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Old Feb 15, 2014 | 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by JRedRam
I finally made time to install the front bumper valance and halfass installed the mossy oak dash cover. Hopefully this weekend I'll have more time but till then I do have an issue I'm hoping I can get answered here!

I bought a pair of LED turn signal bulbs, BUT, the blink rate is super fast. Does anyone have a quick fix for this?


As others said you need a LED flasher for your truck. An LED bulb doesn't pull enough resistance to let the stock flasher know a bulb is there. The other way to fix this is to install a resister inline with the bulb. Those are your two options.
 
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Old Feb 15, 2014 | 09:15 AM
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Got hired today as a bouncy/jump castle delivery person. Now I can finally utilize my truck other than just for offroading. And flushed the brake fluids and checked the tranny. Tranny oil sure is looking old.
 
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Old Feb 15, 2014 | 02:47 PM
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Drove it on the roads today, 6" of snow on top of packed and half melted snow made them hard to travel on. The RAM took it all in stride with only 2WD. Can't beat a Dodge for "offroading"...
 
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Old Feb 15, 2014 | 04:54 PM
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Thought I screwed something up today on the Ram...

Was coming home, up the same hill in my video from yesterday, without chains, normally I would drop down to 2nd gear, gives a little more under the peddle without having to use so much of it, but accidentally hit 1st, it spun and spun, got almost all the way up but it finally gave up.

Backed up and hit 2nd this time, got up.

But I made something very unhappy on the first try as my brake and ABS light were on. Turned the truck off, restarted, and the lights didn't come back

Strange.
 
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Old Feb 15, 2014 | 05:03 PM
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It was probably just annoyed about wheel spin. You have 2 or 4wal?
 
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Old Feb 15, 2014 | 05:23 PM
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2wal


 
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Old Feb 15, 2014 | 06:15 PM
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Changed the oil out, put some gas in and filled my bad tire back up. Need a new waterpump looks like, drippin everywhere now. Whats a good water pump these days?
 
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Old Feb 15, 2014 | 06:17 PM
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^ I went with the AutoZone pump, lifetime warranty, no issues in over 2 years.
 
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Old Feb 15, 2014 | 06:36 PM
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Lifetime warrenty is nice, wonder if there is any Autozones in Canada?
 
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Old Feb 15, 2014 | 06:37 PM
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No clue. Forgot about the Canada thing. Expect it to the much more expensive... I think I paid just less than $50.
 
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