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Re: buying an older used dodge diesel....advice?
« Reply #30 on: February 10, 2011, 12:58:29 PM »
Fuel pressure gauge too.

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Re: buying an older used dodge diesel....advice?
« Reply #31 on: February 10, 2011, 01:04:52 PM »
6x6x6 funny you mention the water.. When i was in shop class in HS we build a water tank with a carb jet/hose attachment that hung over the throat of the barrels of the carb.. The vacuum of running the engine would draw small amounts of water into the engine... Water expands more than air fuel so that if you get the right amount of water flowing in you get more power and fuel economy...

Add a little methanol to that water, and it gets even better in diesels.  Such as the windshield washer fluid that contains methanol injected with a multiple stage pump and jet system into the intake horn.
Kinda like a poor man's giggle gas.

We had a dynomite diesel truck here with the methanol in the washer fluid reservoir...whoa...

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Re: buying an older used dodge diesel....advice?
« Reply #32 on: February 10, 2011, 01:05:40 PM »
Fuel pressure gauge too.

Judging by some of the trucks I see here, there's about 11 gauges you just gotta have.
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Re: buying an older used dodge diesel....advice?
« Reply #33 on: February 10, 2011, 01:17:42 PM »
6x6x6 funny you mention the water.. When i was in shop class in HS we build a water tank with a carb jet/hose attachment that hung over the throat of the barrels of the carb.. The vacuum of running the engine would draw small amounts of water into the engine... Water expands more than air fuel so that if you get the right amount of water flowing in you get more power and fuel economy...

Add a little methanol to that water, and it gets even better in diesels.  Such as the windshield washer fluid that contains methanol injected with a multiple stage pump and jet system into the intake horn.
Kinda like a poor man's giggle gas.

We had a dynomite diesel truck here with the methanol in the washer fluid reservoir...whoa...



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Re: buying an older used dodge diesel....advice?
« Reply #34 on: February 10, 2011, 01:23:11 PM »
no...white one, quad cab..2008...Charlie somethingorother.
You can do a search on youtube and see it at the Moses tractor pulls. We did a warranty heater box repair on it.
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Re: buying an older used dodge diesel....advice?
« Reply #35 on: February 10, 2011, 01:31:27 PM »
Jackalope... Why do you think dealers and Semi truck co like Freightliner, Motor trucks etc have such hard hard time with p/u truck diesels? I've taken my rig to all of the above and got BS answers and parts thrown at the truck... Everyone i've talked to said take it to a diesel shop like Dynomite Diesel...
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Re: buying an older used dodge diesel....advice?
« Reply #36 on: February 10, 2011, 01:34:20 PM »
no...white one, quad cab..2008...Charlie somethingorother.
You can do a search on youtube and see it at the Moses tractor pulls. We did a warranty heater box repair on it.

Ok, I know who your talking about.

And the blend door repair huh?
My '05's starting to stick.  Not looking forward to that job. :(

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Re: buying an older used dodge diesel....advice?
« Reply #37 on: February 10, 2011, 01:41:16 PM »
Jackalope... Why do you think dealers and Semi truck co like Freightliner, Motor trucks etc have such hard hard time with p/u truck diesels? I've taken my rig to all of the above and got BS answers and parts thrown at the truck... Everyone i've talked to said take it to a diesel shop like Dynomite Diesel...

I don't know what you mean. Dealers have what kind of problems? fixing the truck?
Dynomite has a really good reputation with diesel stuff. I guess if I had a diesel that needed work and I didn't work at the dealership, I'd take it to them too...but I don't know why a Dodge dealership would have problem fixing your Dodge truck. I've never been in a position to have to tell someone that. If you're talking performance upgrades and that sort of thing, then yeah, you're likely to not get too much help from a dealership. That puts us in an odd position should something go wrong. Even our Mopar Performance accessories don't carry any kind of warranty whatsoever and that stuff is sold by the dealer.

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Re: buying an older used dodge diesel....advice?
« Reply #38 on: February 10, 2011, 01:52:29 PM »
I guess i just mean i have had lots of trouble with getting the diesel related stuff fixed at dealerships, and i've tried more than one... The dealerships did fine on the non engine related stuff... And i have heard my problems echoed by other diesel owners... Specifically fuel system issues pumps, injectors pressure vales and the such... and my rig is bone stock..   :dunno:
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Re: buying an older used dodge diesel....advice?
« Reply #39 on: February 10, 2011, 01:56:21 PM »
HUH....wierd..kind of I guess. I say that's a shop quality issue. We usually do pretty well fixing everything.  :dunno:
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Re: buying an older used dodge diesel....advice?
« Reply #40 on: February 10, 2011, 01:59:43 PM »
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Re: buying an older used dodge diesel....advice?
« Reply #41 on: February 10, 2011, 02:01:06 PM »
I guess i just mean i have had lots of trouble with getting the diesel related stuff fixed at dealerships, and i've tried more than one... The dealerships did fine on the non engine related stuff... And i have heard my problems echoed by other diesel owners... Specifically fuel system issues pumps, injectors pressure vales and the such... and my rig is bone stock..   :dunno:
You must have taken it to Karmart, which would explain your dealer service dissatisfaction. :chuckle:
Another alternative to DDP and might be little closer for you is http://www.dkdiesel.com/contact_us.php?osCsid=c040b8f1c024a01b6cbf4cc24caba9ac
Good people, reasonably priced and have done me well wrenching on my trucks when I've been stumped or over my head.

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Re: buying an older used dodge diesel....advice?
« Reply #42 on: February 10, 2011, 02:05:14 PM »
A couple years ago I almost went to work for a place in Snohomish...I think it was Dynamic Diesel maybe?
Seemed like nice people, I couldn't speak for the quality of their work.

I wondered if Special T took his truck to Rairdons up there...I think they're in Bellingham.
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Re: buying an older used dodge diesel....advice?
« Reply #43 on: February 10, 2011, 02:13:27 PM »
A couple years ago I almost went to work for a place in Snohomish...I think it was Dynamic Diesel maybe?
Seemed like nice people, I couldn't speak for the quality of their work.

I wondered if Special T took his truck to Rairdons up there...I think they're in Bellingham.


Diesel Dynamics, close enough..... 
I did have Rairdon's B-ham successfully diagnose and replace an injector at 25k after Karmart said it was bad fuel.  The white smoke and 1/4 over full on the dip stick made it kind of obvious though.

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Re: buying an older used dodge diesel....advice?
« Reply #44 on: February 10, 2011, 02:24:39 PM »
A couple years ago I almost went to work for a place in Snohomish...I think it was Dynamic Diesel maybe?
Seemed like nice people, I couldn't speak for the quality of their work.

I wondered if Special T took his truck to Rairdons up there...I think they're in Bellingham.


Diesel Dynamics, close enough..... 
I did have Rairdon's B-ham successfully diagnose and replace an injector at 25k after Karmart said it was bad fuel.  The white smoke and 1/4 over full on the dip stick made it kind of obvious though.

Actualliy it was Dynamic Diesel
http://www.dynamicdiesel.com/
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