96 Ram stalls and won't start. Strange noise.
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1. Yes. But of course, now that you know, the dodge police are going to have to kill you.
2. That might work.... all the blood rushing to your head might be a bit of a problem though.....
3. Yes, there is. Pull the motor.
It's not as bad as the fords..... When they first came out with the 'new' design..... they eventually started showing up at the shop. One lady wanted her plugs changed, as it was that time. I looked it up in the labor time guide.... 3.5 hours..... SAY WHAT???? Seriously? Then I looked under the hood, and that actually became reasonable.....
2. That might work.... all the blood rushing to your head might be a bit of a problem though.....
3. Yes, there is. Pull the motor.
It's not as bad as the fords..... When they first came out with the 'new' design..... they eventually started showing up at the shop. One lady wanted her plugs changed, as it was that time. I looked it up in the labor time guide.... 3.5 hours..... SAY WHAT???? Seriously? Then I looked under the hood, and that actually became reasonable.....
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05-28-2014, 02:15 AM
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1. Yes. But of course, now that you know, the dodge police are going to have to kill you.
2. That might work.... all the blood rushing to your head might be a bit of a problem though.....
3. Yes, there is. Pull the motor.
It's not as bad as the fords..... When they first came out with the 'new' design..... they eventually started showing up at the shop. One lady wanted her plugs changed, as it was that time. I looked it up in the labor time guide.... 3.5 hours..... SAY WHAT???? Seriously? Then I looked under the hood, and that actually became reasonable.....
2. That might work.... all the blood rushing to your head might be a bit of a problem though.....
3. Yes, there is. Pull the motor.
It's not as bad as the fords..... When they first came out with the 'new' design..... they eventually started showing up at the shop. One lady wanted her plugs changed, as it was that time. I looked it up in the labor time guide.... 3.5 hours..... SAY WHAT???? Seriously? Then I looked under the hood, and that actually became reasonable.....
Especially parts that may need to be replaced ever again in my lifetime. Headfirst one time into my engine compartment may be the last time I work on anything other than replacing the license plate!!
#34
05-28-2014, 10:21 AM
While you have it off, take a look at the dist cap, and rotor. If they haven't been replaced in recent memory, no better time than when you have to be in there anyway.
I usually pull off the air filter housing, put a rag over the throttle body, and put a piece of plywood over the engine, so I have something *comfy* to lay on while working back there.
I usually pull off the air filter housing, put a rag over the throttle body, and put a piece of plywood over the engine, so I have something *comfy* to lay on while working back there.
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05-28-2014, 01:23 PM
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While you have it off, take a look at the dist cap, and rotor. If they haven't been replaced in recent memory, no better time than when you have to be in there anyway.
I usually pull off the air filter housing, put a rag over the throttle body, and put a piece of plywood over the engine, so I have something *comfy* to lay on while working back there.
I usually pull off the air filter housing, put a rag over the throttle body, and put a piece of plywood over the engine, so I have something *comfy* to lay on while working back there.
Here goes nothing. Fingers crossed that this part does the trick.!!
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Success?
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05-28-2014, 07:13 PM
From one vet to another.
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05-28-2014, 07:54 PM
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Success at last?
HeyYou,
After much pain and struggling, mostly with my eyes closed, I felt my way through replacing the Cam Position Sensor and for good measure, the rotor. I stopped short of replacing the distributor cap until I regain feeling in my extremities and purchase new plugs and plug wires.
I drove about 15 miles and as soon as I got home, my truck died. Epic Fail!!!
Next I remembered to remove the negative side of the battery, ate a sandwich and turned the key to the on position, waited for about 30 seconds and the truck started right up and idled fine with the A/C running.
Next, I took a Mississippi back roads drive for about 30 minutes, returned home, placed her in Park and she idled as smooth as a country club golf cart. I turned her off and restarted a few times without any problems and let her idle while I caught up on emails, charted some real time data on my new wireless $10.00 OBDII scanner, and before I knew it, my truck had idled without dying for almost an hour!!! That is 55 minutes longer than the previous record of 5 minutes.
I am a bit of a pragmatist, so I can't claim total success until I have put a couple hundred miles in various scenarios, without my truck dying or failing to start.
But Thanks to all of you posters here at Dodge Forum. With special thanks to HeyYou who helped a rather bad shade-tree mechanic, troubleshoot and repair an intermittent and rather tricky problem with little to go on from my half descriptions that probably left most posters shaking their heads and/or chuckling about my lack of mechanical abilities.
HeyYou actually diagnosed my problems across the Ethernet before I had a reliable tester to give him codes to work with.
I hope that I have the problems all fixed, and don't come back later with my tail tucked between my legs, but for now, I feel like I have conquered Mt. Everest ! I spent less on parts than my local dealership would charge me to ogle their shapely blonde cashier.
Thanks again everyone, and especially HeyYou, who talked me into trying another fix when I was more than ready to throw in the towel.
Many Thanks and My Deepest Respect for all you fine folks.
Talk to you soon,
Torx Durley
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Thank You for your service HeyYou, to this great country I call the United States of America !!!!!
P.S. I am happy to be home. The real heroes are the ones that didn't make it back, and their loved ones.
I spent 93 days in the ICU at Walter Reed and was given no chance to ever walk again. The Physical Therapy torturers, especially at my local VA hospital kept on my backside until I left the wheelchair behind. !!
I give all the credit to the man upstairs......Prayer Works..I am living proof.