Recent Content by MHirst

I have been through all those listed including Hell and Back finally after ready a post from the TDR Ranch Dressing on the value of loosing the trans and motor mounts, I did this then drove aroung a few miles accelarating and hard brakinig the I just tightend all the bolts, I cant explain it but...

zippinbye]At 22K miles, I decided to make the switch to synthetic motor oil. I reset the overhead MPG meter and was amazed to see the number dancing between 19 and 20, even over 21 for a while, on a 100% freeway drive, unladen. Surely an anomaly! Well, into the second full tank, the overhead...

:) I have the 05 Auto I recently gutted the cat and replaced my muffler with a Magna flow straight through muffler the truck is the same at idel it definatly souns better down the highway it is no where near as loud as my 2000 that new motor takes all of the noise out of it, my buddy just...

I have a 05 Cummins with the auto, I recently remodeled the exhaust to allow the truck to breath, the cat on the new trucks seems to be a little restricted anyway after the mods the truck runs right at 185 empty then jumps up tp around 200 to 210 loaded pulling trailer over the mountains, seems...

My neighbor has the 04 Quad cab Duramax and I have the 05 Cummins I can tell you that when traveling with a load his mileage is 13 to 14 and he has no trouble pulling right with or ahead of my Dodge the last trip we made togeather last month to southern Utah 850 miles he averaged 13mpg and my...

My new 05 drips like you describe I found it was coming from the vent tube on the top of the valve cover, the factoty tells they are not supposed to leak there but the dealer says that this is normal, I guess I will see what the tell you, please let me know if you get any further info. 05...

Good luck is all that I can tell you, even if the Dealer tries to help you the Factory rep could care less, I have been fighting a vibration issue on me truck since i bought it last December and I can tell you that the dealer is only going to do exactly what the rep tells them that they can, if...

If I am not mistaken the only thing the reflash does is reset the overhead computer, It does nothing to change the trucks performance,, I use the trusty odomiter to moniter my milage, 16 to 18. 5 on highway empty and 10 to 13 towing a load. 05 quad cab 4X4 stock with auto trans.

Hello Steve: as of today my truck is still at the dealer they have tried all the tricks previusly listed to no avail the vibration is still there, my service manager told me today that he thinks I just need to live with this becouse there is nothing more he can do, he did promise to have the DC...

I bought mine for my 2000 and for my 05 through Cabellas they are the tape on I have had no trouble in 5 years they work great!!

I have been dealing with this issue since December 04 the Dealer has been really trying to solve this problem, new drivelines twice and a new set of tires and wheels no success, I have talked to Dodge costumer service no help!! they are not concernend with the end user the dealers a stuck trying...

05 Vibration Well folks I wish I had searched a little deeper I just traded my 2000 Cummins for the 05 4X4 Quadcab shortbed 48RE trans and you guessed it right at 70mph the vibration is clear my truck has 700 miles at this point. I plan to take it in to the Dealer soon to see what sort of...

2005 Ram Turbo Diesel Hey guys I just traded my 2000 Cummins for the 05 the Truck is great. I bought the 2500 Quadcab Shotbed with the 48re auto trans, the only concern that I have now is the truck has 500 miles and right off I noticed thre is a distinct vibratiion at 70mph, you can drive out...