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guesswho512

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  1. are there no salvage yards around you...i know the local pick a part sells whole wheel/tires for$20-$30 depending on size
  2. i was under the impression that smarty doesn't actually save your ecms programing. it just has a default one in memory. i was told the the stock programming still gives high and 3 cylinder idles. so i believe you can activate your buddy's truck
  3. i can only take credit for finding that info. i haven't seen the gears in question but if the sensor is the same...that only leaves the gear. plz let us know what you find and when you get your truck running right:thumbup2:
  4. were you driving my truck? i'm still on the stock track bar(i think), moog "problem solver" balljoints, and have the same symptoms. the passenger tire wear, the "knock" felt in the floor pan(well i feel it in the gas pedal unless i road on the passenger side) and the steering wheel is off center. my truck is 2wd. typically i take it to acme wheel and they align the steering wheel and and compare mpgs to his 1ton
  5. i like it:thumb1:....you know you stand out from the crowd now!
  6. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8600241.stm they should have spent the money on better fuel pumps and non-cracking dashes!
  7. i could not imagine having to buy THREE or more VP44!:banghead:
  8. that should be quote of the month! it doesn't matter the type of the motor, just that you can consume the fuel efficiently! as far as i know...since the seventies, we sacrifice efficiency for less CO2 and NOx. forula1 racing switched to 100% ethanol a while back. why? it is cheap hi octane racing fuel. as isx has said, the hi compression allows big HP #. also i think that ethanol has a slightly different fuel/air ratio than unleaded. heck...didn't the model T ford have a swappable carb if you wanted to run ethanol? like any fuel conversion(natural gas, 100%veggie oil, etc)...you will have to spend to save. so the oil companies claims of "fuel and go" are exaggerated.
  9. well if i saw your mopar1973man.com window sticker, than there would be no guessing! yes the smoke says it all. but i don't care what you say... a stock 99 only smokes when you cold start...and the tiniest little cloud of grey. i guess it is funny to hear...but a lot of people debadge their 1500s(chevy's mostly) and put 40" tires on!:cookoo:so i tend to look at rear axles when i drivebut seriously (again) those badges are held on by 3m double sided tape?!?
  10. good video! that is why i call these "dummy" gauges. they are set by the computer rather than what it really is. nearly all newer (~96and up,gassers) that i have come across do this.
  11. do you have the cummins part # of the sensor you purchased?
  12. ohh your the jerk that does that! jk i'm the guy thats has to get behind to see the axle.ohh...not a 1/2ton then i'll ask if you know about this website. but seriously, are we just talking about double sided tape? pry that sucker off
  13. hang in their russ. the spray foam is awesome stuff(you would be surprised to learn what your cable companies do with the stuff). i know you two are tired and wore out. but remember that you stood your ground to mother nature...and so far won. which i hope is a unique and inspiring victory(cause why else would our forefathers chose to stand their ground). my wife and i own no property, so our family always flees and come back. but i've often imagined staying and fighting back. you have a good woman there. i am glad to hear you both are ok for the most part. and try not to forgot that stress can kill you, so try to find some fun each day.
  14. my trucks rpms used to "bounce" by about 50 or100 before i did the valve lash.i thought i read at dodgeram.org that cylinder one was supposed to be the hottest cylinder due to the way the airflows it usually is slightly richer.you did use new coppers and o's on those injectors?(you did make sure those original coppers came out?)my vp will "die" for split second(driving with and without cruise control, and parked) it has never died, just the split second thing and it picks back up like nothing happened. leaves no codes. using my code reader...i can monitor certain parameters while driving. can u use yours the same way and watch the IAT for data you know isn't right?
  15. i know there a 3 different versions of the MAP sensor...are you sure the cam sensors are the same? but the edge is getting accurate(to your knowledge) rpms? that would come from cam sensor....and wait about the rest of the cluster? is it on and accurate?
  16. i believe you are going to need a needle valve. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_hammer fluid hammer can wreck an expensive gauge(cheap ones too)
  17. i would start with the CCD bus, http://mopar.mopar1973man.com/cummins/general/ccd/ccd.htm check all the grounds. it surprises me that it works for a couple sec b4 going dead. wait....it thought to older one didn't have a cam sensor,only crank sensor, or am i wrong?
  18. whoa! the only thing i've seen first hand that comes close to that was new orleans. that is some truly gut wrenching stuff. glad to hear you didn't get the brunt, ed.
  19. you missed my point....i now own my business....i can really see all sides(and why i can appreciate both sides jokes). but right this second, if one of my daughters got sick...i would be crush by their medical bills. thank god they have medicaid! but i feel that the ant/grasshopper story is f-ed up.i'm an ant that has toiled literary to the bone. but because i want to be able to go to the doctor(witch i have only done 3 times in my life) than all the sudden i'm a lazy drug doing grasshopper?
  20. funny...that is how i did the lower on my ranger 4yr ago....but usually when i tell people that story they call me Homer, for not pressing them in!
  21. i am sorry....i can usually give these a good chuckle....but that story is SO wrong and one-sided! i cannot keep quite i doesn't matter how you vote...black/white....they both steal elections and the person who actually wins, losses...and you cannot sit on your soap box and speak if you do not at least acknowledge that our massive debts are a product of the last administration's decisions(right or wrong). also.....if you sit a point behind a desk, but do not actually build/fix/etc anything, you are making money off of someone else's work. its not bad....its business! but don't sit there and say "i work hard for every dollar i make" when you sit inside an AC cooled building playing grab ___, while they're are people in the field making the money that keeps your lights on. i hate hearing about how the owner of a business is suffering because he makes more than double anyone on the staff, doesn't even have to roll out of bed to get paid....while the employee's or "contractors"(usually cause the employer wants to dodge taxes and workers comp) cannot afford any kind of healthcare(which happens to be 80% of OK). i have been making a mint for my employer's since i was 17....not one of those guys offered any kind of health insurance to me or my 3 kids. and wouldn't you know that i cannot afford it! since when am i a bad guy for doing everything right, and still not able to provide the necessities for my family? there are no easy solutions...but i get tired of hearing...that if you are for healthcare, you are as bad as al-qaeda and hate america. my brother has disabilities from birth(at no fault of his own,or parents). even if he hit the lottery, the insurance companies would not cover his pre-existing conditions(and anything they can try to pin on that). sorry for the rant....i hear trash like this day in and out from my fat cat bosses....and then come to my favorite website and get a second spoon full!:cry:but there are othersides than just lazy ahole porch monkeys
  22. glad to hear it...any tips for others that have front end work soon?
  23. i would be interested...i have not played NWN but did beat Baldur's Gate 1&2
  24. the distance from your dmark to the companys headend IN COPPER is called the loop. the greater the distance, the lower the speeds or increased errors. if there are anything on your loop that boost phone signals, they typically weaken the dsl strength
  25. swap in a manual trans:lmao2: