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    2015 5.7 Hemi oil pan removal

    Dealing with the bolt without dropping the pan: https://www.ramforum.com/threads/1500-4x4-5-7-oil-pickup-bolt-install-the-easy-way.208210/ Be sure to have a strong, small pickup magnet. On the first day of trying I dropped that stupid bolt into the pan 5 or 6 times. With my wife’s help the...
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    Anyone have the OEM rambox tonneau?

    When I had mine I had it about 1/2” away from the cab. I loosened it up, adjusted “depth” then crawled in and had my wife align tailgate and so it sat evenly left to right and hold it there while I tightened it down. That put the tailgate just under the tonneau. It was a “just barely fit” kinda...
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    New oil pump

    Deleted. Ideas for wrong engine.
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    New oil pump

    Tube tight, gasket new and whole?
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    New oil pump

    Stupid and annoying question, but: have you pulled the dipstick and made sure there is as much oil as you think in the pan? Other than that, I’ve heard of this when the oil pickup tube seal has failed. Oil pump can’t suck hard enough to overcome the air leak.
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    Do I really need headers (Emission Concerns as well)

    sadly, I read about doing that after the swap. But, the errors he talked about are about the MDS system errors, but I no longer have that. Fingers crossed.
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    Talk me out of a TRX!

    PW + super charger. Acceleration of TRX with usability of PW. Tons more money in your pocket. PW + super charger + something REALLY nice for boss that she wants.
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    Do I really need headers (Emission Concerns as well)

    So there are MDS oil passages in the non-MDs lifter holes? That’s cool. I did just finish doing the MDS delete + Hellcat oil pump so very happy to have ALL the lifters well oiled.
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    Do I really need headers (Emission Concerns as well)

    I watched it. And I agree that it seems odd that the MDs lifters are not always the one failing. IF there was a way to enable MDS oil flow to all the lifters I would gladly do that. I just really hate the feeling of MDs at slow speeds in traffic. Feels like 3 cylinders rather than a balanced...
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    Do I really need headers (Emission Concerns as well)

    Agree. Especially since you can easily disable it via buttons. Downshift so it starts showing gear numbers, then upshift to top gear. MDS is now disabled.
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    Password compromise notice?

    there is a big apple-phone phishing scam going around right now. Don’t click any links given to you by email, text, or popups. Go directly to “the effected site” via their app/web site and change passwords there. At&t was also recently hacked so if you have shared passwords between at&t and...
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    Best Mods for Under $100

    This stuff has really good reviews in the modeling world. https://youtu.be/KBtdU10PIcE
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    Interior squeak ***update*** fixed

    So I don’t have this problem in my Ram but I did have it in my wife’s 2016 Subaru Outback. Years of squeaks that exactly match those described in post 1: squeak in dash, pushing on various parts of dash would resolve/change it. I found a simple, non-car-specific fix that has stopped the squeaks...
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    How-To: 4th gen hemi cam installation

    Any codes at all? Mine idled rough with p0013 and it turned out the mds wiring harness, which is also the vet solenoid harness, was disconnected and hiding behind driver-side head below the brake master.
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    Do I really need headers (Emission Concerns as well)

    For half the cost of the ARH you can get AFE shorties that are a direct bolt in swap for existing manifolds. https://afepower.com/afe-power-48-32029-twisted-steel-304-stainless-steel-headers Send them to Jet-Hot and get them coated inside and out for about $400 more and you will also have a...
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    Hemi tick: at least partly metallurgical

    Mea culpa. I finally found a picture of the mds wiring harness that lives under the intake. There is indeed a big connector on the end. It doesn’t actually need to be disconnected at all but I guess I didn’t realize that on the first tear down. Both the connector and its mate were folded down...
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    Looking for 2017 Ram Bed Step w/dual exhaust

    ouch, $329 But available on realtruck.com. Very nice.
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    Looking for 2017 Ram Bed Step w/dual exhaust

    If you are handy and are willing to have an imperfect setup… I just did this a couple weeks ago. If I were better with CAD I’d design a new step but in the meantime this is what it looks like. I bought a 4”x4” 3/8” thick piece of steel and drilled/tapped/counter-sunk one hole, drilled 2...
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    What did you do with your 4th Gen this week?

    Cam, lifters, hellcat oil pump, etc.
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    Hemi tick: at least partly metallurgical

    Not that I’ve found, yet. But wiring harnesses on moparparts.com seem to indicate “yes”. Will tear it down a third time. I never disconnected it. But tear down #2 confirmed it was connected. And got “reconnected” to a new vvt solenoid. Same failure after restart. I’m thinking I have to...
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    Hemi tick: at least partly metallurgical

    Really nice share! Thank you.
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    Hemi tick: at least partly metallurgical

    Unfortunately they ended up in the trash before I saw your request. I did not see any damage as I cleaned, rolled, tested each of them. I agree. As I dug into the engine I found other signs of previous issues. Sludge in pockets of the heads, spots of rust on the lifters. Smell of “cooked oil”...
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    Hemi tick: at least partly metallurgical

    Well, this worked perfectly. Not a single click or clack when I started it up. Sadly, P0013 popped up on the test drive. Anyone know if/where the external connections for the vvt are and how I might verify functionality before I tear the intake manifold off?
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    Hemi tick: at least partly metallurgical

    That was my thought too. So by using the vacuum pot I did “pump them up”: The vacuum removed all the air then when you release the vacuum the the oil is forced in to fill any voids. Now they are sitting there in the same condition after you are parked for an hour: full of oil but no pressure.
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    1500 4x4 5.7 oil pickup bolt install, the easy way

    That is tomorrow’s starting project so will give this a try. Thanks for the idea!

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