I hate to bt OT. How d I find the right group to post to if my topic of
discussion is very general?
Thanks for you help,
Stephen Spankthebank

Made a quick trip to southern Utah this past week.  400 miles, big whoop.
I know Roy made a trip recently.  Anyone else go anywhere except to work or
a beer run?
Steve

Last night while driving home I got a metallic buzzing sound and
vibration in gear shift lever. Put into neutral and it stopped.
Happened several times then no problem. This morning it goes into
reverse but does not move. Forward gears are ok.

I have a 93 dodge dakota truck 3.9L, it's automatic.
When I turn the truck on and put in gear I press the gas
pedal and it takes off slowly then speeds up. When going down the
highway with the gas pedal pushed down, I get high

My truck recently had a massive MPG drop - from almost 17MPG down to
just a tad over 13mpg, and I was noticing today that it's lacking in
power too - used to practically create g-forces when I accelerate, now
it's decidedly sluggish.

Opinions needed.  Starting to think about a camper for retirement days.  Do
the Sprinter based campers make sense?  Are they reliable? All opinions
welcome. TIA

Talked to a good ol' country boy at a trans shop.
Been working on trannys for years and years. I gave him the symptoms of the
problem and he said it does sound like the torque converter.
He said he even if it is just the torque it would be better to go ahead and

Found this on one of my bike forums and just KNEW it would be
appreciated here.
How many (Dodge truck) owners does it take to change a lightbulb?
1 to change the lightbulb,and to post that it has been changed.

Well folks after I get my truck fixed next week I will be heading out of
town and into Mexico with better and cheaper LSD (not the drug) that is
about $1.80 a gallon  next month.
Anyway I recall some people discussing some years ago about governors on the

I have a 1997 Dakota.
Where are the adjustment screws located on the headlights. I can only find
one to either side of the headlight?
Thanks in advance for your help

I have narrowed my search down to two tires, the Toyo Open Country H/T and
the Yokohama Geolander H/T-S.  They are pretty close in price, so that's not
a factor.  If anyone has purchased either of these tires, I would like to
hear what you think of them.  They are LT245/75/R16E

1999 Ram 1500 Van, 5.9L engine, with A/C
After basically two years of driving around at less than half throttle
to avoid detonation (quite severe on hills, and downright rattling
when it downshifts going up a hill), as well as attempting various

I found this in another forum:
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48 RE DESIGNED TO FAIL???
I have been building transmissions for over 25 years and the 48 RE

I see not much has changed in the past week. Some new players but the script
is the same.
I managed to get out of MA just ahead of the storm. Made the trip in 18
hours stopped 4 times for gas. Get to do it the other way the first weekend

Looks like "pissing in the pot" will be taken literally now ;-)
The good side of this, no longer need pee breaks on a long road trip to save
time.
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