TJP440
Senior Member
Through my experiences with servicing my recently purchased 2014 Ram one item I have repeatedly read about servicing the cooling system and difficulty accessing the L block drain. Due to this many bypass draining that side. Having just done mine I found that 7 bolts, 1 nut and one connector gives one wide open access to the plug.
5 bolts, 3-15MM and 2-14 mm removes the bracket under the starter.
1- 13mm nut removes the main battery cable
Remove the wire to the solenoid. There appear to be a couple of different versions? so you may want to do your research ahead of time. I believe I spent more time on removing the connector than the everything else on that side.
2 More 15mm bolts and the starter is out.
NOTE: removing the starter bolts will give a bit better access to the wiring but you'll have to support the starter while doing so
At this point one has a straight shot at the plug.
Mine seemed almost siezed until a 1/2" impact gun with a six point socket "talked" to it. The R side was not a problem
I strongly encourage using 6 point sockets on both sides as the heads on the plugs are fairly short.
Do be prepared to take a few antifreeze showers.
If you have a reputable shop you may consider paying them to flush the system. The problem is most want to use a generic Antifreeze.
Overall it's not a fun job but not that bad. Hope this will be of help to someone
5 bolts, 3-15MM and 2-14 mm removes the bracket under the starter.
1- 13mm nut removes the main battery cable
Remove the wire to the solenoid. There appear to be a couple of different versions? so you may want to do your research ahead of time. I believe I spent more time on removing the connector than the everything else on that side.
2 More 15mm bolts and the starter is out.
NOTE: removing the starter bolts will give a bit better access to the wiring but you'll have to support the starter while doing so
At this point one has a straight shot at the plug.
Mine seemed almost siezed until a 1/2" impact gun with a six point socket "talked" to it. The R side was not a problem
I strongly encourage using 6 point sockets on both sides as the heads on the plugs are fairly short.
Do be prepared to take a few antifreeze showers.
If you have a reputable shop you may consider paying them to flush the system. The problem is most want to use a generic Antifreeze.
Overall it's not a fun job but not that bad. Hope this will be of help to someone
