Recent Content by ikold

Thanks Thanks for your advise guys I appreciate your help. TDR is great, and its members are very helpfull! Is that all I need to worry about ? Is there anything else I should be looking out for ? Someone had mentioned greasing the steering linkage are there other points on the truck...

I have a 2001 which I have installed the Banks Power Pack kit on. The truck has about 21,000 miles and is used for towing a trailer (about 10k lbs) and did allot of snow plowing this winter. Other than change the oil and the fuel filter I have done no maintenance to the truck. What should I do...

I recently had installed in my truck a full Banks Power pack. I have noticed an increased amount of power, but I wouldn't say that it is significant. Is it because my automatic transmission eats the majority of that power with its inherent inefficiency ? and after having it installed (an exhaust...

I live in the Washington DC metro area and am looking for a great Dodge Diesel mechanic to do performance work as well as regular maintenance work on my 2001 2500 Quad Cab. I have yet to find a competant enthusiastic mechanic at a dealer. I would like to find someone who likes what he does and...

I live in the Washington DC metro area and am looking for a great Dodge Diesel mechanic to do performance work as well as regular maintenance work on my 2001 2500 Quad Cab. I have yet to find a competant enthusiastic mechanic at a dealer. I would like to find someone who likes what he does and...

More questions With a bypass filter can you get longer drain intervals from organic oils ? If bypass filters are so good at filtering the oil, and provide hundreds of thousands of miles on a single oil change why don't the engine manufactures OEM them ? and why don't large fleets like...

I have read that Cummins is developing a new engine system which will require no oil changes. The engine will send a small portion of the engines oil to the fuel tank where it will be burnt off. At every fuel up you will add oil and thus the system will remain full of clean fresh oil and all you...

Sloooooooooow Although I don't think you will run into problems with your setup. Make sure you tire pressure is correct and on the high end of the scale. It will run awfull slow! I have a 01 2500 and a 40ft Travel Suprmeme 5ver that weighs 15,900 empty. The Dodge is not its tow vehicle but...

Use of a Class 8 I think you guys are right, the Freightliner is the better way to go. It's got 360hp 1585lb/ft and gets about 7-9mpg with a 9 speed transmission. I'm just worried that it will be difficult to insure, and difficult re-title as an RV and not a commercial tractor trailer. I...

Medium duty trucks I have found a fantastic deal on a 1996 Freightliner (Big RIG) with a detroit series 60 and the truck seems to have been very well maintained. This will most certainly pull that load! My question is, how hard is it to convert the tail section of something like this to...

I have an 01 automatic 2500 LWB. I am considering the purchase of a travel supreme 5th wheel (40 feet). The GVWR of the 5th wheel is 19k lbs. The empty weight of the trailer is 14,950 lbs, and the king ping weight is roughly 2500 pounds. My question for the group is can the truck reliably...

Is there a way to increase the power steering assist ? I have a 2001 2500 QC, LB. Currently the wheel takes more effort to turn than I would like it to. Is there an easy way to increase the amount of assistance you get from the power steering pump ? Thanks in advance. Jon :)

Why Bilstein over Rancho ? Why do you prefer the Billstein shocks over the adjustable Rancho's ? Just curious