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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 12:22 AM
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i'm managing a respectable 16, even though i'm on it most of the time!
 
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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 12:29 AM
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heck yea!

ill go get me a battery cut off switch right now!
forget my radio station presets!!! haha
 
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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 12:33 AM
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i hardly ever listen to the radio...couldn't hear the dam thing anyway the pos flowmaster is so freakin loud....
 
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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 12:37 AM
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i hear ya iv only had my 08 for about a week total and im having withdraws not having duels!!! eahh i had flomaster and loved it on the good ole 318.

think im gonna go magnaflow on this truck tho
 
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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 12:50 AM
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good find, i know bad ground connections cause all kinds of hell on the rams, mostly trans and torque converter lock up operation, but sounds like a computer reset and good connections made your truck happy
 
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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 08:45 AM
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When my battery went dead, I left it disconnected for a day until I was able to get another battery installed. Same experience - smooth idle, better shifting, pore power, etc. My observation in the past is a low battery will cause poor performance. The electronics expect the correct voltage.
 
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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Brian9
Sounds interesting Keaton! I bet there will be about 50 dodgeforum members going out and disconnecting their batteries tonight after reading your expereince! lol just kidding! Thats great it fixed some things for you, hopefully it stays that way.
Heck i just went disconnect mine just for the hell of it. Can't hurt. I didn't even like half my preset anyway on the radio. lol
 
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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 02:05 PM
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now we have to rig up some kind of battery backup for the radio presets (for those that need to) and install a battery disconnect and disconnect it every night....
 
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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by jkeaton
now we have to rig up some kind of battery backup for the radio presets (for those that need to) and install a battery disconnect and disconnect it every night....
I didn't lose my presets. Just had to reset Bass, Treble and so on.
 
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Old Aug 2, 2010 | 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by jkeaton
now we have to rig up some kind of battery backup for the radio presets (for those that need to) and install a battery disconnect and disconnect it every night....

hook a battery to the cig lighter....thats how you keep power for the chev delco lock head units when swapping batterys

 
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