Recent Content by RBridenbaugh

I'd go down to your local auto wrecking / recycling company that has lots of trucks in its lot. Describe the damage and ask what they think a fair price for salvage would be. My insurance company tried to low ball the totaled price for my vehicle and used a fixed percentage of that do...

What Ram do you have? If a 2500 or 3500, pm me with an e-mail address and I'll send you the pages from my service manual. The 2007 and 2008 models use the same fasteners as my '05. You can use them as a starting place vs using generic torque specs for the size and grade of metric fasteners.

One of the nice things about AGM batteries is that they can be charged in all orientations except inverted (can be discharged in all positions) so with a little creative positioning / orienting they may fit your existing compartment. Since you don't have to add water or perform routine...

I re-wired both the truck side and inside the slide-in camper (TC) with 2 AWG wire to have charging from the truck alternator to the TC while driving. TC converter / batteries could charge / jump the truck batteries with addtion of a jumper cable inside the TC, if the truck batteries got...

Unfortunately the weather here in NW Montana has been a mess. Instead of nice cold temperature and snow on the ground, the last two weeks have seen days in the 20's alternating with days as high as 45. Things are melting and freezing. Snow, then rain, then snow. Making it worse night time...

'2005 3500 DRW lug nut torque spec is 155 ft-lbs, my 1/2" corded Milwaukee Impact Wrench (9072-20) has a rating of 300 ft-lbs. No issues removing the lug nuts, although I change from summer to winter tires and back each year, so they don't have too much time to seize up with the salt they dump...

They're not just for manual transmissions PACBRAKE'S DIRECTMOUNT 4'' PRXB EXHAUST BRAKE KIT #C44049 Application: 2003 - 2004 Dodge RAM Cummins 5.9L ISB 24 Valve Engine with 47RE / 48RE Automatic Transmission.

We do a lot of winter camping using a slide in camper. Mainly road trips to ski areas with stays of 3-5 days each. While we have a block heater, it doesn't see too much use as we have a heated garage. When at the ski resort if the temps are in the minus 10 range or colder we will plug in the...

McMaster Carr has a wide selection of Low-Temperature/High-Pressure D.O.T. Push-to-Connect Tube Fittings for Air in 1/4" tubing sizes. Among them is a "Through-Wall Straight Connector, Tube-to-Tube" (aka bulkhead connector) that I used to route my PacBrake air supply into cab under the drivers...

Solved. With daylight determined no smoke out exhaust. Oil was leaking / spraying out at about 1 quart per 30 minutes. Source of leak were two little holes in the side of the oil filter, were the hose to the intercooler hose clamp screw assembly touched the filter when the engine was under...

Rest area a noisy place to try and sleep .... Before I start driving will put paper bowls under the turbo lines and filter to see where and how much comes out after high idling for 10 minutes. Hoping for oil return side ...

Somewhere in the last 145 miles today i've lost a quart of oil to the bottom of the engine and the ground. Oil dripping from area around turbo. Top of oil filter appears dry. Noticed oil spots on back of truck camper when I stopped at a rest area where I'm at now. Initial plan is to drive 3...

When I added a second battery bank, modified my wiring inside the RV and added 2 AWG wire for charging from the truck alternator, I used bus bars, insulators and megafuses from VTE Warehouse. They sell small quantities at a reasonable price.

On my '05 a 20A Fuse #33 powers the running lights / tail lights. Pull the fuse and see if it is blown (hard to see from the top), while out test to see if 12 VDC is present at one of the terminals where the fuse plugs in (power supplied by 50A fuse #15, controlled by "Park Lamp" relay) when the...

You have about 2 seconds between shifts before the exhaust brake kicks in on my 6 spd manual. My first PacBrake pump lasted about four years. Excessive back flow through the pump. Newer pump has a check valve built in. No issues so far after four years. Only had one issue with the on top of...