Recent Content by CharlesHoward

1. Check your Hoses and Clamps 2. Check your Air Filter How did I learn these simple lessons? A few years after installing a new BD Diesel IRON HORN Turbo and "Mr Bob's Silicone Hoses" with Spring loaded Hose Clamps on my 05 Ram I would start getting that Code. Scanner and later Smarty...

Thanks for the info/advice. Cruise Control and braking (and fully functioning trailer braked) handled the downhills from NE to western CO just fine and since we plan to sell our trailer after this job/sojourn in Delta CO and the Truck will be sold sometime later no further upgrades are warranted

- I chose this Turbo as their advertising showed a Trailer. BUT the Boost PUZZLE is now SOLVED. I installed the BD Iron Horn along with "Mr Bob's" Silicone Hoses and supplied Spring Clamps back in Nov 2019. About a year later I got the first code which disabled proper running after a long STOP...

I'm running the 77lb/min S63SX-E "2nd Level" Trailer towing per their earlier marketing. Over a year ago BD Recommended a upgraded fueling Tune to address the Low Boost Code - Hence the Smarty and slight upgrade Tune. NOW their marketing for this level Turbo shows "Recommended Injectors 30%" -...

I'm running the first or second Smarty upgrade Tune as BD Diesel suggestion was more "fueling" was needed to "solve" the Low Boost Code...Also have the BD Diesel "Boost Fooler" installed.

We're now in TX and the Ram is in our Garage at Home in AL. I DID get the PO299 Code once at home in late Nov 2023 just before I parked the Truck in the Garage. My wife now hates the Truck and causes her much anxiety... Doesn't bother me that much. Besides returning to our RV in NE, we must...

Thanks! Will pursue when I can get the code again - perhaps on our return to Imperial NE next Spring with longer road time and higher altitudes and lower humidity.....

After my 05 Dodge Ram spent 2 months at the Diesel Shop in Grant NE and replaced MAP, IAT Crankshaft AND Camshaft Position sensors, and possible some others... truck ran fine for over a month, towed my 13K lbs Fiver for 30 miles and no CEL. Left Imperial NE on OCT 10 (left Trailer there) and HAD...

Alpharex saga comes to a disappointing end. After being sent back to the Reseller Thoroughbred Diesel many more emails and delays ensued. Most recently this week a video of my lights was requested by Alpharex via personnel at Throroughbred and i complied with a PICTURE both to them and also...

Well, I just got mine a few weeks ago as they were on Backorder since my Order in April from Thoroughbred Diesel. Only installation "problem" was the Brown Signal light connector had one tab break so a diagonal zip tire fixed that connector. DRL option requires some wire routing. Unlike Moses...

Mine just comes and goes randomly. SMARTY suggests its the rear wheels. Maybe I'll let the shop play with it someday...

Thanks for the reminder. I bought a new Multifunction Switch back in 09 as it was getting flaky, but since then the switch behaves 99% of the time so I'm still dragging around the new replacement - how did my switch know?!

I treat my "rugged" wheel with Mink Oil probably twice a year and it remains serviceable until I feel it needs another wipedown. Its not a daily driver so the Mink oil has a few days to "settle in"

Good news is TWO almost 100 mile roundtrips and Truck runs fine with NO CEL albeit ABS/Brakelight indicators remain common...pending below 90+ degree weekends

Thanks! any more specifics on where that wire is /what color / actually visible - its not in a wire loom? I can creep under my Truck sometime when the cement we're parked on is cool... Per the Hayne's Manual it looks like a small bundle of wires and suggests replacement vs fixing...