My truck embarrassed me tonight! Now I need some help...
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smoke screens are so much fun
Paul, I got the Hemi crowd back for you on my way home from Glamis..
I was cruising down the freeway minding my own bid-ness, and this loud pedal stabing ruckus starts shaking my truck. Some kid right next to me in an un-corked Hemi was wanting to "go" in 75MPH LA traffic.
We both saw the same hole in the traffic, but I got there first. I continued to block him for a good few miles all the while giving him a bit of a smoke screen..
Made my trip home much less sleepy..
I was cruising down the freeway minding my own bid-ness, and this loud pedal stabing ruckus starts shaking my truck. Some kid right next to me in an un-corked Hemi was wanting to "go" in 75MPH LA traffic.
We both saw the same hole in the traffic, but I got there first. I continued to block him for a good few miles all the while giving him a bit of a smoke screen..
Made my trip home much less sleepy..
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Hey Pauly!
Did you happen to have your hand on the shifter and maybe bumped the key and turned the thing off??? I had that happen to me once. My airhorn switch is on the panel and I went to hit it one day and bump the ignition and shut the truck off. The ignitions in these truck are sensitive.
Did you happen to have your hand on the shifter and maybe bumped the key and turned the thing off??? I had that happen to me once. My airhorn switch is on the panel and I went to hit it one day and bump the ignition and shut the truck off. The ignitions in these truck are sensitive.
You know, I have a long lanyard on my key ring, maybe I jerked on it a bit in my excitement (
- oh, that didn't come out right). I'll see if I can duplicate it tomorrow.
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Paul, I got the Hemi crowd back for you on my way home from Glamis..
I was cruising down the freeway minding my own bid-ness, and this loud pedal stabing ruckus starts shaking my truck. Some kid right next to me in an un-corked Hemi was wanting to "go" in 75MPH LA traffic.
We both saw the same hole in the traffic, but I got there first. I continued to block him for a good few miles all the while giving him a bit of a smoke screen..
Made my trip home much less sleepy..
I was cruising down the freeway minding my own bid-ness, and this loud pedal stabing ruckus starts shaking my truck. Some kid right next to me in an un-corked Hemi was wanting to "go" in 75MPH LA traffic.
We both saw the same hole in the traffic, but I got there first. I continued to block him for a good few miles all the while giving him a bit of a smoke screen..
Made my trip home much less sleepy..
Fun in the sand, fun on the highway - sounds like you had a good weekend!
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if you want to talk imbarrasing there was a import group having a small show in my area. they were all looking at my truck like it was nothing so i got on it and blacked out the intire show next thing i know theres three guys in civics next to me wanting to race so i already new it was in the bag so i let them get about 2 car lengths ahead then layed into it and the rest is history!! CUMMINS POWER BABY!!!!
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Cruising home after my son's soccer game I see this guy in a lowered and hopped-up HEMI powered quad cab eye balling me while stopped in the cross traffic. So as I turn the corner in front of him I figure I'll lay into it a little and let him hear the turbo sing a bit and follow it up with a chorus of screaching tire 
. So I roll into it pretty good as I make the turn and the turbo starts singing and right when I think its about to light off the truck falls flat on its face and the engine dies!
What the heck? Fuel pressure seemed normal, although I was watching the road and not the gauge when it died, and the CEL did not come on. Not sure if there are any codes stored because I forgot to check when I got home. Fuel filter is pretty fresh with only 2500 miles or so on it, and I have about 1/2 tank of diesel. Think the lift pump hiccupped? Or may be on its way out? I got on it a couple times afterward and it seemed fine.
So what do you guys think?
. So I roll into it pretty good as I make the turn and the turbo starts singing and right when I think its about to light off the truck falls flat on its face and the engine dies! What the heck? Fuel pressure seemed normal, although I was watching the road and not the gauge when it died, and the CEL did not come on. Not sure if there are any codes stored because I forgot to check when I got home. Fuel filter is pretty fresh with only 2500 miles or so on it, and I have about 1/2 tank of diesel. Think the lift pump hiccupped? Or may be on its way out? I got on it a couple times afterward and it seemed fine.
So what do you guys think?
. Good luck but I wouldn't loose any sleep over it.-Jeremy
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You know, sometimes these truck just do crazy things like that. I was driving mine down the highway once and it just started bucking and lost power and the CEL came on. I pulled over, cleared the code and it has never happened again.
On my 03, one time, I started the truck and put it in gear and as soon as I hit the accelerator the truck died. I started it and it did the same thing again. Started it again and it worked fine and never did it again. Go figure...
On my 03, one time, I started the truck and put it in gear and as soon as I hit the accelerator the truck died. I started it and it did the same thing again. Started it again and it worked fine and never did it again. Go figure...
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This same thing happened to me, every once in a while when it was stock. Very annoying, a couple of times embarrassing. After I bought and installed Smarty, it has never done it again.