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Old Mar 7, 2015 | 04:00 AM
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its warm here and i spent alot of time cleaning her all up 3 coats of wax and she shines like new money.

i was gonna change the plugs but the air box is held on with a crimp clamp. i need to cut that off and go buy a worm drive style clamp.....so for my number 13th time id like to tell dodge to go screw a monkey.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2015 | 07:52 AM
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Which one is a crimp clamp on your truck? On mine there are screw clamps at the air box and at the resonator, but the one at the TB is just held there tightly, you can remove that one by pulling IIRC.

I have a 2011 so things might have been changed.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2015 | 08:19 AM
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its the throttle body one. thats a crimper. i saw it and didnt mess with it. am i to understand you are saying itll slide off and on with out loosening the clamp?
 
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Old Mar 7, 2015 | 09:23 AM
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Mine was a screw clamp.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2015 | 02:14 PM
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mine slides off with the crimp clamp no problem
 
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Old Mar 7, 2015 | 06:00 PM
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oky dky it slid off and back on, job done. wow my plugs needed to be changed pretty badly gaps like 10-15 to big and electrodes burnt down almost all the way
 
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Old Mar 8, 2015 | 09:30 AM
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oky dky it slid off and back on, job done. wow my plugs needed to be changed pretty badly gaps like 10-15 to big and electrodes burnt down almost all the way
So now you get to tell Dodge to screw off again. Dang truck uses up spark plugs. : )
 
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Old Mar 9, 2015 | 11:11 AM
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So now you get to tell Dodge to screw off again. Dang truck uses up spark plugs. : )
If you're going to go there, lets get realistic...shall we? The truck uses inferior ignition characteristics compared to current configurations! It chugs fuel like I used to shotgun a beer back in college. The stupid truck has no designated chew can holder. The look of the truck does not continue to change itself to become competitive in design compared to newer trucks. The glass does not stop .300WIN MAG...so obviously it sucks. No stairway? Denied! The radio will short internally every single time, for ever single truck, when you put the nozel of your Super Soaker 50 in the CD slot and pull the trigger. The hood gets rust spots in the exact same place the previous rocks had hit it from the semi in front. Nice paint Dodge! The factory tires are not fire proof. I hurt my delicate, lotiony hands when trying to turn the ratchet and got an abrasion. What the f*ck is that all about? When I whine, my wife doesn't hold me like I want her to. This truck is the worst! The truck doesn't transformium into a cool robot named Vector. What did I pay for? Seriously, these trucks are crap. Dodge is the worst company ever. H20Gunner, I salute you for bringing all of these completely factual factoids to my attention, so I can bring them to all the forum member's attention. I'm going on strike! These trucks will take away our manhood! Run for your lives....if you can run....and if you can't, its the trucks fault...not because you're fat!
 
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Old Mar 9, 2015 | 11:19 AM
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pffff no on board hot tub installed at the factory. idiots
 
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Old Mar 11, 2015 | 05:33 PM
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We are going to have to get realistic, lest this thread get moved. I take issue with the lugnuts. No r&d there. uh.... front end of a minivan; put that in the recycle heap. Horrible underbite look on the front bumper/grill/hood; 2010s look better. Also, i thought this truck would compensate for my disgustingly average and inadequate, ahem, anatomy. Nothing doing. Fiat will fix it all.
 
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