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    She's been a good one....................

    Thanks for the kind remarks. When I bought the RAM the idea was "this will be the last truck I'll have to buy". But it's just a truck. I'm not going to cry about it. It it still nice enough and runs strong that whoever test drives it will want it. But they won't get it cheap. I don't have...
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    She's been a good one....................

    The older you get the more you have to focus on long term life goals. This why I've decided to put my '14 RAM up for sale. This was after much debating the pros and cons; going forward it makes the most sense. We never like to take on debt but in the last couple years our finances took a...
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    I've got the good old gas cap light problem- 2014 Ram 1500

    Same issue here with my '14 RAM. I did the the gas cap, vent valve, purge valve, cleared the codes. Problem the same. What's left? Really a hole in the fuel tank itself (not likely) or a damaged plastic line that runs between the vent valve on the tank and purge valve on the engine. Might...
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    throttle response

    Yeah I do not disagree with that. Even modern cars are very heavy compared to the old days. That isn't what the concept of a muscle car is about. Ahh, just my old school way of looking at it.
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    Limp Mode 2014 Ram 2500

    Wow. Tough one. I'll related some transmission oddities I have run into that might give you an idea. Had a '94 Grand Cherokee that had some odd tranny problems. Intermittently it would preform very sluggishly and not shift correctly. First I replaced all the electric valves and solenoids in...
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    New Trend?

    I've seen a couple of trucks around locally like that. At first I though they had one heck of a load in the rear but then realized that no, they did that on purpose. :rolleyes:
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    fuel milage

    The advertised "sticker" gas mileage is a good rule of thumb. Some will get better, most get worse. I drive my '14 Hemi RAM fairly easy and have gotten mid 20s on trips. The worst I ever got was 12 MPG and that was towing a heavy trailer from Florida about 800 miles trip running 70 mph...
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    2014 5.7 gas cap light

    Same issue with my '14 RAM. Got the gas cap light. Meh, figure it is 8 years old probably worn out. Replace it same issue except now I've got he major evap leak code. Replace the sensor/valve assy on the gas tank. Clear the codes, week later throws code again. Only thing left is the purge...
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    This Old Dodge...........

    Yeah, I've mulled over the same thing. The though is "am I just being selfish?" Recently something happened that made me think. I've got my Satellite and the Durango parked at the end of the drive way where the entrance to my Dad's apartment is. There is still plenty of room for him to park...
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    throttle response

    I've found this solution to all performance needs. Repeat after me: "It weighs over 5000 lbs. It's not a hot rod." See, problem solved. :cool:
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    The Holy Trinity of dash lights…

    This happened on our 14 Jeep Compass with 4wd. When it happened it become undriveable and went into a limp mode. I had to trailer it back home. It was the right front wheel speed sensor was all. But because the nature of the "automatic" AWD; if the wheel speed reading are not correct the...
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    Front brakes dragging

    I vote for seized brake calipers. I had to replace both on the front of mine in the last couple years because the seized.
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    Lesson learned................

    You nailed it. I bring up Ross Perot and "that giant sucking sound" quite a bit in conversations. Ross Perot was a bit rough around the edges with the way he expressed himself but he was dead right as to what NAFTA would result in. American jobs disappearing with very little "new high tech"...
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    Lesson learned................

    Actually the whole job wasn't that hard. It is located dead center of the engine below the intake manifold. There some nuts you remote to loose the upper intake from the brackets and then the in mounting screws. The only pain was this car is really low to the ground unlike a truck. Having to...
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    Lesson learned................

    I can't take credit for that one. I heard that somewhere a while back.
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