCAQ&sig2=fXhSebY_N5784lEaph0TNQ&bvm=bv.77880786,d.b2U There are many different types of OAT. The Peak Global is a silicate free, non 2eha formula, and to the best of my knowledge Dexcool is both of those. The 2 EHA formulas are used for the low cost ability to maintain long term corrosion protection but have also been known to eat different silicone and plastic type seals. The silicates is one of the main driving factors in determining service intervals and one reason why all manufacturers have gone away from a HOAT, which is limited to 5 yrs/100k miles on the factory fill. The new Chrysler formula OAT is rated for 10 yrs/ 150k miles. I was not knocking HOAT in my post you quoted me In. Rancher man's original post asked if there was any harm in switching his HOAT spec'd Jeep back to a traditional ethylene glycol coolant, and I simply offered what I consider to be a better alternative with the Peak Global (compared to regular antifreeze).
  9. My 98.5 had it. All you need is a 5/16 fender washer, and grind it down to fit in the corner of the casting. Be sure to use Loctite on the bolt and torque the case bolts to 18ft lbs.
  10. http://madselectronics.com/pricing.html Seems a tad pricey but it does seem very well versed. Also, if I understand correctly, one unit will tune any Cummins engine from 98.5-12. While I'm sure they still VIN lock the units this is a plus and would allow the owner to keep the unit even if he purchased a newer truck.
  11. Can you return them and get +2" coils instead? I would prefer that over a spacer, you will get a better ride out of it.
  12. Very nice Dobienut. We are peaking here right now as well in color. What are the trees with the bright red? I see the ocassional tree with that deep color but nowhere near as common as what you have.
  13. Nice pics Hawkez! I spent a summer in Green River working construction. One of the guys had a boat and we would spend most of our evenings on Flaming Gorge Reservoir either fishing or water skiing, depending on our mood and how hot it was. One weekend instead of going home we took the boat to Fontenelle and spent 2 days there. The fishing was pretty good. We roughed it for the 2 Days we were there and had a blast.
  14. Thanks, I'm very interested to see the carnage. I grew up in Wyoming and spent many summers working on my grandparents 900+ acre ranch in Boulder so I have somewhat of an idea of the abuse that trucks go through. All my grandfathers trucks were much older, the newest being a 90 or 91 Ford. He had a 78 Chevy with a 5 speed for many many years. That truck went to the scrap yard with barely over 30k miles on it. He bought it new and it soent it's entire life on that ranch. Like your trucks it barely ever saw any pavement, mostly fields, tractor paths and dirt roads. I don't believe it was plated either as it seldomly left the ranch but even when it did Boulder is so remote nobody would have ever known the difference. That is actually the truck I learned how to drive in. I was maybe 12 or 13 at the time. He gave me lessons on the way to the hayfields and from there I was on my own hitching hay wagons and bringing them up a steep narrow switchback path out of the river bottom where we were bailing hay. To this day I can't remmeber ever being so scared than I was running that path for the first time. It got a little easier as time went on but it always had your attention! Some of my best child hood memories were right there on that ranch in the middle of no where. I've told the wife a thousand times if I'm ever lucky enough to hit it big my first purchase will be a piece of property out there. In my eyes it is god's country for sure. Has your boss looked at the new 6.4 Hemi? I have heard many good things about those engines. While I don't have any personal experience with them I have read many good reviews on them. There have been a few head to head comparisons on them with the best that Ford and GM have to offer (kinda like how they do the comparisons between the diesels) and the 6.4 Hemi has outperformed the others in power and fuel mileage. They also are offered with a PTO if that would be of use to your boss. I would be surprised if they didn't offer those engines witha 6speed manual since it is still available with the Cummins. Even though the new automatics that are coupled to the diesel engines are the most robust they have ever been, it's a shame they don't at least offer the option.
  15. Can you post some pictures of the damage? I'm very confused as to what is being ripped out. Nothing hangs below the exhaust so the picture that is being played out in my mind would have the exhaust damaged as well, regardless of whether the truck is stock or deleted, Dodge or Ford or GM. Ford has the same emissions equipment with an exponentionally higher number of engine/fuel/turbo related problems so he is not going to get away from any problems by switching manufacturers. The auto trans in both the Ram and Ford are probably more capable than the G56. That never used to be the case but the last few years has really changed. Ford has always built stellar automatic transmissions capable of a lot of abuse, and the Aisin in the Ram seems to be very robust as well. Would be very interested in some pictures, if you have any available, or at least a little more info as to what he is ripping out.
