Search results

  1. S

    High stall torque converter

    High-stall converters are for gas engines that are often used for hot rodding. They allow your gas engine to get up to near its peak torque when launching hard. However, 2350 isn't a high-stall converter, it is just normal for gas engines. High-stall converters IMHO are well over 3000. They...
  2. S

    1999 1500 4wd, Trans Temp and OD Light

    Are you driving on pavement? If you are, that is to be expected. 4WD is only designed for short distances or on loose/slippery roads. Driving it on pavement will cause issues for your transmission, your transfer case, and your tires. Remember, 4WD is NOT AWD. (AWD can be driven on pavement...
  3. S

    Transmission slipping in and out of overdrive

    Was the torque converter replaced during the rebuild? If your fluid level is correct, that's the next thing to focus on. Also, can you clarify if after you topped off the fluid you cleared the P0740 and that it came back after being cleared? If you did, does the code come back quickly upon...
  4. S

    Rebuilding a 47RE transmission. How hard?

    While it is cold, I'm thinking through what I might do to my RWD '01 2500 Diesel in the spring when it warms up. Its 47RE transmission has had several problems lately, mostly from 2 incidents where the cooler lines broke and the fluid leaked out. It has never shifted well into 4th/OD after the...
  5. S

    Massive Oil Leak

    I didn't have time to do a full wash down and degreasing, but a flashlight inspection showed that there isn't any old above the crankshaft/fan shaft. I think that eliminates everything but the main seal, the oil pan gasket or (doubtfull) the oil drain plug.
  6. S

    Massive Oil Leak

    My '01 Ram 2500 5.9L Cummins suddenly developed a massive oil leak. It drips constantly, to the tune of about a quart every 20 miles. There is oil all over everything below the front of the engine. (Possibly more oil on the passenger side, but that is guess work until I get it clean) I've...
  7. S

    Transmission woes

    My transmission started to slip badly, so I turned around and limped it back home. Upon inspection, I found the transmission cooler line had ruptured and transmission fluid was leaking. I repaired the transmission lines, and refilled the transmission with new transmission fluid. (I followed...
  8. S

    Safe, cheap way to put donor truck on blocks

    I'm not worried about being crushed. I always use jack stands anytime I'm under a vehicle. But I don't want to have my $200 set of jack stands unable to be used for other projects for half a year while I'm stopping it. I just want a cheap way to keep the bottom bits of the truck from being...
  9. S

    Safe, cheap way to put donor truck on blocks

    I'm rebuilding a '01 Ram 2500 Diesel, and have a '98 Ram 2500 donor truck with a blown hemi engine. The donor truck is on grass, and I want to put it up on concrete blocks (or similar) so that I can pull all 4 wheels. The donor truck, when stripped is just going to get hauled away on a...
  10. S

    Replace rear brake line: Drop tank?

    Much appreciated. Spending a couple of hours futzing with either of those is so much nicer without a voice in the back of my head wondering if I really need to be doing it.
  11. S

    Replace rear brake line: Drop tank?

    I need to replace the big rear brake line that goes from the front wheel to the rear wheel. ('01 2500 Extended Cab 2wd Cummins) Is there a way to do this without removing the fuel tank? Or do I just suck it up and pull the tank?
  12. S

    Rear brake line wierdness

    Looks like the truck has an electronic proportioning valve. Does anyone know how they work: Are they on/off or proportional? Is the signal just 12v or a PWM signal? I'd like to try making an electrical tester to send it signals to test if it is working, but I don't know what I...
  13. S

    Rear brake line wierdness

    I've just finished replacing the rear drum brakes on my '01 2500 Cummins RWD and went to bleed them. Oddly, no matter how many pumps on the brakes, no fluid was coming out of the bleeder valves. The reservoir is filled with new brake fluid, and while my buddy pumped the brakes, I could see a...
  14. S

    Tackling my rear brakes

    Wow, did not expect that! Since it is a beautiful day, I pulled one wheel and decided to see how hard getting the drums off would be. (On that note, I'm glad I had several feet of steel flat bar in my scrap pile. I made some 8" extensions to the arms of my gear puller, and that worked...
  15. S

    Tackling my rear brakes

    I did look into this. There are several ways to do it: Replacement kit with normal calipers, lose the parking brake for $4-500-ish Replacement kit with calibers that support the parking brake for $6-800-ish (Yep. >$200 extra) Forgo the kit and buy parts individually. Use a caliper from a...
  16. S

    Tackling my rear brakes

    How do I know whether to replace the drums or just the pads?
  17. S

    Tackling my rear brakes

    I recently realized that the '01 2500 I bought last fall has absolutely no rear brakes. When the rear tires were on a patch of wet ice, they would spin with my foot on the brakes and just the transmission in gear. I've done disk brakes dozens of times and am a solid shade-tree mechanic, but...
  18. S

    Back seat and back doors

    I just bought an extended cab '01 2500 Extended cab with the suicide rear doors. Once I got it home, I realized that neither of the back doors would open. The top latches will release, but the bottom latches will not. I've pulled the handle and looked inside, and even pulled up the lower rod...
  19. S

    02 1500 5.9L tow hitch

    Can you be more specific on what doesn't line up? The 500/5000# hitch should be more than capable of towing the boat. What is it you need to change? Are you replacing the entire receiver hitch assembly? If so, why? Is there something broken on the existing hitch?
  20. S

    Rebuilding a 5.9 Magnum for fun/learning

    The 5.9 Magnum in my '98 2500 died and is locked up. (I assume it threw a rod) I'm hoping that in the spring, I will get some time to pull the engine and see what happened to it. I've never done a full engine rebuild but would love to use this as a low-stress way to try doing it. From what I...
  21. S

    What did you do to/with your second gen today?

    I won't know for a couple weeks until I have time to pull the engine. But from the sound of it (Rhytmic banging, massive loss of power, then the engine locked up as soon as I turned it off) it has to be something piston or rod related. Since I was driving with a soft foot, I assume a fatigue...
  22. S

    What did you do to/with your second gen today?

    What'd I do today? I bought another 2nd Gen Ram 2500, this time with a Cummins 24 valve instead of the Magnum. What'd I do last Sunday with my 2nd gen? I tried driving a load of firewood home, and hear a rattle, rattle sound I have never heard any engine ever make coming from the Magnum...
  23. S

    Moving gooseneck from a '98 4x4 to an '01 RWD

    The Magnum engine in my '98 Ram 2500 4x4 died a week ago (Broken stuff, metal shards in oil. Not fixable). Today I bought an '01 Ram 2500 RWD Cummins Diesel to replace it. The new truck has a brake controller and is wired with a 6-pin trailer plug, but no gooseneck hitch. I want to move...
  24. S

    5.9L Magnum Improve performance while fixing manifold?

    300 at the flywheel would be amazing, as long as it doesn't wreck drivability or break the bank. What options are out there for replacing the 5.9L intake? (I'm a relative newb to Dodge Magnum engines.) Anybody have any guesses on how much I was losing with the plenium gasket blown, and what...
  25. S

    5.9L Magnum Improve performance while fixing manifold?

    I've got a 5.9L Magnum that I've purchased the Aluminum manifold plate for. The engine currently has scattered misfires on various cylinders (most commonly 5 and 1) and the cat and O2 sensors have just been replaced. I'm also replacing the water pump and timing chain when I install the plate...

Latest posts

Members online

... and 15 more.
Total: 1,222 (members: 65, guests: 1,157)
Robots: 1,630

Forum statistics

Threads
195,464
Posts
2,870,558
Members
156,173
Latest member
Kornkid861

Share this page

Top