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Old 08-25-2004, 04:00 PM
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Thumbs up Thanks to everyone!

I would just like to tell everyone thank you! About 3 months ago, I purchased my first diesel truck; 1997 ram 2500, Auto. Everything on the truck was perfect except, the cruise didn't work. I took the truck to the local mechanic shop and they quoted me a minimum of $300 and that could vary depending on labor. It sounded a little fishy to me so I started to search the internet and luckily came across this site. After performing a short search I learned about the vacuum line under the battery, $3 later and I'm in business. Thanks to the knowledge that is shared on this site, I saved $300.
I have learned far more from this site than I ever thought I would need to know about diesels.
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Awesome This is what it is all about!
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Yet another Utahn in the fold.

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The information from this site is priceless. Ive saved around $2000 bucks in labor costs alone by doing all the work my-self on my truck with alot of guidance from this site.

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Welcome aboard the greatest site for Dodge Cummins!

I no longer have to go to the d-e-a-l-e-r for work on my truck! I'm learning everything here and using it!
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That's great news! Saving $300... just wait until you spend $4000 on upgrades now!!! You'll be cursing this site!!





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Originally posted by TPilaske
That's great news! Saving $300... just wait until you spend $4000 on upgrades now!!! You'll be cursing this site!!





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Thats the whole point right???
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see thats how we pull you in, save you a little money and we got you hooked

just wait by the end of the year you will have spent all this money and you will be left standing there wondering what a great deal you got
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I hear that. Since I bought the truck, I have straight piped it, levelled it, put new wheels and tires on it and since I thought I was going to have to spend $300 on cruise control I now have a good down payment for some other goodies. I don't really want to get too out of control yet. I know I can get horse power out the yin yang with this thing but I'm not willing to buy a new trans as I'm sure it would be the first thing to go. Putting guages in next.
I would however appreciate any info or help with the KDP, I have no idea who to contact in Utah.
Thanks again.
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If you want to secure it [kdp] yourself you can buy a kit from TST or I can email you the info with all the cummins parts numbers so as you can do the repair yourself. It is a easy repair that most find not hard at all. Goodluck,,,Rick
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May be we ought to start a pool. Eveytime the websight saves us money we chip in 10% to the fund. At the end of a year we have a drawing and give it away to 10 members.
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