sdeeter19555

Price of fuel is down, trucking companies remove the governor to allow more speed (and fuel consumption). Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

Splitting hairs, but you're describing a flush while others are describing an fluid exchange, which are similar but different (the cleaning agent being the difference). I would not do a powered flush with a cleaner, I would not do a powered exchange. The only safe way to exchange fluid is using the transmission's own pump to pull fresh fluid in and to push the old fluid out. My opinion... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

I'm going to guess it's because I have an LS (upgraded work truck)? I can get you the last six of the VIN if you want to try looking up that part number... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

Hmmm....that's why I don't remember it... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

Why don't I remember that bushing on my 2500? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

When I did my first 6.0l UOA in 2012, it immediately caused me concern because it wasn't like any UOA I had ever seen. In my limited experience, in the Cummins it meant oil cooler failure was starting. A quick Google search in 2012, and a lot of Vette owners were reporting the same and they indicated it was from the wrist pin retainers? Been a while since I looked that up...120k miles and engine runs perfect. One thing I will point out that we often forget is that a UOA is a used OIL analysis. While it may give some indication of engine condition, at the end of the day it is still an oil analysis, not an engine analysis. Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

I had 200 ppm of copper in the UOA from my 6.0l at about 7500 miles (the truck was new). It remained elevated many miles later, but I've only did those two UOAs. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

We just took my father's tractor up to our land and mowed off the field and trails...we took the mower (a 6ft Woods) and lifted it in my truck and hauled the tractor on his trailer...took two trucks, but his trailer is only 16 ft and his tractor is a mini-farm tractor (probably 5k without the loaded tire, wheel weights, and bucket)... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

I feel your pain...try it with additional wheel weights and loaded rear tires, it becomes a balancing act! If you stay within your limits, I see no issues. I would prefer a gooseneck or 5th wheel hitch for towing, they are better than a bumper pull in almost every aspect. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

I think he is referring to the carrier bearing? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

Wow, that's unreal...have you tried looking for a reputable local garage to do that kind of work? I've come to hate dealers over the years, and by word of mouth found a local garage that does good work for a fair price. As much as I hate to relinquish the repair tasks to someone else, I don't really have the time to do it anymore. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

Search on the subject much and you will find almost every transfercase drain plug looks like that the first time...mine did at 10k, still going strong at 120k. The plug will be almost clean after that initial drain. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

The fact they don't flash with the halogen (assumed to be wired in parallel to the LED ) indicates to me the LED is bad or wired backwards. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

In my 2012, they have more caster (?) in one side than the other and that causes a drift to the ditch. I complained about this after having mine aligned, the guy was real good and pulled most of that funky adjustment off that side...tracks almost straight now (he left a little bit there). I've been told car manufacturers add a little pull to the right in case you fall asleep, you drift off the road instead of into traffic. I doubt this is true, just what a couple old time mechanics told me back in the 90s. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

Oil undercoated the truck... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

A slipped belt will sometimes not present a thumping...it will show during a spin balance as a slight wobble in the tread. I did work at a dealer and a old-school gas station once in a lifetime ago, seen a lot of belts damaged...it doesn't take road damage to cause it either, sometimes it's a manufacturing defect. In this case, it sounds like they were fishing for a obscure way for reimbursement for the work they are doing... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

How much load is that circuit capable of providing? I'm thinking of multiple widgets being placed on that circuit might create a problem... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

Do you add a relay to take the load off that circuit? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

This is one of those things I would consider buying at a dealer... With that said, I would get a handful of metric bolts from the local hardware store and figure out the thread and length, then hit up a specialty fastener shop (fasenal) and see what they recommend for hardness. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

Finding a 1000# slide-in is the fun part. The lighter they are, the more expensive they become...I have looked at aluma-lites for while now, that would be my choice. I sold my older slide-in to a guy with a 1500 GMC back in 2011, he was sitting on the overloads with an 8-foot, 1400# camper and driving 400 miles back to Ohio. Keep in mind that most load capacities reported by the manufacturer are within so many inches of the front bulkhead and only so high...a slide in doesn't fit that rating model. I'm not saying the truck won't handle it, just that your reported rating is different than the weight distribution of a slide-in camper. Air bags will help, but they can cause pogoing if the shocks aren't strong enough and tick-tocking if not filled separately. Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk

That's a little high, but nothing to worry about... Divide the the two and that will tell you the miles per hour average. In a former life, a batch of us (former) Dodge guys did this with our Cummins trucks, most of us were in the mid 20mph range, with me as a high with 32mph (I drove cross country quite a bit). It just means your truck idled a little more than normal (probably sitting in traffic being from Orlando or just idling with the AC running), but 460 hours is nothing really. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

2500s have a significantly different drivetrain...they do suffer (some of them) from frame beaming because of the extremely rigid frame, but I haven't heard of that in a couple years now...I think they changed the body mounts to solve that problem? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

The Canadian trucks (if brought to the States) can have the lights turned "off"...it's a simple programming issue that can be done by the dealer, I had a Dodge 2500 from Canada with the Canadian version of DRLs, the dealer simply turned that off. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

Keep drinking that koolaid... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

Lifted trucks don't make good tow vehicles for many reasons...and your tow "rating" of 9100#s is not worth the sticker it's written on in the door jamb now that the truck is modified with softer suspension, higher center of gravity, larger tires, etc....it's based on a truck as it left the factory. I always cringe when I see this done, the smaller semi-float axles are likely the weakest link, break an axle and have the tire part company with the truck with that camper in tow and see how well you like that combination then, that's why 2500s and 3500s have full-floating axles...most on this board are too young to remember all the lifted k5s and similar GMC/Chevy half tons with broken axles shafts from running nothing more than 33s and 35s. Nobody has ever answered my question regarding the load rating of the 1500 rear axle (not the RAWR sticker, the actual capacity of the axle itself)... Just some food for thought... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk