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Sticky brakes when coming to a stop
You ever notice that an original serpentine belt will go 100,000 miles or more? Try getting that many miles from an aftermarket belt. Ditto for brakes and other service or maintenance items.- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: General Discussions
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Looks like I'm never buying RAM again...
With twin reticulating whirly birds !!! ;)- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: General Discussions
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Looks like I'm never buying RAM again...
Yeah, drinking the kool-aid can be detrimental. Think "Jim Jones"... ;)- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: General Discussions
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Sticky brakes when coming to a stop
I'm a believer in the fact that the manufacturers of the brakes done to brand engineering specs have many many millions of R&D money to back them up. Aftermarket parts, while we would REALLY like to believe "meet or exceed" OE are simply not. But, the gorilla in the room is money, eh?- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: General Discussions
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Sticky brakes when coming to a stop
Nope! This is something I've seen on non-ABS cars too.- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: General Discussions
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Check your intake manifold bolts
Tell Tim Taylor that!!! ;)- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: Engine & Performance
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Check your intake manifold bolts
Try duct tape !!!! ;)- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: Engine & Performance
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Sticky brakes when coming to a stop
Remove the wheel after jacking up and supporting the vehicle safely. Take a very bright flashlight and shine it on the edges of the brake pads where they meet the steel backing. Look for an orange-ish discoloration in the pads at those points. Presence of this coloration means that the resin of...- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: General Discussions
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Marvel Mystery Oil in HEMI
I bought a 2007 Kia Sorento from the salvage pool on August 7th, 2019. This wasn't a flood car or wrecked; it was a neglected high mileage car whos owner should be banished to a bicycle ;). She had let the oil changes go over 10-12,000 miles many times in it's 203,000 mile life of hardship. The...- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: Engine & Performance
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greasin that hitch
I've never (and still don't) leave my hitch in the receiver. I keep a heavy plastic bag in the vehicle and put the hitch and clevis pin in that. I put a plastic end cap in the hole for neatness. I have acquaintances who think that leaving their hitch in reduces the likeliness of getting...- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: General Discussions
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Check engine light still on after replacing cap
Crawl under the truck. Find the larger diameter hose coming out of the charcoal canister that goes towards the fuel tank. Get a drain pan, don some nitrile gloves, have a roll of paper towels at hand, and remove the hose at the canister. Expect to have liquid gasoline run out. upwards of a...- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: V6 Engine & Performance
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which bulbs for 2013 Ram?
alcohol is so chemically active, that I choose to use a high quality glass cleaner, plus I wear nitrile gloves to handle the bulbs in the first place, to keep sebaceous oils from my skin off the glass.- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: Exterior
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which bulbs for 2013 Ram?
In my case, I have a shop and an air compressor. I took my tail light assemblies, cleaned them, and used throttled compressed air to dry the insides as much as was possible, and repaired the cracks as I previously stated. I could not get every last drop of moisture out of either of them, so, I...- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: Exterior
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Synthetic Oil
Anyone can promulgate the narrative for their product.... Let me explain... On a few occasions I had Ford Powerstroke owners (7.3L) come to me with a "slipping transmission/low performance" complaint. In all instances, they had changed their own oil and installed 5W30 Rotella in these engines...- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: Engine & Performance
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Help with geometry fail…
Look at your steering knuckle from the front towards rear for this analogy: Draw a line through the upper ball joint center pivot point and extend it through the same point into the lower ball joint. This is called the steering axis inclination (SAI). Extend this line down through the tire...- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: Lifted
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Dear Ram,
My first ever brand new car came in 1978, 4 years after I graduated high school, was on my own, married, and with a 5 month old daughter. We looked all over at Fords, Toyotas, Datsuns, and several other brands. Packaging was a thing then, and that's why we didn't buy the new LTD 2. We wound up...- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: Heavy Duty
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Dear Ram,
Naw! These "packages" were reality back in the late 70's and early 80's. I remember wanting certain options, but was put off by the mandate that a sunroof for instance came with P/S, power brakes, power windows.... when ALL I wanted was a tilt wheel and informed of thousands of dollars in...- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: Heavy Duty
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Dear Ram,
Makes me feel better when the gas pumps are running slow! Now I do not think I'll grouse about a ten minute fill up! ;)- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: Heavy Duty
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which bulbs for 2013 Ram?
I will share my recent experience germane to this post. Recently (almost a year ago) I shut my wife's KIA Sorento down because, at 233,000 miles, the engine was kaput. Before that, I'd added hotter (more brilliant/brighter) light bulbs in both the headlights and the tail/brake/backup lights...- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: Exterior
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Brake fluid flush cost
I'm currently doing a complete brake job on a 2005 Suburban. It's fluid looks like nasty coffee that has sat out for a few days. I see this VERY often. In truth, the color is deep turdmucklty green, and is opague. This is a combination of severe moisture contamination and copper traces from the...- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: General Discussions
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New engine break-in period
You oil heretic!!! OFF with his head!!! ;) LOL! Supertech oil is wonderful!- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: Engine & Performance
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Brake fluid flush cost
Do they use fluid which has been stored in a tightly sealed container kept in a dry place? Do they use DOT 3, or 4? Also, does the shop do a preliminary strip test to see how much copper and moisture has contaminated the system? Remember, ALL brake systems vent at the reservoir cap and the fact...- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: General Discussions
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New engine break-in period
I just this past holiday season installed a reman engine in a 2006 GMC Sierra 4-door crew. The manufacturer of the engine gave SPECIFIC instructions in BOLD lettering on bright primary colored paper well attached to the new/reman engine with the emblazoned warning that this set of instructions...- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: Engine & Performance
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Brake fluid flush cost
Toyota/Lexus has a neat-o feature with the electronic brake/traction/ABS system with the pump and accumulator in lieu of a vacuum booster on some models. This system enables one to enter brake bleed function, and, in essence, flush the brakes due to the immense volume the pump moves during the...- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: General Discussions
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Synthetic Oil
Exceeding the limits of physics has been done. These days, it is all the rage with a lot of deception as to that set of possibilities. There is no free lunch in this world, and there is no perpetual motion. Add the fact that people are greedy for power and going fast, well, there ya go! ;)- Sherman Bird
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- Forum: Engine & Performance
