What did you do to your Gen3 today?

MikeG71 · May 19, 2020

Picked up a yard and a half of medium River Rock...

Steering is a little light but she handled the weight just fine. Lol!

MikeG71 · May 19, 2020

Joeswole said:
Haha I took the fender flares off I don’t like them

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At some point I’ll be adding a set to my rig. Lol

Smokeybear01 · May 20, 2020

MikeG71 said:
Picked up a yard and a half of medium River Rock...

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Steering is a little light but she handled the weight just fine. Lol!

That weighs around 3000# a yard=@4500# if memory serves me. Looks good.

Fishstickz · May 20, 2020

The past few days have wore me out. The new dash harness is installed, the body wiring harness is out and it’ll be replaced once I get the right harness from a salvage. I put the 2017 seatbelt buckles in. From what i read on the internet i thought i was gonna have to grind on the seatbelts to get them to fit, but they fit with no modification. I also found the wiring for the 2015 jumpseat, so i should have the 12v plug working. I’ve ordered new carpet and it will most likely arrive late next week, so i went on and took the old carpet out. I found a cigar wrapper stuck under the carpet, so i guess it can be assumed that one of the PO’s were smokers. Kinda explains the odor

I also did a lot of cleaning on the back of the dash and the HVAC box. Both areas were covered in a solid layer of dust and other crap

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MikeG71 · May 21, 2020

Smokeybear01 said:
That weighs around 3000# a yard=@4500# if memory serves me. Looks good.

That is correct Sir.

I definitely put 75# in the rear tires and around 65# in the air bags. Lol!

Joshman · May 21, 2020

SmokedRam said:
Couldn't find one of these threads in this section (did a search) so, I figured I'd start one.

So...what did YOU do to your Gen3 today?

I need help ! Lol . 04 ram 1500 5.7
110k .
Will not start without laying on gas.
Will not idle , sounds rough. shuts off when driving . No lights on dash except “abs”.
Mechanic says sounds like running on 6 cylinders and suggests putting another motor in it. . It seems to have great power when rpms are above 1500!. If gas is given it will stay running. Replaced EGR, MAP , plugs , and cleaned TB . Any ideas to save a potentially pricey decision . Thanks folks.

Fishstickz · May 22, 2020

Yesterday I ran the necessary wires from the firewall plug to the TIPM. I hooked up the power window wire and the power mirror wire, and oddly the wiring for power locks was already there. Got the right body wiring harness from the salvage yard today and got it installed. As of now the plan is to put the dash back in tomorrow after a bit more freshening up on the backside. After that, all I have is to wire up the seats and a few other components

And then pray it starts up lol

Brando_SLT · May 23, 2020

Last week after returning from Arizona, I had the Monroe heavy duty shocks swapped out for some Sachs "OEM Ride Quality" shocks. Man, what an improvement!

Now, getting ready for my next 2 projects in preparation for the family camping trip in June. My goal is to eliminate all of the rattles and pops in the front suspension which pretty much all the ball joints and bushings appear to be shot.

Then a whole slew of sound deadening mats for the interior to kill down some of that road noise. The Noico butyl mats will go along the floor, fire-wall, and rear bulkhead, and doors. The Noico Red will go along the roof and in the doors over the butyl mats.

I still need to come up with a solution for the front doors rattling so bad in the wind. Any suggestions?

Here's my parts list:

Fishstickz · May 23, 2020

I got the dash back in today with the new harness and to my relief the truck started up just fine! I've tested everything on the dash like headlights, shifter, radio, HVAC, etc. and everything is working as intended.

I accidentally wired up my RGB halo switch to the power window power wire, which will be fixed tomorrow. I noticed that, even though I haven't enabled power windows in the TIPM thru Alfa yet, the TIPM was still sending switched power as if it was enabled

Also, I have my old wiring harnesses and I've decided I'm not going to sell them as full parts (who wants a base harness anyways? They're easy to come by) If any of you guys need a specific connector or some terminal pins shoot me a PM, I'm willing to help out

10 Break · May 24, 2020

Replaced the rusting oil pan on my 07 4.4 2WD. Separating the old gasket from the pan was the "miserable" part of this chore.

02ramboi · May 24, 2020

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Smokeybear01 · May 25, 2020

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Now you just need to swap out that chrome grill, add some smoked headlights and taillights and some charcoal cab lights and it will be awesome. But looking good as is too.

10 Break · May 25, 2020

02ramboi said:

Even though I dig my metallic silver, I like this much better.

Fishstickz · May 25, 2020

Yesterday I got all the correct wires connected under the dash that i ran through the firewall, also ran a few extra wires towards the seats to wire in a 12v constant for the driver seat power and for the 12v plug in the center console. I also replaced the battery terminals as the old ones were cracked and corroded.

Still just waiting on carpet. I may drop the drivers seat in today and take it for a short drive just to be sure everythings truly functional

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KyleW2 · May 26, 2020

Put the tuner back on now that I can run 87 again. Attempting to clear drain holes in sliding rear window track.

Fishstickz · May 26, 2020

Wired up the drivers seat to 12v constant for seat movement. I put all the wires into the factory third gen plug that comes out of the carpet so it definitely looks 100% better than the ugly wiring mess that was there before. I thought I wired up the seatbelt sense correctly but i must've been mistaken. I'll have to do a bit more research on that

Also took it for a drive today. Ol piece ran great, didn't throw any error codes, so I'm calling it a win

MikeG71 · May 27, 2020

Gave it an oil change and new plugs

Brando_SLT · May 28, 2020

More parts arrived for my front suspension replacement project. Now I just need my back to get better so I can get started this weekend.

Smokeybear01 · May 28, 2020

Took it up in the mountains and camped. It got really dirty inside and out. So today I spent washing, vacuuming, and armor alling it. Looks like a new truck-its reward for running great and always getting us home!

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