Recent Content by Markh1254

I had to take a mechanic for a ride to convince him. He agreed that it seems to be a tire problem. He recalibrated his balancing machine and used a different adapter on the machine and found that the tires WERE out of balance. After rebalancing for the third time, the truck rides smooth...

Well, a month later and I like the quiet ride. But I have another issue now. A week after having the Cooper Discoverer tires put on, at higher speeds it's acting like I have a bad or out of balance tire. It begins at around 60 mph and worsens as the speed increases. I left the truck with...

Not sure what you mean by "good flow". This year, like in years past, I take the cover off and disconnect the battery tender. I start it, leave it idling for at least 15 minutes so that the oil and coolant are up to temperature. Remove the drain plug and after a several seconds, place the...

My apologies for the delay in posting. My wife had a serious health issue and my priorities changed. I decided on the Cooper Discoverer HT3's. I don't go off road and this truck spends most of it's life towing a 10,000 lb. travel trailer. I won't miss the noise of the Falken tires and I...

The truck basically is mothballed in November and not driven again until April. Most of the driving is highway pulling a camper weighing ~10,000 lbs or a utility trailer weighing around ~2500 lbs. I'm not aware of any other labs besides Blackstone. If you can recommend any others, I'd...

I have a Tradesman 2500 with about 56,000 miles on it. I change the oil every spring since the truck only is driven about 2,000 to 3,000 miles/year. Most miles are pulling a trailer that weighs around 10,000 lbs. I use Valvoline Supreme Blue 15W40 and when draining it (hot) I grab a sample...

It's time to replace the Falken tires (275/70R18E) that came on my 2017 2500 Tradesman that I purchased used. I've not been happy with the road noise that I've had with them for the past four years and now, the "lugs" (not sure if that's what their called) on the tread are starting to fall...

Hi Bruce, Thank you for your guidance on this. I will check the harness wires tomorrow. Again, Thanks! Mark

While hauling my camper back (~10,000 lb) from a camping trip with my 2017 Tradesman, running down the interstate in 2 WD a warning popped up on my dash "SERV 4WD". I rarely use 4WD and can't remember the last time I did put it in 4 WD. As fast as the light came on, it went away and repeated...

While vacumming under the rear seat of my 2017 2500 I found this connector under the rear seat on the passenger side. Can't seem to find any information on it. Does anyone have an idea what it might be for? Thanks in advance! Mark

Like others, I was disappointed to find that the factory service manual only works with the Ineternet Explorer browser from Microsoft. Now that Microsoft has pulled the plug on Internet Explorer on June 1st, I wondered if there was a way to make our service manuals work with Microsoft Edge or...

Once again I hope I can impose on fellow RAM owners for some guidance on an issue with the TPMS system on my 2017 Tradesman. We were on our way back from the Dayton Hamvention yesterday morning and after ~ 50 miles of pulling my travel trailer with the RAM (~7500 lbs), we pulled into the rest...

Thank you everyone for your responses. This vehicle amazes me all the fine engineering that it possesses. Mark

Once again I have to impose on this knowledgeable group for guidance. I can't thank you guys enough for your help! I bought this RAM late last summer and have put about 3,000 miles on it and figure it's probably a good time to rotate the tires since I don't when it was last done, if ever...

Well, no success. I've spent a couple of hours with Alfa OBD and got nowhere. I actually have numerous settings in the body computer in Alfa, which I've listed below: VehConfig 1: Rear View Camera - Enabled VehConfig 1: CHMSL Camera - Enabled (What is CHMSL - Cab Third Brakelight?)...