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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 09:34 PM
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How difficult is it to change the thermostat on a 98 5.9 ram, i thought i read somewhere its a P.I.A.. Are there any links showing how to do it?
 
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 09:37 PM
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get a haynes manual, it's about an hour job. not too hard at all if you have the right tools.
 
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 09:41 PM
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Next time, do a search.
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...t-install.html
I found this within 5 minutes.
 
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 09:44 PM
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easy purp hes just askin a question
 
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by yakkier
easy purp hes just askin a question
And I gave him an answer?
 
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 09:50 PM
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Face it, if every one used the search engine for every question they had this forum would be dead.
 
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 09:53 PM
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haynes manual says you have to remove a bunch of crap. its tight, but i replaced mine without removing anything. leave the hose attached to the housing and use it to pull the housing up out of the hole. there's a tab on the housing that says "front". after you fight with the tab trying to get it out of the hole, grind off the tab.

as long as you don't break a bolt, its not hard to do.
 
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by yakkier
Face it, if every one used the search engine for every question they had this forum would be dead.
yeah, i wouldn't have anything to do.
ask another question.
 
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 10:05 PM
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When i change my oil do i need to rotate my tires also ? i was told to put the left back on the right front and the left front on the right back to save on oil consumtion ?
 
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 10:07 PM
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When i change my oil do i need to rotate my tires also ? i was told to put the left back on the right front and the left front on the right back to save on oil consumtion ?
Are you serious? You always rotate your tires when you change the oil. You also check all the fluids, and grease the steering joints. You do it to save the treads.

This has been another installment of "Common Sense with Nathan 'PurplDodge' Kent". Stay smart, America.
 
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