Recent Content by Mike Wenrich

Thank you. Now to find the switch. Not sure yet if I want to do this twice so I might do as you did and have one on hand.

After posting I see the link from before but it does not tell me if the switch can be cleaned or is replaceable. Maybe the whole turn signal part and wiper control needs to be replaced????

I'm having some intermittent problems with the wiper delay and activation on my 2004.5. Seems I have read about a fix for these before including maybe just cleaning contacts. Scanned the Genos catalog and did not see a replacement part. What is the difficulty in getting to this switch? Do...

I just learned that residents of CA and WA state will not be able to buy extended warranties from out of state as of Jan 1. So if you were looking to buy from Zeigler or Granger after that date you would need an address from another state. Just sucks living in this (CA) for political reasons...

Hard to imagine it's anything but the compressor. Taking the belt off is going to be the same as turning the switch off. You won't have the compressor in the diagnosis. If it's okay with the A/C off then one would think that is the problem. You might start first having someone engage the A/C...

I just changed a compressor on a 2003 RAM hemi for the same reason. The engine was off and on slowing down. But in this case the compressor was making noise as it slowed down...locking up. Still blowing cold air at the time.

How much of the product did you use? As in packets...to do the bumper and lower air dam.

Interesting product. Had not heard of it before now but will try it. Nothing else has worked that the auto supply stores sell. I peeled off the old faded piece before recycling the bumper so that I could experiment with it. That piece may be too far gone to test on the exposed side but maybe...

I just replaced the bumper on my 04 and it came with a new black step cover as well. My question re: this material.... has anyone found a way to keep it new looking? I have tried Back to Black and I think three other products that profess to keep the plastic looking good but that did not...

I was getting estimates of $4,500 to $5,500 to rebuild mine stock. Beefed up it would run one to two thousand more. Ordering one thru Jasper or Certified was going to be more but you get a better warranty. So you can easily be in the 7 grand area with one beefed up. The labor for R&R seems...

Good leads and just fyi both of those are out of my county. Riverdale is Fresno County and about 80-90 miles which is not much further than the Fresno rebuilder I was honing in on so I will contact them. Oakdale might be Modesto County and is about 150 miles. I live in a beautiful mountain...

Called a local RAM dealer and after checking my vin said the MOPAR 48RE has not been available to them since 2020. So they refer their customers out to a rebuilder.

That is likely what I will do. We know the dealers no longer rebuild parts. It's R&R for them. So if a MOPAR labeled trans is available it's rebuilt somewhere else. Maybe Jasper.:eek:

Just thinking further about this, Stellantis or whomever owns RAM now puts rebuilt transmissions in newer trucks that fail under warranty. Some owners are pissed because they cannot get a new one installed. So they get rebuilds from somewhere but maybe not 48RE's. Had I thunk about this I...

I'm surprised there is an actual MOPAR reman. This is the first I have heard of that so I will have to google that to see what and if they are obtainable in my area. I would like to look at all possibilities. Remember I live in Kalifornia and there might be a part made from crude oil in the...