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I'm tired of constantly fixing our 13 year old Chevy vans at work. Passing by our local dealer, I noticed their first shipment of Promasters came in!! I like the way they look, and have a lot of very nice features. Told myself "Next time something goes wrong with one of our vans, I'm taking one...

Well, I was always curious what my truck made on the dyno. . 400-500 was my guess. A place near me has a huge dyno that can load the truck down and they can hook up their computer to see what my Smarty is doing. Maybe I was tuned correctly, maybe I was way off. . no way for me to really know...

Our 2012 5500 Cab/Chassis is making a horrible grumbling sensation. Come to a stop sign, turn either direction, apply throttle and you get a sensation just like running over rumble strips on the side of the road. It's not from the front end. You feel it through the seat, which implies rear end...

I'm not a fan of Continental HSR tires. They chunk, wear funny, don't last long and don't offer the traction that they seem like they should, considering their fairly aggressive pattern. This has been my experience on every truck we have that wears them. Our new '2012 Ram 5500 came with...

My new 2012 Ram 5500 threw a CEL today, cruising down the road at 57 mph pulling a light trailer. Truck has 1100 miles and 34 hours on it. Code is P20EE (SCR NOx calalyst efficiency below threshold). I've been the one driving it, and although the truck is heavy, I've been pretty easy on it...

I'm about to purchase a 2012 5500 and am curious if anybody uses a 4500/5500 in a heavy, stop and go environment? Ours would be porta potty service, so it would always be between 14,000 and 19,000 lbs, and either full throttle or full brakes. Hauling trailers coast to coast, for example...

Just received my new VanAlstine Tire Regrooving machine and, BOY is it cool! I learned a lot by talking to "Weir" from VanAlstine. What really sold me is that you can regroove recaps! A lot of times, the recaps are actually thicker than the original tread. Since our septic pumping trucks all...

I want to change tires on my Jayco Jayfeather. Tires are Goodyear Marathon ST205/75/14 and don't like to stay together @ 70 MPH. #@$%! The problem I have is that there is almost no clearance between the tire and the metal fender well above the tire, maybe 1", and all fender wells have scuff...

I've had two oil samples on my truck, and they have both come back with high levels of iron, aluminum, copper and lead, among others... I drive my truck like a granny, and even keep my Smarty on level 3, and 75% POD. Brief rundown of my numbers: Running Mobil 1 synthetic, 5W-40, oil changes...

Today, I drove the truck and my boost was over 50!!! Smarty is set about as low as possible and so boost only should max out around 30-35. Today, I noticed truck is much more sprightly, so I looked at EGT gauge and only read 750 while zipping along. Then, I looked at boost and was getting 55...

My truck, at 61000 miles quit the other day. Todd at T&C Diesel called me on a Sunday(!) at 7:30 AM to talk me through the troubleshooting. It wasn't the FCA, or the low pressure pump, or the rail pressure relief. No fuel getting from CP3 to the rail while cranking. This all made me think. How...

After waiting a month for my setup to arrive, I installed it the same day. I ordered this system because I didn't want the huge power that other systems can generate, and seems more financially "responsible" to spend $3100 and be done, compared to $5000 and then have to pony up for second CP3...

When I bought my 98. 5 3500 dually 2wd work truck, the original owner told me he ordered it with the "extreme duty" or "ambulance duty" front end, and when I go to get any work done on the front end, most mechanics will order parts for a 1 ton dually and end up with the wrong parts. Sure enough...