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Just to update everone - the cause of the failure was a s listed above "a bad valve" - Chrysler is coming through and has agreed to cover the repair lists - most of which includes Recon parts - head, etc. - I have to pay a deductible which I don't understand - for you 99' owners the page listed...

I am not sure what the difference is but the dealer replaced the one in my Dad's 01 and then flashed the computer for a temperature gauge low reading / fluctuation problem - He says all that work did nothing to it - he has the Cummins on board computer hooked to his - it reads the information...

My 99 did the same thing earlier this year during a cold snap - I checked everything out and finally did seperate load checks on each battery - I had one battery that was bad causing it - new battery and voila - by the way mine is real hard to start right now - I miss the cold morning louder...

I have never done any of the work on my diesel except for oil changes, fuel filter, etc. - I regularly rebuild gas burners for my Dad's race cars and could probably handle the work on the 24V. What kind of liability to you open yourself up to with the warranty if you do it yourself and maybe we...

valve adjustments I don't want anyone to be scared by my experience - I think valve adjustents are an important part of normal PM. Cummins Mid South has routinely done the adjustments (every 15,000 miles) on my dad's 89 (currently showing 364,000 miles) and always done an excellent job. This is...

Brent Those are excellent words of advice. The only reason a valve adjustment was done is because I was at a lull at work and the truck was approaching the 100,00 mile recommneded overhead so I took advantage of the spare time from work and took it to Cummins Mid South, the truck ran good...

update To update everybody - the date Dodge uses to start your 5 year / 100,000 mile and standard vehicle warranty is the in service date - the date it was purchased. This vehicle was purchased on October 16, 1998 - the failure occurred on October 27, 2003 it is considered out of warranty. The...

wrist pin broke Dodge dealer just called and said no warranty - it is a 1999 model and the 5 years is up. He said a wrist pin broke and at a minimum it neads a new short block. I am disappointed in a 97,000 mile truck that has always been serviced by the book and never had any modifications to...

6:00 pm headed home after a long work day 3 rd gear - let off gas to come to stop at stoplight and kaboom. followed by black and white smoke and a rapid knocking sound. I think the motor threw a rod or dropped a valve. The ttuck is a 99 3500 with 97,000 miles what should I do take it to Cummins...

What should I get when I hook up the EZ and use the turnbuckle trick or a 22 brass. I tried both and still didn't get more than 15 psi.

Which is right for a stock 2001 15 psi or 19 to 20 psi?

I had dinner tonight with one of my less fortunate buddies that owns a Ford and we discussed my low boost problem (15 psi). As my dealer can't seem to understand a bad lift pump won't make boost pressures that high and that 15 is not high we decided to try to find some leaks tomorrow. He said...

My 2001 2500 auto had a similar sound from the day I picked it up. I kept on my dealer about it and the said it was normal. I to thought it was abnormal and coming from the transmission; 3 weeks ago I got it fixed - it was a bad bearing in the a/c compressor. The compressor locked up and after...

I have researched past topics on this and there seems to be a big difference in boost pressure on stock 2001 trucks. I have an automatic that max's out at 15 psi in stock configuration; additionally the addition of a power edge ez and the turnbuckle recently doesn't produce any more than 15...

I have over 140,OOO miles on a 98. 5 and over 40,000 on a 2001 that from day one received a 22'8" long piece of 3/4" heater hose and routing all the way to the back of the truck betwen the receiver hitch and the bumper with no problems. We are in the south but received 31 days straight of below...