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    toneau cover woes

    Thanks everyone , I'm going to check out some hard flip back ones. I need the added security being tools will be in there .
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    toneau cover woes

    Hi everyone , well my Ram has been running like a top since I cleaned the throttle body and put a spacer on the sensor . My one concern is it has a fiberglass locking toneau cover . I love it , having a part time small engine repair business I can keep all my tools and stuff out of the cab of...
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    Is this normal maintenance ????

    What's the pedal relearn ? . What I did was remove the tb , I used tb cleaner and sprayed on a rag and cleaned it . I did move the plate some to clean unDer where the plate sits . All I did after was hook it back up and turn the key forward for a minute before starting it there was no issue...
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    incorrect pulley , can it hurt the motor

    Ok , I didn't know because of the weight difference but I researched some and it looks like some ram owners switched to the metal pulleys vs the plastic ones
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    incorrect pulley , can it hurt the motor

    So I got my plugs done and noticed my serpentine bet was breaking up on one side, I bought a serpentine belt to replace it. When I had the old belt off I checked the pulleys and noticed the lower idler pulley was very loud and not smooth , so I ran to autozone to get a replacment pulley, my...
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    Is this normal maintenance ????

    So here is where iM at . Saturday I figured my brake light was staying on intermittently and that is causing my red lightning bolt to show up for a few seconds , my guess is the truck thought I was giving it gas and brake together . So u get a new brake pedal switch from autozone and get...
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    Is this normal maintenance ????

    So here is the latest , I removed the bosch and installed a ntk bank 2 downstream sensor , my brother in law came and cleared the p0430 code last night . The truck drove fine today until we got on the back street and this is the second time on that street my red lightning bolt on the dash lit...
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    Is this normal maintenance ????

    I know he did copper plugs every 30k miles and it's coming due , I bought plugs , what's the proper gap setting for them ? . I don't know if he ever cleaned the throttle body .I just think that's alot of cats and sensors for 93k miles . Could my muffler be causing issues with the cats ? , as...
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    Is this normal maintenance ????

    Curious if this is normal ... I just bought my 04 ram , 2 days into owning it I got the cel it had 3 codes p0157 p0159 and p2099 all pointing to the bank 2 down stream sensor. I replaced ir with a bosch one . Before knowing Mopar and bosch sensors don't go together well . With the bosch...
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    need advice / help ram throwing codes

    Thanks , we'll I did find out from previous owner that he had check engine light come on and sensor issues at 40,000 miles. He did confirm what I read here that this ram doesn't do well with bosch sensors and that's what I bought and installed so I picked up a ntk one to replace it . Then on my...
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    newbie with check engine light issues

    Hi everyone I'm a complete noon to ram trucks but I have a 2004 ram with the 5.7 hemi , we bought it on Sunday and it was fine all day Sunday and Monday , well yesterday the yellow engine icon pops up , I have the codes read and there is 3 of them p0157 p0159 and p2099 , all pointed to bank...
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    need advice / help ram throwing codes

    Hi everyone , I'm a noob to owning a ram . We just bought out 2004 ram with the 5.7 hemi . When I bought it the owner said it takes copper plugs and was coming up on needing to be changed . It drove fine Monday but Tuesday on my way home from work it threw the check engine light . I went by...
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    Hi everyone

    Thanks everyone for the welcome I love the truck but our relationship is getting off to s rough start , I have some questions about check engine lights and codes but I will post in the correct area
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    Hi everyone

    Hi everyone , my name is John I'm the proud new owner of a 2004 dodge ram sport, it has the 5.7 hemi in it . We were truck shopping because my 97 ford f150 has some pretty good rust and needs some work . For what it cost to replace the bed and run all new brake lines I decided it was a good...
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