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1st Gen. Ram - All TopicsDiscussion for all Dodge Rams prior to 1994. This includes engine, drivetrain and non-drivetrain discussions. Anything prior to 1994 should go in here.
Be careful, those cylinders like to break off inside, key will turn and maintain the "on" position but won't turn over the truck. Had to replace my cylinder about a year ago.
Unfortunately for me, that cylinder is only 2 years old now.....
I used to have a 66 GTO with tripower and a four speed. everyonce in a while if I would get on it pretty hard the key would come out of the ignition switch and come to rest under the driver seat. I would have to fish it out to turn the engine off. Man that was a fun car!
I used to have a 66 GTO with tripower and a four speed. everyonce in a while if I would get on it pretty hard the key would come out of the ignition switch and come to rest under the driver seat. I would have to fish it out to turn the engine off. Man that was a fun car!
Those were the good old days. Now, when the key pops out of a worn ignition switch, everything shuts down at speed, including steering and brakes.
I think that in some ways all the modern assist and safety stuff can actually get dangerous.
Finally had a chance to give Ol' Patches a good cleaning today. We have had heavy water restrictions for about 3 months. They have been lifted for a couple weeks now. But Poor Patches was a dirt filthy truck!
Well, I calculated the mileage from my trip to WV. 1,327 miles round trip. 3 stops for fuel. Average mileage up to the last fill: 16.9. This was with a truck that had about 1,000lbs in the bed towing an old heavy equipment trailer running on LPT bias tires hauling my '49 Jeep station wagon on the way down. Admittedly, I kept it pretty slow, but that route from Cumberland, MD to Morgantown WV is brutal for hills. Miles of 5 & 6 % grades.
I'm not too happy with how this truck is tuned (190's, PDR turbo w/ 16cm housing, pump lightly molested by PO, so ?? but nothing crazy). I think I would be happier with a 12cm WG housing on the turbo, to keep things cooler at the lower rpms I like to run. But, all in all, not too bad for a 24 1/2 year old truck with 240k miles.
Sorry -- no pictures. I could blame the poor quality of my phone camera, but really I just didn't want to show how PWT I was looking.
Well, I calculated the mileage from my trip to WV. 1,327 miles round trip. 3 stops for fuel. Average mileage up to the last fill: 16.9. This was with a truck that had about 1,000lbs in the bed towing an old heavy equipment trailer running on LPT bias tires hauling my '49 Jeep station wagon on the way down. Admittedly, I kept it pretty slow, but that route from Cumberland, MD to Morgantown WV is brutal for hills. Miles of 5 & 6 % grades.
I'm not too happy with how this truck is tuned (190's, PDR turbo w/ 16cm housing, pump lightly molested by PO, so ?? but nothing crazy). I think I would be happier with a 12cm WG housing on the turbo, to keep things cooler at the lower rpms I like to run. But, all in all, not too bad for a 24 1/2 year old truck with 240k miles.
Sorry -- no pictures. I could blame the poor quality of my phone camera, but really I just didn't want to show how PWT I was looking.
09-22-2015, 10:24 AM
Man that was a fun car!
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dogs are great.
