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  1. J

    Question on Bilstein shocks

    I'm looking at replacement shocks for my 2017 ram 1500 quad cab 4wd. The truck has 20" wheels and according to the build sheet, has a factory 1" lift. Does that mean the 4600's wouldn't be the right fit and I should go to the 5100's because of the lift?
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    Cold air intake

    My truck came with an aFe momentum cai with the dry filter in it when I bought the truck used. Previous owner had recently installed it so I left it in. It's actually a nice unit and I like the washable filter. That said, I'd never spend my money adding one, and with stock exhaust and stock...
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    Rear Pinion Seal

    Any time I've done a pinion seal, I've run off the nut with an impact. That takes care of the staked spot without damaging anything. I then put the same nut back in exactly the same position and restake it. This method has never failed me on the many I've done on different makes. That said...
  4. J

    Birds Keep Sh!tting on My Side Mirrors

    Some people put big plastic owls on their boats. One on each mirror? Just a thought.
  5. J

    PCV Delete

    Maybe I'm the only one, but I've never heard an engine rattle caused by a pcv valve. I think you have other things going on to have a noise like that.
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    Carfax

    Be careful with bumper. They automatically sign you up for a monthly fee of about $29 or so if you forget to cancel (like I did). I finally caught it 4 or 5 months later. Shame on me, but did get them to credit back 3 of the charges when I called. Didn't give me any more info than Carfax or...
  7. J

    Gas vs Diesel

    OK folks, all you ever wanted to know about gas and diesel pricing is available right here: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_gnd_dcus_nus_w.htm You can graph to your hearts content. I'll get it started. Here's reg gas vs diesel in all areas from 1994-2024. As you can see, for most of...
  8. J

    Newbie struggling with truck choice

    To the OP, you should be able to find a 2017 BH that is basically in perfect condition for 25k, but you'll weed through a lot of crap to find one. For me the most important thing to find is no rust, but that's because I spent most of my life in the rust belt and had rust kill otherwise good...
  9. J

    Looking for advice/opinion on buying a truck

    I wouldn't hesitate to buy a 2017 with that kind of mileage. The price for that trim level might be a little high but not much. I wouldn't buy that truck, though. It has an accident history. Even minor, that means paint work and that may or may not hold up. There's no maintenance history...
  10. J

    23 2500 6.4 hemi tick? Dealer says they can’t hear it.

    Ouch. From your video, it sounds like your truck is either channeling a diesel or a lawn mower. Hard to tell from a phone video, though. Can you convince a service manager to test drive your truck with you and then take the same drive in a new one in the lot to compare? That's the route I...
  11. J

    Looks like I'm never buying RAM again...

    I don't get attached to the vehicles I drive. That's not to say there aren't several I really liked, my current ram truck being one of them. These days I usually buy used and pay cash. I buy based on cost, not payment (the dealership salesmen have never been able to understand that). I just...
  12. J

    Adding fluid to transmission

    Can you? Sure. Is it the correct way to do it? Nope. If you're going to the trouble to change the fluid and filter (you should do that too) you'll never know exactly how much came out, or if the guy before you put the right amount in. Follow the procedure exactly, paying attention to...
  13. J

    Rear Springs upgrade

    Personally, I wouldn't have raised the front. The rear is higher so when it settles with a load it levels out. It's a truck, after all. You're only talking 375 lbs and a half inch of sag (if I'm understanding your post correctly).Not sure what you would do to take that out if you wanted...
  14. J

    Transmission service

    The "Mopar storefront" on Amazon had the OEM fluid at a good price if you bought a case with 6 qts in it.
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    Max Paylod?Max Towing

    Oh. I thought you were putting all 400 on his wife.
  16. J

    Regrets? 2023 Ram 1500, 5.7 eTorque, 5'7" Short Bed, Mostly Loaded, 3.92, less than 1000 miles

    I'm sure your truck will handle it all fine. We have a travel trailer that is similar sized and our 2017 has a similar payload and it handles it fine (though we haven't gone through W.Virginia this year yet). We are bumped up near the gvwr of the truck when towing, though neither axle is close...
  17. J

    Max Paylod?Max Towing

    Do you know something the rest of us don't? :p
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    Damn near fell over laughing

    Yeah, after you hit them. Gets them off the road with one last jump onto the shoulder. And they leave this world knowing they've been hit by a whistling hemi.
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    Mix the mid grade yourself and save?

    The math is pretty easy. Subtract the price difference between 87 and 93 in your head and add half of that to the 87 price. If it's much cheaper than the mid grade price and you don't care about the extra time to pump twice why not? In this case it was 20 cents a gallon cheaper, so maybe I...
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    Mix the mid grade yourself and save?

    So I have to confess I'm pretty cheap, not cheap enough to drive all the way across town to save a few cents on fuel cheap, though. I had an article hit my news feed today telling a bit of the history of where mid grade unleaded came from, that it is almost always mixed at the pump, and how...
  21. J

    Looks like I'm never buying RAM again...

    I guess you weren't around in the 60's when we couldn't breath the air around cities and rivers caught fire from the pollution floating on the top. Yeah, letting corporations do their thing without oversight worked just fine back then.
  22. J

    Can I tow it - Safely?

    While I agree with you that that's the max you would want to tow with a 1500, are you sure about your tongue weight? Even 10% of the trailer weight you listed is 650 lbs. Most travel trailers run closer to 15%, or 975 lbs in your example. That's where these 1500's run out of capacity when...
  23. J

    Load Range of Tres

    Being a bit old school (and old-ish) I was a bit confused with ratings when I recently bought a set of tires for my 1500. I'm used to the letter designation and expected to get a set of LT rated tires for the truck and look at the letter load rating from there. First surprise was the lack of...
  24. J

    Load Range of Tres

    ? 2756 X 4 = 11024 The truck prob. has a max weight of around 7600 though.
  25. J

    3 alignments later truck still pulls left and right when on sloped road

    Similar story here. At the time, I worked in a family owned Dodge dealership that got its start when the owner's grandfather was selling horse drawn carriages there. We were still doing a lot of work on the floor as modern lifts were kind of slow to find that place. The alignment machine I...

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