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Car Forum / Dodge / Dodge Trucks / May 2005damn dogs! (front drive vacuum hoses)
i FINALLY had someone coming to buy my '01.5 cummins 4x4 quad cab (http://utilityoffroad.com/dodge) and he brought cash. we got in it to take a test drive and the 4x4 light kept blinking. scared of buying a lemon, the buyer walked. :-( i get the truck back home and start looking and found that my damn dogs (5 month old austrailian shepherd breeder pair)had chewed up the black and red vacuum hoses that engage the front drive, see http://7slotgrille.com/images/forumpics/fds.jpg for the picture. any idea what im looking at here? how much for the OEM replacement hoses? can i just buy the hoses? any reason why generic hose from an autoparts store wouldnt work? what is the exact name of this part? im beginning to think that fate is trying to tell me not to sell this truck! thanks,  SignatureNathan W. Collier http://7SlotGrille.com http://UtilityOffRoad.com proper sized hose from NAPA, etc will work > i FINALLY had someone coming to buy my '01.5 cummins 4x4 quad cab > (http://utilityoffroad.com/dodge) and he brought cash. we got in it to take [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > think that fate is trying to tell me not to sell this truck! > thanks, > proper sized hose from NAPA, etc will work thanks, ill probably go that route. SignatureNathan W. Collier http://7SlotGrille.com http://UtilityOffRoad.com > http://7slotgrille.com/images/forumpics/fds.jpg for the picture. I'm not laughing, Nate... really... I'm not.... :) > any idea what im looking at here? how much for the OEM replacement hoses? Probably more than they're worth. > can i just buy the hoses? any reason why generic hose from an autoparts > store wouldnt work? None whatsoever. Nothing special about them at all - just your basic vacuum hoses. The only thing is if you have enough left on the connector end to splice onto. Let me rummage around my garage tomorrow - I _MIGHT_ still have the stock vacuum lines from my 2500 (converted it to a mechanical linkage for 4x4) kicking around. >> http://7slotgrille.com/images/forumpics/fds.jpg for the picture. > > I'm not laughing, Nate... really... I'm not.... :) heh. three weeks ago they dug up my phone line and chewed it in half. last week they chewed the phone line in half again where it goes into the house from the terminal box. now this. |:( > Let me rummage around my garage tomorrow - I _MIGHT_ still have the stock > vacuum lines from my 2500 oh SWEET! let me know something, save me a trip to the local NAPA. > converted it to a mechanical linkage for 4x4 tell me more with as many details as possible about this conversion? id like to do the same thing if i end up keeping the truck. SignatureNathan W. Collier http://7SlotGrille.com http://UtilityOffRoad.com Suddenly, without warning, Nathan W. Collier exclaimed (5/22/2005 5:06 AM): >>>http://7slotgrille.com/images/forumpics/fds.jpg for the picture. >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > tell me more with as many details as possible about this conversion? id > like to do the same thing if i end up keeping the truck. Sounds like your dogs are seriously bored. That's the problem with smart dogs - if there's nothing to do, they invent stuff. Usually destructive. Are you going to train them for something? If not, you might consider it - herding, or maybe agility. I wonder if leaving some hoses out for them to chew will keep them away from the "working" ones... I'm not a dog expert, but I've seen this sort of activity before, with border collies... jmc > I wonder if leaving some hoses out for them to chew will keep them away > from the "working" ones... we used to have a Dalmation / horse that loved to chew I finalyy started leaving pieces of heater hose outside for him, he loved it > Sounds like your dogs are seriously bored. That's the problem with smart > dogs - if there's nothing to do, they invent stuff. Usually destructive. agreed. trouble is they seem to prefer wires and hoses to the chew toys we buy. :-( > Are you going to train them for something? we bought them as family pets, but will be training them to hunt cats when the season opens. SignatureNathan W. Collier http://7SlotGrille.com http://UtilityOffRoad.com >> Sounds like your dogs are seriously bored. That's the problem with smart >> dogs - if there's nothing to do, they invent stuff. Usually destructive. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > we bought them as family pets, but will be training them to hunt cats when > the season opens. Had an Aussie once that liked to *herd* cats...also small children and the neighbors guineas... Cricket Suddenly, without warning, ccole@quixnet.net exclaimed (5/22/2005 9:09 PM): >>>Sounds like your dogs are seriously bored. That's the problem with smart >>>dogs - if there's nothing to do, they invent stuff. Usually destructive. