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MPalachuk, Does your dad drive much in hill country at say 65 mph? That is where the overtemp seems to happen with my 354s, auto trans, and trailer. I run 4" pipe also. The issue I encounter is not a problem with going a steady 65 on hilly freeway country, its a phenomina called other vehicles...

I just did new rotors and pads, drums and shoes on my '96. Bled the brakes thoroughly. My problem was the opposite. Truck stopped good but the pedal drifted toward the floor with any serious pressure at a stop sign. After power bleeding and some improvement I was told that this pedal drift is...

jandtjil, your comment:" Going with 373s and still having to drop down to 2nd or to start causing premature AT falure by driving through OD would not be good. " My AT is 3 speeds with OD. What I was having to do was drop out of OD into third to keep the egt,trans temp down. Was this what you...

Land Shark,thanks for the input. Yes,you are pulling the hills without the speed drop due to downshifting with the fuel plate and 354s but whats the egt story, how does the AT like it? If youre not using gauges, are you seeing a water temp rise toward the top of those grades ? I was. But still...

Yes , except for a 4" exhaust system the engine is stock. Tires are 265 75 R16s, stock wheels. The truck will make two, possibly three runs into Mexico from Wash. with the toy hauler loaded to around 8000 lb. GVW. When it makes the runs it will have a fuel plate and injectors to boost the power...

Before you buy the big Texas bumper, type "Off Road Tech" into a search engine and go to their web site. They fabricate an off road bumper for a Dodge that is seriously heavy duty and good looking also. Twelve hundred bucks, I have one on my truck, packs a 12,000 lb. winch, also have a matching...

My '96 2500 has an AT with 354 gears. I recently pulled an empty 5120 lb. , 21' Desert Fox toy hauler up from Oregon. The 354 gears are great when the truck is on it's own, but seemed a little tall for pulling even the empty Desert Fox. Think I only got 11 mpg. I am reluctant to go to 410's...

Stuck in third My '96 got stuck in third. Lost the tach and speedo. Dash warning lights, advisory lights stayed on after starting the truck. Turned out to be the altrnator. The on board computer power draws directly from alternator output, not the battery. When alternator power begins to fade...

I was driving home from a short trip to the store and the truck went sluggish on me. Has an automatic, seemed to be stuck in third. Had to manually dial in 1st to get away from the stop light. Then I noticed the GEN warning light, CHECK ENG. light, WATER IN FUEL light, TRANS. TEMP light, and...

Never seen a crew cab, but quad cabs were fairly common. There are quite a few clean ones for sale in the $6000. 00 to $9000. 00 range. I just bought a second generation cummins with 218. 000 miles. Some minor bugs in the truck but the engine is strong, clean, and gets reasonably good milage...

First thing I'd do is make sure there is not a fluid leak. Then maybe see if the vacume booster has vacume. The master cyl. is collapsing without pedal pressure. It would seem that that cannot happen without a fluid or a vacume deficiency. I just went through some weird "soft pedal" stuff with...

I paid a shop to convert my 7. 3 4x4 a few years back from 410 to 354. Cost me 1500. 00. It was worth it, I spend a lot of miles on the freeway. Milage increase was 2 mpg, but that was a Ford without a lock up torque converter. My Dodge 2500 4x4 has 354 gears, gets 20 mpg on the freeway with a...

jtcummins- come back if you catch the question. I am having trouble making the connection between power brakes an power steering. Can you explain what you mean ?

1-6DZL thanks for the help. Yeah the lines were bled from a corner to corner sequence. I passed the truck on to Midway for the second round. They installed the new master cyl. , and I'm sure they bled and re-bled it. The origional master cyl. did act like you said, but so does the new one. The...

Clinebarger; thanks for the comeback, yeah the caliper assembly was disconnected from the brake hoses when the pistons were pressed in. In fact the assembly was prepped on my work bench. The master cyl. and lines did run dry but we refilled, thoroughly bled and re-bled.