Recent Content by Soot4Life

It's this kind of misery that turns people off on one brand or another. Heaven knows the Cummins is why most of us bought our trucks. It's too bad Chrysler didn't properly design their systems. Were these problems the result of bean counters cutting costs or genuine engineering defects that made...

My problems are escalating. Today I was decelerating at approx. 20 mph and I swear the TC locked/unlocked about 3 times in about 20 seconds. OD was off. That shouldn't be happening at such a low speed. The TC should be disengaged at that speed while coasting to a stop. Somebody with more...

NO! The Cummins is wonderful but the Dodge part has been a real pain with endless issues that have kept me and others under the hood way too often. I've spent way too much money on things that never needed repair, rebuilds, or replacement on the Chevy & Fords I've owned with comparable mileage...

The BD noise filter came after the DTT failed to work. It was soldered as per instructions. Thanks for the responses so far! I'm sitting on my hands and won't spend a dime on my front end until the TC issue is solved. I'll buy an old beater gasser to hold me over until I get this sorted out. I'd...

My 99 auto is continuing to suffer from the TC lock/unlock problem: Here's what I have done already: redone ALL grounds and battery connections... . A-OK now Installed quality batteries re-routed alt. to battery wire and wrapped in foil and electrician's tape BD APPS noise filter installed...

My 99 needs a box. Any input from those that have the quick ratio steering box? Good? Bad? Ugly?

Time for brakes, steering box and steering shaft. The front end has been rebuilt with greaseable ball joints and is tight. Steering box is dangerously sloppy (won't adjust) and the steering shaft is toast at 110,000 miles. I need advice on the best parts available for the job at the best...

Another strange twist in the ongoing saga of the 1999-2002 TC problems. Even with a complete cleaning and dialectric greasing of all grounds, good batteries, a DTT trans. filter soldered in, relocation and foiling the battery cable, SunCoast fix, and new top quality alternator the old Dodge is...

Sorry I didn't see your question before today. I removed the Navone filter some time ago as I didn't get the results I expected. I replaced the alternator with an upgraded new one and installed the DTT noise filter. I don't recall where I attached the wire. I have the instructions somewhere and...

CA 99 trucks... . no egr, no cat. Does the truck fail if the CEL light is on? A tight converter is coming and I'm told some CA trucks with a tight converter can throw a P1740 code. If this is so how do you convince the kid doing the smog test everything is A-OK?

Considering changing to 275's before the evil CA. smog inspection. Anyone have them in a CA truck during their inspection? Pass? Fail? I'll dump my Banks BIG HOSS box and install and EZ when the trans. gets overhauled and upgraded.

With the rattle of the Cummins you can't hear them. On my motor home the low speed noise of the beads is quite noticeable. They sure are sweet as the tires last forever and run smooth. If I was to do it again I would use balancing beads to save $.

Did you solder the connections when installing the DTT filter? Apparently anything less makes the gizmo less effective. I feel your pain. I finally had to replace the alternator with a properly rebuilt unit that had no noise issues and a fully functional rectifier. Time will tell if my good...

Fresh filter recently installed and the pressure drop only follows the addition of a quart of 2 cycle oil. The phenomenon only lasts for 2-3 days before the pressure steadies at the normal 16. Other additives used in the past never effected pressure. If I avoid the 2 stroke..... NO pressure...

I use 2 stroke oil for a cheap dose of lubrication. Since I'm lazy I'll dump a quart into 35 gallons. For the first few days my fuel pressure can drop to 13 at idle and pull down to 12 at WOT. After a few days of part time driving the pressure goes back to 16 and stays there. Anyone else seeing...