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Re: MPH vs MPG
Cummins12V98 wrote: gsbrockman wrote: Mike in DE wrote: However, I checked those figures with eight stops at the pump (1400 miles in total), manually calculated the MPG and found there was good agreement between the two (within 1% on average). So......eight stops at the pumps over 1,400 miles averages out to about 175 miles.....I’m so confused. Hey GS good to see you on here, miss you on the TDR! Looks like a new truck in your sig. RR Yes.....my wife suggested that I might need to be looking for a new one. Ordered September 18, 2021 Rolled off the line December 09, 2021 at 16:00 Central Time Hitched a ride with some hobos on a rail car December 27, 2021 Arrived in Nashville, TN 01/02/22 Sat at the Nashville Rail Yard for 72 days Arrived at my dealership in Somerset, Ky on March 15, 2022 Took delivery March 25, 2022 (slight delay as dealership installed my flatbed)531Views0likes0CommentsRe: MPH vs MPG
Mike in DE wrote: However, I checked those figures with eight stops at the pump (1400 miles in total), manually calculated the MPG and found there was good agreement between the two (within 1% on average). So......eight stops at the pumps over 1,400 miles averages out to about 175 miles.....I’m so confused.531Views0likes0CommentsRe: Tranny fluid change
Cummins12V98 wrote: Are you doing a COMPLETE change??? You simply just don’t give up, do ya? For any interested AS69RC owners......a “complete” exchange is not necessary, basically for a couple of reasons. First....the service manual does not specify that a “complete” exchange is required. Second.....my previous 2014 RAM 3500 with AS69RC made it to 362k miles with the transmission maintenance being performed basically by the book. Guess what? My current 2018 RAM 4500 with AS69RC is at 357k miles, and is doing great with the same maintenance by the book. Sure...I may have been over on a few drain and fills by three or four thousand miles, and perhaps a sump filter change by a similar amount, but the 2014 and 2018 have been superb.750Views0likes0CommentsRe: New Tires - too many options
97chevor wrote: Think you'll make it to 200k? No....I run commercially, and the DOT regs state no less than 2/32nds on drives and no less than 4/32nds on steers. They were about used up... This was on my previous truck, a 2014 RAM 3500 Tradesman Crew Cab DRW w/LT235/80R17s.583Views0likes0CommentsRe: New Tires - too many options
cummins2014 wrote: Plus very hard to believe , especially out of a Michelin. They usually weather crack long before that, at least the ones I made the mistake of running . Maybe I should post up some pics of my 154k Bridgestone DuraVis R500 HDs.....583Views0likes0CommentsRe: Dodge Ram transmission reliability
ifd22 wrote: mowingman wrote: So far, not too impressed with the transmission in the diesels. I have a 2016, 2WD, 3500 pickup. It is currently in the shop with transmission problems, at 65,000 miles. The book says to change trans. oil and trans. filter at around 60,000, so being a by-the-rules kind of guy, I took it in for service. About 10 minutes after I picked it up at the dealership, a check engine light came on and the trans. did not downshift properly. Dealership says some valve in the trans. is bad, and they are dropping the trans. and repairing it under warranty.It is not the Asin trans., just the normal trans. they commonly use in those trucks. So, I am not real happy about this. On the other hand, it could have gone out while pulling the 5er about 1000 miles from home. Oh Well, it is warranty. I think they are pulling your leg, it’s a little coincidental that you had issues within minutes of picking it up. My bet is they didn’t properly seat your filter which is common with the 68rfe. It sounds better on their part to blame the transmission then to blame themselves. I’ll take “What is over-tightening of the spin-on transmission cooler filter?” For $1,000 Alex.......220Views0likes0Comments
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