What Did You Do To Your 2ND GEN RAM Today?
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I have own the truck for about a year and a half, so, I really don't know what its history is...... my guess is, the previous owner paid shops to do the work. (either that, or it simply didn't happen...... 
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Lower latch was stuck. Spray some chems, wiggle door, spray some chems, wiggle door. Eventually, I had my wife hold the door handle, and I kicked the door open from inside. One good thump, and it popped open. Sprayed the lower latch THOROUGHLY with PB blaster to clean it up, and then hit it with some lithium grease, so, hopefully, it won't be an issue again.
)Lower latch was stuck. Spray some chems, wiggle door, spray some chems, wiggle door. Eventually, I had my wife hold the door handle, and I kicked the door open from inside. One good thump, and it popped open. Sprayed the lower latch THOROUGHLY with PB blaster to clean it up, and then hit it with some lithium grease, so, hopefully, it won't be an issue again.
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I have found the best lube to use on latches once freed with one of the above mentioned products is atv/dirt bike chain lube. It sticks around for a long time compared to normal penetrating lubes and tends not to collect as much dirt.
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So, the truck went in, and they were able to change nine of the spark plugs. Number 10 (cylinder 10) wouldn't come out. They hit it with some chems, and suggested I try it again in a few days. Spark plugs looked REALLY good, which was a major surprise, considering how crappy they looked on the outside..... There was one plug wire that was burnt pretty much in half, which is where my miss was coming from. What surprises me is, I never got a code for a misfire, and that cylinder had to be completely dead. Truck runs nice and smooth again.
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I actually have some of that........
So, the truck went in, and they were able to change nine of the spark plugs. Number 10 (cylinder 10) wouldn't come out. They hit it with some chems, and suggested I try it again in a few days. Spark plugs looked REALLY good, which was a major surprise, considering how crappy they looked on the outside..... There was one plug wire that was burnt pretty much in half, which is where my miss was coming from. What surprises me is, I never got a code for a misfire, and that cylinder had to be completely dead. Truck runs nice and smooth again.
So, the truck went in, and they were able to change nine of the spark plugs. Number 10 (cylinder 10) wouldn't come out. They hit it with some chems, and suggested I try it again in a few days. Spark plugs looked REALLY good, which was a major surprise, considering how crappy they looked on the outside..... There was one plug wire that was burnt pretty much in half, which is where my miss was coming from. What surprises me is, I never got a code for a misfire, and that cylinder had to be completely dead. Truck runs nice and smooth again.
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New $$$ New $$$ New $$$
New brakes at all 4 corners last month, new fuel pump last week, new Cat-back Magnaflow 3" muffler & SS pipe this week, New front U-Joints & fluids next week.
So far in the last 2 years, I have a new radiator, water pump, TCM, IMAP, Rotor, plugs & wires, transmission, exhaust, brakes, fuel pump, headlights & assorted crap. Still cheaper than a new rig!
So far in the last 2 years, I have a new radiator, water pump, TCM, IMAP, Rotor, plugs & wires, transmission, exhaust, brakes, fuel pump, headlights & assorted crap. Still cheaper than a new rig!
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Seafoamed the crap out of it yesterday. It's been almost a year and I noticed part throttle ping which it hasn't done in years. Used a whole bottle and it was pouring smoke and knocking when it was done. An hour later I smoked the whole neighborhood! Runs much smoother and quieter. Peppier too. Might do another treatment to really get it good.
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What I did to my truck today was drive it. I haven't had to do anything to it in a few months and it feels great. The PO had neglected alot of things, mostly steering, brakes, and suspension. Which gets costly on a lifted truck but that's all squared away for now.
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To my knowledge there is only one I know of (he's on YouTube) and he said it wasn't hard just took a while with the wiring. Basically you use the factory computer to piggy back the information to the cluster
