The Official 2nd Gen RAM Forum OT thread
Champion
Joined: Apr 2011
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From: Harrisburg,PA
aweee snap.. didnt see that man.. I havent started on it yet. Have parts and stuff laying around for it but I kind of had an oops on the highway yesterday with the car. So my money will be tied up a bit for that. I have collected parts though so that is a start
Champion
Joined: Jun 2012
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From: Iowa
Whoah Wombat showed up!
I think I've finally figured out what is wrong on the 2000 Grand Caravan.
I had my OBD2 interface on it and was logging custom PIDs, noticed I could read torque converter slip. In park, it read almost 200RPM. Something didn't make sense. On the road it dropped to 0.
It finally dawned on me that the engine problems only cropped up after the transmission rebuild, and kept getting worse. Also, the transmission didn't respond to the quick learn I initiated. Guess what? It's the torque converter. Either the T/C is bad, or it isn't tightened properly. Feels locked up all the time, makes a horrible noise (like a bearing) when accelerating, but the engine is in fine shape, and it misfires, but mostly on cylinder 4 (weakest cylinder). The T/C is causing the engine to be overloaded, causing what the engine is doing! So mystery solved, now I've gotta get it up to the tranny place under warranty. Wish me luck!
I think I've finally figured out what is wrong on the 2000 Grand Caravan.
I had my OBD2 interface on it and was logging custom PIDs, noticed I could read torque converter slip. In park, it read almost 200RPM. Something didn't make sense. On the road it dropped to 0.
It finally dawned on me that the engine problems only cropped up after the transmission rebuild, and kept getting worse. Also, the transmission didn't respond to the quick learn I initiated. Guess what? It's the torque converter. Either the T/C is bad, or it isn't tightened properly. Feels locked up all the time, makes a horrible noise (like a bearing) when accelerating, but the engine is in fine shape, and it misfires, but mostly on cylinder 4 (weakest cylinder). The T/C is causing the engine to be overloaded, causing what the engine is doing! So mystery solved, now I've gotta get it up to the tranny place under warranty. Wish me luck!
First I was like "Who is this? I don't remember that name."
Then I saw '96 F1500HD and knew exactly who is was.
Then I was like "Why can't he pick a name and stay with it?"
Champion
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 3,096
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From: Iowa
Nice, what have you collected and what are the plans? And what happened to the Fart? I mean, Dart.
First I was like "Who is this? I don't remember that name."
Then I saw '96 F1500HD and knew exactly who is was.
Then I was like "Why can't he pick a name and stay with it?"
First I was like "Who is this? I don't remember that name."
Then I saw '96 F1500HD and knew exactly who is was.
Then I was like "Why can't he pick a name and stay with it?"
I think I'll be with this name for a while now.
On another note, we were talking about chainsaws the other day...
Customer brings in two of them tonight for me to fix. one dies as soon as it starts, the others chain keeps jumping the bar... First one I'm pretty sure needs a fuel line or spark plug, the second IDK yet.