What Did You Do To Your 2ND GEN RAM Today?
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Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Left work for my usual 30mile trek back home, and got a txt from the wife saying I95 was backed up, and I should take Federal Hwy home... not a problem, thanks for the heads-up.
About 4miles into the trip I get the warning "BING" and a Check Gauges light (first time ever)... a quick glance and I see temp is high, so I back off and take the first drive off the street... it happened to be an old closed down auto parts store (irrelevant to the story), and I rolled around the back... popped the hood to see the top radiator hose flapping in the breeze.
The plastic bib had broken off the top of the left tank at the hose clamp.
OK... break out the screwdriver, loosen the clamp (don't burn yourself) slide the clamp within an 1/8" of the end of the hose, push the hose onto the stub of the bib and tighten it up.
Now, for some water... looked around, and there was a coiled hose under a bush on the corner of the building, so I was in luck... fill it up, started it up and topped it off after it burped a few times, cap on, and I was on my merry way... lost about 15min of happy hour
What temp does the check gauges light come on at?
It hit around 235°F on the gauge by the time I shut down... I'm hoping I haven't damaged the heads.
Guess I'm looking for a good ali radiator over the weekend.
About 4miles into the trip I get the warning "BING" and a Check Gauges light (first time ever)... a quick glance and I see temp is high, so I back off and take the first drive off the street... it happened to be an old closed down auto parts store (irrelevant to the story), and I rolled around the back... popped the hood to see the top radiator hose flapping in the breeze.
The plastic bib had broken off the top of the left tank at the hose clamp.
OK... break out the screwdriver, loosen the clamp (don't burn yourself) slide the clamp within an 1/8" of the end of the hose, push the hose onto the stub of the bib and tighten it up.
Now, for some water... looked around, and there was a coiled hose under a bush on the corner of the building, so I was in luck... fill it up, started it up and topped it off after it burped a few times, cap on, and I was on my merry way... lost about 15min of happy hour
What temp does the check gauges light come on at?
It hit around 235°F on the gauge by the time I shut down... I'm hoping I haven't damaged the heads.
Guess I'm looking for a good ali radiator over the weekend.
I wasn't expecting to get much for it. I just needed to get it out of the way(parents orders) since it will be snowing soon and it was along the driveway by the garage. It was pretty cool watching the excavator with the big magnet pick it up from the back of the truck. Then he just whipped it and turned off the magnet and the thing went flying. Seemed kind of inhumane for my poor old motor haha.
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