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My dad in his 2012 3500 just went into a snow bank. Coming out it they notices a line was disconnected near the bottom of the radiator leaking fluid. He now has stiff steering and brakes and is 30 miles from help on the Utah/Wyoming border(Mirror Lake Highway). What would have affected both...

I just pumped 37 gallons into a 35 gallon tank?

Update Found the same thing. Drivers side U Joint was toast. The passenger wasn't too bad. I ended up doing both U Joints along with the upper and lower ball joints since the upper had a little play in them. The job was no too bad. I used the power steering trick to remove the hub from the...

Solution? Added diff. fluid and it went away.

Update Got the front up in the air to inspect some more. Initially the wheel did not want to turn off of center. Once they came free there were no visible issues. Took it out for a drive and it feels the same. I wondered if the differential might be low. It is. Will fill it later and see if...

Me too. I have the same sensation through the steering wheel. It started suddenly over the weekend. When I inspected the front end I did find some play in the passenger side upper ball joint.

Why The fact that it does everything I ask and more. The time we spend camping as a family is priceless.

I beat the Cat out with it still on the truck. Not too bad of a job. Just get a shop vac with a long hose and when you think you are done start it up and rev it a few times. You wife won't approve of the noise or the mess but it werked fer me.

Count me in. Nothing I would like more than to add a real accessory to my 04. 5 truck. Other than the K&N and some nerf bars it's stock. Not that I don't want more but my 4 kids need to eat. As an engineer I feel I could give a technical evaluation without any of that damn emotional bias. :-laf

I'm In! I'm In. Oo.

Cam Sensor Location I think on the '01 the cam sensor is locator just under the VP44 near the vacum pump. Not easy to access w/o removing the vacum pump. On my '00 the crank sensor is behind the starter.

No 0216 I did not have the "death code" as it is called. I had a 0336, 1689 and 1690. I think the last two are just communication codes. CPK/CKP is the Crank position sensor and is used by all the computer to run the truck. Mine would lose some power when the tach wasn't working. I replaced the...

Done Replaced the CPK sensor and the codes are gone. I'll keep my finger crossed that it is gone for good.

CKP Throwing P1689 and P1690 I've read through I don't know how many posts about the crank position sensor. The day I sold my father my 00 2500 the tach started acting up and the CIL came on. Cycled the key and got the P1693. It came and went for months. While we were replacing the vacuum pump...

M3 Install and Switch It mounts in the cab and the switch should be in the middle position.