Recent Content by CMorton

I have a minor complaint and I am wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same issue. When I turn my 04. 5 off and exit the vehicle, I get one hell of an electrical shock when I touch the door. It happens everytime I exit the vehicle. This is my second 3rd gen truck and I don't remember my...

This is a two part question 1) What is the need to run oil in the diesel fuel? Have there been reports of unlubricated top ends or injectors? 2) History has shown that oil mixed with diesel fuel has worked in non-emission diesel engines. However, knowing how sensitive gasoline emission systems...

I too just had these two codes come up while towing. My 2500 is stock except for the edge box with attitude. I was towing a Jeep on a trailer (7000lbs) across the mojave desert with the cruise control set at 70mph. I heard a "pop" and my check engine light came on. No change in power and no...

fill plug The "too high" fill plug is addressed in a TSB for 2004 trucks. Not sure what other years are affected. If I read the TSB correctly, only trucks with the 10" rear end are affected. As far as I know, this rear end isn't available with the diesel. Hope this helps.

gear oils I run Red Line oil and have had no problem. I like the Red Line brand because they have 75W90 and 75W90ns (which has no friction modifiers added). The ns is what I run in my 2500 axles and my '92 Jeep axles/trans. As an aside, I noticed a huge difference (for the worse) when I ran...

shock removal Just removed a leveling kit from my 2500 this weekend. Obviously the shocks had to be removed. My recommendation is the passenger side can be removed with the shock tower still attached to the shock. The driver's side is much tighter. You need to remove the shock stud from the...