Just bought my Ram 6.7 and would like a how to book on preventive and light maintenance issues, can anybody recommend one? Thanks.

Ron

 

Probably start with the owners manual. I can tell you that the$35 Haynes books at the local auto parts places here is hardly worth the paper it's printed on. I got one and it barley included anything about the diesel models. Took it back. You can get some good service manuals. Maybe even some online. Someone else may can lead you to one of those.

 

Thank you, I guess that I will have to revert to YouTube to figure out where the filters are and how to remove and replace. Remember the good old days when Motor's was the Bible?

 

What year is your new truck? I use alldatadiy.com for service manual type stuff. I'm not sure if they list brand new vehicles yet so if you got a 16 it mightbe too soon. It costs 50 bucks for 5 years (about the cost of a good service manual up here in Canada) if I remember correctly and covers pretty much everything you will need. After 5 years of owning the truck you shouldn't need to subscribe again as you can print most things as you come across them or will remember from doing previously. It lists dealer labor times, parts required, procedures with lots of good pictures and all of the recalls, TSB's, customer satisfaction TSB's, etc.

 

Thank you sir, I just purchased a 2016 3500 and had not heard of them before. I will definitely check into it.

 

The newest Ram that they cover is the 2014.

 

All the maintenance schedules are in the owners manual and to see how you would do any of them, just search you tube. Tons of guys shown doing things on just about every vehicle out there.

 

YouTube is pretty amazing thanks. Going out right now to try to remove the oil filter for the first time, why do all manufacturers have a gorilla tighten the filter at the factory?

 

You can get a filter wrench that works pretty well. it's just a strap with a handle. Sometime I take a large screwdriver, and place it on the rim of the filter and bag it with a hammer, making a flat indention, the lean the screwdriver over and tap int he un-screw direction. Also, have a plastic shopping bag handy. When it's about to be all the way off, stop and slip the bag over it. Hold the handles up with one hand and let it unscrew and fall into the bag. it will keep a quart of oil from dumping everywhere. Have an old bucket handy to drop the whole bag full quickly into. The free bag rips easy and makes a terrible mess. Especially on a white truck.