Recent Content by RChriste

Thanks for the suggestions B.G., any particular fuses besides Fuse 8?

Thanks for the input Ozymandias. I'm thinking the batteries are ok because they have been holding enough charge to crank the engine normally for the six days since I charged them. Started the truck this afternoon. Keep the ideas coming!

Recently the turbo on my 04.5 failed and I've had the truck sitting in my driveway while I soaked everything down with penetrating oil for about a month with the idea of not breaking anything during replacement. At the time of my turbo failure I had no other known issues. Rebuilt turbo swap went...

Just want to thank everyone again for the suggestions and let you guys know that it was a failed lift pump. I bought an Airtex replacement pump from Autozone for $194. 99 and I'm back on the road. Having a 1/4" drive ratchet with a 2" long 5mm allen bit made it a pretty quick job.

A sincere thanks to everyone who has replied. For the sake of expediency I'm going to stick with replacing my canister mounted lift pump, they're available online for about $165. Once I get it running again I'll start planning how to install a better long term solution, although I can't really...

Thanks for the follow up WOT. Is it a fairly safe bet that the lift pump is the culprit if it doesn't puke fuel all over or are there other likely failure modes that you're aware of? I can go ahead and order the pump because it's probably overdue at 125k miles, just wondering if I should have it...

The batteries are original but the engine cranks fast so that's kind of a seat of the pants load test, no? I went through all the grounds I could see and cleaned them up. I can't hear my lift pump run as I'm accustomed to so I'm inclined to think that it gave up the ghost, but would that cause...

Yeah, gonna try that in the morning. Btw, the truck has run a little rough on the first start of the day, a few times in the last week.

Truck was running great over the course of a 30 mile drive, even passed a few cars and it had plenty of power, then I slowed to turn into my driveway and it died in the road. It will crank and restart, but immediately die. I've got a half tank of fuel and the fuel filter only has about 4k miles...

I've been running the XRFs in my truck for almost 5k miles now and I'm very happy so far, the million mile warranty on top of the great price doesn't hurt either. Here's another place you might want to check out... Hub and Bearing Warehouse Home Page Great prices, quick service, and a lifetime...

This is interesting, my brother's `06 3500 dually was in the shop for rear diff noise last week and an oil change(Mopar) with friction modifier cured it. From what I'm told there were no signs of excessive wear, though he has towed a good size 5ver around the country a few times since the truck...

So are you saying that I should be adding fluid as I pump the old out? My apologies to the OP for hijacking his thread.

Hey Guys, I appreciate everyone's input on this matter and for the sake of not wanting to be the catalyst that causes an overly heated discussion on this topic, perhaps I'm using the term flush improperly, maybe the dealer shop is only doing an exchange? I've read in a few different places...

Lisle and Snap On both make a hardened steel tool for this job, around $20.

Something else that may be useful Steve. I have a small engine, 3 stone cyclinder hone that I chuck up in a drill and clean the bores with. Stick it in the bore and move it in and out while rotating and it does a pretty good job of cleaning the bores and keeping them cylindrical. The stones have...