  16. My cousin is a certified diesel tech at a large GM dealership and sees trucks come in all the time for warranty issues. First thing they do is connect the truck to the scanner, if there is any sign of the ecm being reprogrammed or any emissions equipment missing he has to report it to the service manager and then depending on the problem the owner is called and informed he will be paying for the repairs himself. If there is an engine related problem that can be traced back to the tuner, the owner eats it. This is federally mandated equipment and removing it is not only illegal but it is now up to the owner to prove the deletes are not the fault of his failure. Good luck going to court with Ram, or GM or Ford. Better have a lot of time and deep pockets. Also if you live in an area where emissions testing is required you are now out of compliance and will have to return your truck back to stock in order to pass e check. Another thing is you are comparing non SCR to an SCR truck. These new systems are the cleanest running engines of all the big 3, nobody els is able to stretch the OCI to 15k like Cummins has. Not even the early common rail 5.9 Or the VP or VE trucks have that kind of service interval. That means they are running CLEAN. Very Little EGR. A fraction of what the 12 and older non SCR ran. That is the reason for the DEF, to be able to neutralize the NOX externally without doing a stupid amount of post injection cycles. IF one guy is getting +7mpg he is a rare exception and not what someone contemplating doing a delete should expect to see. Chances are they are going to be pretty disappointed when they experience a fraction of that in real world terms. It would be interesting to see your customers fuel logs. Please don't take offense to my comments but someone who is considering the deletes needs to know both sides of the story. 12 And prior I would agree with your assesment. 13 And up is a whole nother animal and IMO the risk vs reward is far from worth it when considering the consequences.
  17. "Better" performance is really quite subjective. Better enough to ever pay for itself in terms of fuel mileage? Highly unlikely. The DEF engines are running clean enough to run 15k mile OCI's, so they are light years ahead of the previous emissions systems. His boss isn't looking for more power (as if 350HP isn't enough), so that's a moot point. Then there is the issue of the higher cylinder pressures associated with deleting the 12 and prior engines which has led to a large number of head gasket failures. f it were my truck I would look into some skid plates and leave the emissions intact, along with a very expensive warranty that I already paid for.
  18. Make sure your boss understands he will lose his warranty once he removes his emissions equipment. That's the last thing I would want to do if I spent $100k+ on a pair of trucks, but that's just me.
  19. That would definitely cause some issues! Never seen a top loader without an agitator, that's a new one!
  20. Does your drum not have fins on the outside? The drum does the agitating on a front loader, therefore an agitator as you know in a top loader is not necessary. If you actually watch the movement of your clothes in a top loader with an agitator, I don't believe it's accomplishing anything that a front loader does by repeatedly "tumbling" the load in each direction. We've gotten about 7 trouble free years out of our Frigidaire affinity elite. You couldn't give me a top loader after having a front loader for so long, but that's just personal preference.
  21. What do you consider more common? G05 has been around since 2000 or longer so it should be readily available most anywhere. I'm not sure why you would want to go backwards in coolant technology? I can't answer to the compatibility for sure but the best case scenario is you will be significantly increasing service intervals. Your Jeep was designed for a long life coolant and I would take advantage of it either with the Peak Global or a specific G05 coolant. The traditional ethylene glycol is old technology which uses corrosion inhibiters with a short life cycle, and one of the reasons all manufacturers moved away from it years ago.
  22. ^^^^Non 2 EH formula is very important^^^^
  23. Everybody is moving away from the HOAT including Chrysler and Ford and going to OAT. They are getting away from the silicate formula the previous blends uses because the silicate is susceptable to fallout if not changed on a regular schedule, and that schedule is much shorter than it really needs to be. Personally I see a huge advantage in switching to the universal OAT long life, Peak claims "lifetime" with a flush but I'm not sure I would be comfortable with that claim. Even if you doubled your service intervals which is being VERY conservative with an OAT, the savings will be multiplied for each vehicle converted. I can buy the full concentrate Peak Global for about 2 bucks more than the traditional glycol coolant. One thing to consider regardless of what you buy, you will never get the proper concentration with the 50/50 blend if you flush with water without wasting a couple of gallons of coolant to bring the coolant percentage up. Also if you are flushing with tap water you will still have a large percentage of that water in the block. I go buy enough distilled water to perform 2-3 flushes, then pour full strength coolant in until the proper mix is achieved, then top off with 50/50.
  24. http://images.peakauto.com/250x410_Global_5050-3%20(1).png This stuff is a good alternative to the traditional ethylene glycol systems and is widely used as a replacement for the expensive and hard to get Asian spec'd coolant. It is an OAT, but has the requirements of HOAT as well And meets ASTM D-3306 and ASTM D- 4340 and Chrysler MS7170 and MS9769 spec (G05). Non 2EH formula which makes it compatable for all types of rubber seals and gaskets, silicate free and phosphate free. I am slowly switching over all my coolants to this. Thorough flush with distilled water and fill with the full strength. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.astm.org%2FStandards%2FD4340.htm&rct=j&q=astm%20d4340&ei=U8s3VKP5BIf2yQTRoYGoDg&usg=AFQjCNHx-WSmGmmwDtT8D41MH3b6k5n1ww&sig2=mBiySqaYTrKCsgCFuzh7pA&bvm=bv.77161500,d.aWw
  25. Isn't this the purpose of your IAT fooler? ISX has a valid point the grill inserts don't really do as much as one would think, which is why the OEM utilizes the covers like TFaoro posted. It is not recommended to tow heavy with them all buttoned up, some common sense has to be used but when running light they are quite a bit more efficient than the inserts. My brother in law runs a factory Mopar front on his 6.7 in Wyoming, even climbing from 7100 feet to 9500+ from Laramie to the cabin near the WYCOLO Lodge with the 4 place enclosed snowmobile trailer the temps stayed in check. Much heavier than that and I'm guessing you would have to open it up more, but they are quite adjustable for all styles of driving.