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Cricket Yea, I've known both aussies and border collies that'll heard anything that moves. But I bet the cats are a real challenge! (http://www.jodi.ws/downloads/eds_catherding_low.mpg) jmc > Had an Aussie once that liked to *herd* cats...also small children and the > neighbors guineas... just to be clear, im not talking kitty-cats here. :-) http://7slotgrille.com/images/forumpics/mld.jpg montana is full of these bastards and i plan on thinning the litter. :-) running them with dogs makes the hunt extremely successful. SignatureNathan W. Collier http://7SlotGrille.com http://UtilityOffRoad.com Is that even legal to hunt them? SignatureIf at first you don't succeed, you're not cut out for skydiving > > Had an Aussie once that liked to *herd* cats...also small children and the > > neighbors guineas... [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > bastards and i plan on thinning the litter. :-) running them with dogs > makes the hunt extremely successful. > Is that even legal to hunt them? absolutely. montana is a sportsmans paradise. SignatureNathan W. Collier http://7SlotGrille.com http://UtilityOffRoad.com > oh SWEET! let me know something, save me a trip to the local NAPA. Well, look what I found... http://home.earthlink.net/~tlawrence53/vacuum_lines.jpg Shoot me your mailing address in an e-mail, and I'll get this on it's way to you Monday. > tell me more with as many details as possible about this conversion? id > like to do the same thing if i end up keeping the truck. Pretty simple - Whitey's 4x4 Posi-Lok. It replaces the vacuum motor on the CAD with a cable-actuated shifter. You mount the cable/handle inside the cab, and you can control when the front axle is locked. The really nice benefit is it allows you to engage the transfer case's low range, but leave the front axle unlocked, giving you 2WD-low (great for backing up trailers, because you can make sharp turns on hard pavement, since the front axle isn't engaged). It runs about $200, and takes about 30 minutes to install. > Well, look what I found... > http://home.earthlink.net/~tlawrence53/vacuum_lines.jpg > > Shoot me your mailing address in an e-mail, and I'll get this on it's way > to you Monday. awesome, i _really_ appreciate it tom! > Pretty simple - Whitey's 4x4 Posi-Lok. a brief search and i was able to come up with this: http://4x4posi-lok.com/ doesnt look to bad, i think ill order one (should i end up keeping the '01). SignatureNathan W. Collier http://7SlotGrille.com http://UtilityOffRoad.com received your package today. took about 3 minutes to install and all is well once more. THANKS TOM! i do appreciate it. once in awhile its good to be reminded of how helpful this newsgroup can be. SignatureNathan W. Collier http://7SlotGrille.com http://UtilityOffRoad.com >> http://7slotgrille.com/images/forumpics/fds.jpg for the picture. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > still have the stock vacuum lines from my 2500 (converted it to a > mechanical linkage for 4x4) kicking around. I replaced the vacuum harness on my son's Jeep - cracked due to old age when I moved them around while working on the exhaust. I was surprised how reasonable the whole setup was from the dealer. IIRC, it's just called a vacuum harness for the 4WD > i FINALLY had someone coming to buy my '01.5 cummins 4x4 quad cab > (http://utilityoffroad.com/dodge) and he brought cash. we got in it to take [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > think that fate is trying to tell me not to sell this truck! > thanks, nathan -just measure the o/d of the plastic "chewed hose and slip rubber vacuim hose over them as a splice rt >i FINALLY had someone coming to buy my '01.5 cummins 4x4 quad cab >(http://utilityoffroad.com/dodge) and he brought cash. we got in it to >take a test drive and the 4x4 light kept blinking. scared of buying a >lemon, the buyer walked. :-( boy, this weekend did suck for trying to sell vehicles.... I was trying to sell my car, it runs fine, but when first buyer comes to look at it....... click,click,click dead battery throw the battery charger on it, and the first guy that came to look sunday pulled out the cash, and drove off happy. anyone got a cheap Dodge truck to sell in SW arkansas........ time for another truck in my life >i FINALLY had someone coming to buy my '01.5 cummins 4x4 quad cab >(http://utilityoffroad.com/dodge) and he brought cash. we got in it to take [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >think that fate is trying to tell me not to sell this truck! >thanks, hmm... he thought it had gone to the dogs, huh? Any "quality" vacuum hose should work.. mac Please remove splinters before emailing > On Sat, 21 May 2005 21:05:50 -0600, "Nathan W. Collier" > <MontanaJeeper@aol.com> [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > hmm... he thought it had gone to the dogs, huh? That was cruel. <VBG> Roy >> hmm... he thought it had gone to the dogs, huh? > >That was cruel. <VBG> > >Roy What? Saying that, or saying that before you could?? rofl mac Please remove splinters before emailing |
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