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    Bought a new truck last week!!!!

    The old truck was a 2010 4.7L quad cab 4x4 with the 6spd auto and 3.55 gears and was a gutless slug, averaged 8.x mpg towing get a 3K lb travel trailer at 60 mph The new truck is a 2014 crew cab ecodiesel 4X4 with the 8spd and 3:55 gears I haven't towed with it yet but research leads me...
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    Towing more than the truck is rated for???

    How bad is this?? I am looking to buy a considerably bigger travel retailer that weighs about 10,000lbs My truck is rated to tow about 6,000lbs I will only need the truck to pull it about 100 miles and it will sit till I buy another truck. I may have to move it once a month or so but for...
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    4.7L Towing (about) 4500lbs experience

    So I am definitly looking to trade my truck as soon as I can. The trip was about 900 miles from Albuquerque NM, to Austin TX. The truck has the 4.7L with 6SPD TRANNY (not the 8spd) and 3:55 gears. I kept tow/haul mode on and set the cruise at 65 the truck struggled the entire time. 99%...
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    Tuff country 4" lift any good??

    So i was just Googling lift kits and came across the tuff country 4" lift looks like it sells for about $800 now obviously this lift has to be no good. My question is would this lift do the trick for a year or so? I want to buy new wheels with tires that i need as of now but cant afford a...
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    Towing with the 4.7

    So next weekend I will be picking up my travel trailer and pulling it back home (12 hr drive). The truck is a 2010 6 SPEED 4.7L with 3:55's The trailer weighs in at about 4000lb to 4500lb My experience with towing is next to none, is there anything I need to know before hooking up? Any...
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    What trailer brake are you using

    So I will be installing a trailer brake this week, it's all already pre wired and I am looking for somthing plug and play. What brake are yall using on your 1500's besides the factory installed brake.
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    4.7 vs 5.7 fuel system

    So I was wondering how the 4.7's fuel system measures up to the 5.7's. My theory is the 4.7 will flow slightly more fuel than the 5.7. I came up with this purely based on the fact that the 4.7 will allow you to run E85 which requires about 30% more fuel. If the 4.7 did not run E85 would...
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    Hate to do this but...... (wheel tire)

    So I have been looking for wheels for my truck, the tires on the truck now are on the stock wheels and rubbing the sway bar. So I googled the stock wheel size and found this Factory Wheel Back Space Info Which says 20X9 with a offset of +19.5 and 5.75 BS Now I want to keep the same width...
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    wanting to do 2.5" level and 35's but have some questions.

    So rite now I am running 305/55/20 nitto tera grapplers on a 2.5" leveling kit. I feel the the tires look small on the truck so I am wanting to go up to 35's. My question is what size spacer do I need to run 35's on the stock wheels? I don't mind loosing some width if I need to.
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    bumper alignment issue!!! (pics inside)

    So my truck was hit a while back and I just now got it in a shop to be repaired, I get it back today and it looks great at first. I get home and take this picture to post a before and after picture for the forum and....... Anybody notice anything??? It looks to me that the sides of...
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    diesel or gas???

    So I'm sure plenty of y'all have heard (read) me hitch about what a pig my 2010 4.7 3:55 gears is. Myquestion to y'all is, is buying a diesel worth it??? My commute to work is 27 miles one way with only 4 traffic lights and the best I can manage is 16mpg. I have known guys with the 5.9...
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    how often do you change your oil???

    I change mine about every 3,000 miles when my dash tells me to, I was looking in the owners manual and it says every 6,000 miles. If that's the case why does my truck tell me to change the oil at about 3,000 miles???
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    uconnect problems

    So in my wife's 2014 grand Cherokee Laredo with uconnect 5.0 ra2 it does not load contacts or text messages from either of our phones when connected, it will say "downloading" but nothing ever comes up. While troubleshooting online I checked to see if there was any updates available, it says...
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    regearing 4th gen 4.7L

    Hello all, I am looking for input from 4th gen 4.7L owners who may have regeared or has the stock 3.92's. My truck has 3.55's on 33" tera grapplers and it is an absolute slug, it has to downshift at the slightest incline at 70mph. My question is, will regearing to 3.92 help quite a bit? Or is...
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    soft brakes

    So a while back I noticed that my brake pedal feels really soft if I keep pressure on the pedal it will slowly got towards the floor. Well today I had a guy pull out in front of me as I was doing 65 down the highway I had to get on the brakes really hard as there was a car next to me well the...
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    headlight reflector melting???

    Hello all I'm just curious to know if anybody else has had an issue with the Amber reflector in your quad headlights melting???? Here is a pic of mine I doubt it's the bulb that's making it so hot. I think it's the angle that the sun hit the truck that particular day.
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    crew cab steps on quad cab??

    Is this possible to do? Correct me if I'm wrong but both crew cab and quad cab with short beds have the same wheel base. So theoretically wheel to wheel crew cab steps will still fit my quad cab correct?
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    my introduction/built thread

    Hello all my name is Chris, I own a 2010 ram 1500 4.7L 4X4 with the lone start package. I bought the truck back in april 2013 to use as a daily driver while my neon srt4 made the transition to a drag car. Here is a picture from when I first bought it The first mod I did was black...
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    Turbo 4.7???

    I am curious, has this ever been done and went through any long term testing? I know somebody has done it on another forum but it wasn't very long at all before the turbo went bad and he did a hemi swap before getting it all back together. Anyways what do y'all think of this? I want to do...
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    1500 lift kit

    Hello all I am wanting to do an 8" lift kit on my 2010 but all I'm finding are 6" lift kits. I am wanting to stay away from any body lifts. Is it possible to just buy the 6" lift and use 2" spacers?
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    replacing factory radio

    Hello all I bought my truck (2010 1500) with a cheap aftermarket radio but I prefer the stock radio. Now if I buy another stock radio and install it will it need to be "unlocked" by the dealership or will I need a code to unlock it? Or is this not an issue with our radios. It is the basic...
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    HBS Leveling kit & 33's

    Just put the leveling kit on and had the windows tinted. Before: After:
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    3:55 gears, really!?!?!? Who does that???

    Why would they do that
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    new (to me) 2010 lonestar edition 4X4 ram here

    Hello all this is my second ram the first one being a 08 2WD but I think this one is here to stay. Anyways here are some pictures one clean and one dirty. I just have one issue with the truck, it only picks up about 5 radio stations and even those are very weak. The dealership said...

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