What Did You Do To Your 2ND GEN RAM Today?
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I was tied up behind a Ford F150 and a tractor trailer rig on a two lane 55 mph state road. So for the first time I punched
this old 97 and made it back in ahead of the rig with an on coming car 150' to spare (all within the legal passing stripe).
It was the first time I've had it above 4000 rpm's. Proud of the old girl.
Picked up a 2nd hydraulic jack to stay in this truck. As a continuing topic I use 1 drop down hitch for the lifted trucks
(single ball) and a 3 way straight hitch/ball for the 98 1500. I keep them and pins in the tool boxes until needed. Almost forgot,
used my Kroger points for .30 per gallon off on 16.9 gallons 87 Octane w/ethanol. So back down to about 12 mpg hand calc.
on the 97. K.
this old 97 and made it back in ahead of the rig with an on coming car 150' to spare (all within the legal passing stripe).
It was the first time I've had it above 4000 rpm's. Proud of the old girl.
Picked up a 2nd hydraulic jack to stay in this truck. As a continuing topic I use 1 drop down hitch for the lifted trucks
(single ball) and a 3 way straight hitch/ball for the 98 1500. I keep them and pins in the tool boxes until needed. Almost forgot,
used my Kroger points for .30 per gallon off on 16.9 gallons 87 Octane w/ethanol. So back down to about 12 mpg hand calc.
on the 97. K.
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That's why I bought the camera. Already had the in-dash nav for years and it was camera ready. Just never really payed attention till recently that it doesn't take a proprietary camera... any ol reverse camera that outputs mirror image works
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I guess yours would sit a little higher then mine, I always turn my head instead of using the rear view when backing up. Ive honestly never tried parallel parking mine so ive got no idea lol.
Fair enough, not allowed to keep reciever hitches in in my area so ive only got to worry about the bumper haha.
Today setup an appt for the truck, gonna be getting battery terminals replaced (all corroded and im not doing that in this cold!) , CEL diagnosed and fixed, and get the idle issue fixed. Ughh this cold just sucks all the motivation to do anything outa ya...
Fair enough, not allowed to keep reciever hitches in in my area so ive only got to worry about the bumper haha.
Today setup an appt for the truck, gonna be getting battery terminals replaced (all corroded and im not doing that in this cold!) , CEL diagnosed and fixed, and get the idle issue fixed. Ughh this cold just sucks all the motivation to do anything outa ya...
maybe I'll get some pics of the new toy tonight. the plate mount looks slightly goofy, but the camera view is pretty nice. Even has distance lines to help judge distances.
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I had to get an 8 in drop hitch to tow my trailer yesterday when I went to get an s10.
Tried to tow with the old hitch. I think it's like 3 in. And it just felt terrible. I could feel the trailer binding.
Got the 8in and it pulls like it should now. Handled the 7000+ trailer and truck easy peasy.
Tried to tow with the old hitch. I think it's like 3 in. And it just felt terrible. I could feel the trailer binding.
Got the 8in and it pulls like it should now. Handled the 7000+ trailer and truck easy peasy.
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Brought it to the stealership. Asked for 3L of some Tranny fluid for the truck, came back with 3 bottles of ATF+4, said $10.47/ bottle, I was fine with that, then the other guy looked it up and said I needed the fancy stuff, so the guy went to the back and came back with 2 bottles, I said "I'll take another," to which he said "No, you only need 2, they're pricey." I asked how much and he said FORTY SEVEN freaking dollars, per liter! I passed, for obvious reasons, then asked if they had a 17mm or 1/2" bit driver socket, or allen key and they said no...
Shopped around and could only find sets($35+) and one single for $20.
Shopped around and could only find sets($35+) and one single for $20.