Recent Content by MichaelRitchey

All, on the full 4x4 service two weeks ago my mechanic found the fill plug at the top of the transfer case had the socket really messed up and very difficult to get the tool inserted to remove it. He got it out and cleaned up the tool socket. He re-installed it but it needs to be replaced...

The mystery deepens. I went to Lithia Dodge in Renton this AM and took the mangled water pump with me and their consensus was "It is not a MOPAR part". No id at all on it as to MOPAR. Same thing the Cummins guys said "It is not a Cummins part" as there is no OEM markings. As no one claims to...

Yes, the bearing wore out and the blades pounded out of the block. Amazing that there were just scratch marks on the block. Mike

We bought the truck with 58K miles on in January 2009 from a dealer who had taken it in trade. The orginal owner was a county mountie and used it as his commute vehicle to the precinct. CarFax was clean with no items other than regular maintenance at the Dodge dealer in Snohomish. We got it as...

It get murkier. I took the unit to Cummins Northwest here in Renton, WA and the parts guys said it is not a Cummins part number on the unit. Closer examination finds that it is made by Concentric USA, a supplier of pumps to Cummins. I am going to take the unit to Lithia Dodge in Renton and see...

I will go look at the pump at the shop. I do not recall any cap on it but the pump was in many pieces with broken vanes and squared off ball bearings falling out of the shaft area. Who do I contact about the pump cost? Cummins or my Dodge dealer? Mike

We had the water pump fail on our 2007 RAM HD 2500 with the 5. 9L engine Sunday evening with anti-freeze all over the engine compartment. Mileage is 91,800. Fortunately we got it off the main road and had to have it towed. At the time we thought it was a heater hose but not so. Once the shop got...