Recent Content by THubbard

Dana 80 A big thank you to all who answered my post. I have not made my decission yet because of what is out there to buy. I have how ever located a page at "Geno's" that answered one big question that I had. That is where did this Dana 80 come from. It turns out it is a hybred. If you have one...

I have a 2001 Ram 2500 that I purchased without any kind of anti spin in the diff. Has anyone got any suggestions on whick is best, no spin or locker, and where you might find these. Tom Hubbard

I have a friend that just bought a 2001 2500 automatic trans to pull a 5th wheel. He bought it on my advice with the exception of the automatic. I wonder if there is any one that has had any experience with: 1. Is the origionl cooler adequate 2. If an additional cooler is needed where and to...

BADDDD ADVICE This is information is about as bad as it gets. Over- the-road truckers may do this; but they do not have to buy the parts for the repairs and you are not a full time drivers. Can it be done... yes Should you try it. Most certinly not.

It has been some 4 years since I was in the text book; but I seem to remember that torque was a function of displacement and compression ratio with a little thing called "volumetric effeciency" thrown in and stated in ft/lbs of torque. Horsepower is a measure of torque at a given speed or PRM...

I travel with 3 other 5th wheel fools and they have Fords, I get crap all the time. I finally told them that it sure was nice that Ford made their engines with 25% more displacement so as they could keep up with my 24HO. They still don't understand..... DAH!:confused:

Ok, I was in a hurry to get to church service the other day and did not do a good job on the rotor warp ie: thick vs thin and so I did not devulge all the information I have in the back of my 64 year old head... This may be lenghty; but if you are interested read on. The material used in...

No offense taken. I am happy that this is a light hearted forum where we can exchange ideas and help one another. I enjoy it when I can lend a hand on a subject the I have more than a little smarts. I sure don't know it all; but 35 + years of wrenching and serving customers has taught me a...

I understand that my two years of college do not make me an expert. I do beleive that they do warp more easily after turning. I was a mechanic or owned my own repair shop from the time '59 I graduated until '95 when I retired. The point I wanted to get across is that this is a job for the...

Pulling rotors and having them surfaced without knowing if they are warped or not is not a great idea. It appears as though you are not very mechanicaly minded, so I suggest you find a qualified mechanic and have the rotors checked for "run out" with a dial indicator. If either rotor has runout...

I have a 2001 Ho and I pull a 30 foot Montana. I am happy at 12 mpg. I did find that there are a lot of variables when trying to get good mileage. Everyone knows about wind; but I have found that temperatures over 100 hurt a lot. I do not have an EGT; but I will bet that the TIT is high and...

WOWZY if you want to give me your e address I will forward the message I got from drivetrain. Looks like $375+ -- email address removed --

WOWZY I got a price of less than $500 for a PowerTrax from drivetrain.com in Las Vegas. Tom

Fair enough. I made a mistake and did not check the parts list when I bought my 2500 SLT PLUS. I thought, incorrectly, that it had all the bells and whistles. This truck needs a limited slip diff. It has so much torque in low that you can get stuck on wet grass in a level field. Of course you...

Hey 1tuffram... ... . are you saying there are two versions of the Dana 80... I ask the parts person at the DC dealer and he claims there is only one Dana 80; but then when I looked for a solution to my "no limited slip" rear end I got questions as to rather it had 10 or 12 bolts in the cover...