What did you do to your Ram today???

[2025 Ram Limited]

If you have a saved Uconnect connection on the phone delete or forget it.

Working again today. Nothing changed.

 

[Gren71]

Made another attempt at trying to find the source of my clunk. I replaced an incorrect top hat on the driver side strut and tightened the heck out of my suspension max and links. Time will tell

 

[JamRam]

Was saving for a motorcycle in the Spring but stumbled upon a blast from my past that captured my attention.

Used the ultra-filthy ram (don't judge) to go pick her up yesterday - 1992 Toyota Corolla LSX sedan with only 69,000 KM.

Will need some engine work (giving me something to do for the winter) but the body is nice, straight, and clean. Even has the original cassette deck.

 

[RAM REAPER MAN]

I'd like to balance a little bit "the sentiment".
After three days of not using the truck, this is the battery test of the Rebel 2025.
I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and never have some battery problems (including me!)

PS: This is the situation after the small battery replacement 15 days ago (it was a bad battery).

Made another attempt at trying to find the source of my clunk. I replaced an incorrect top hat on the driver side strut and tightened the heck out of my suspension max and links. Time will tell


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You are doing about the same thing I'm doing even down to the spring compression tool. If you don't mind how much and where did you get the hat at?

 

[Jako]

Was saving for a motorcycle in the Spring but stumbled upon a blast from my past that captured my attention.

Used the ultra-filthy ram (don't judge) to go pick her up yesterday - 1992 Toyota Corolla LSX sedan with only 69,000 KM.

Will need some engine work (giving me something to do for the winter) but the body is nice, straight, and clean. Even has the original cassette deck. View attachment 209994View attachment 209995

Man of my own heart. 1990 Celica 193K+. Unfortunately I let my 1985 Corolla SR5, 5 speed go and wife's 1984 Celica liftback, 5 speed. The 1990 Celica is automatic, not as much fun. I think my 1985 was 75 hp.

 

[Syrio]

Man of my own heart. 1990 Celica 193K+. Unfortunately I let my 1985 Corolla SR5, 5 speed go and wife's 1984 Celica liftback, 5 speed. The 1990 Celica is automatic, not as much fun. I think my 1985 was 75 hp.

My first car was a 1988 Toyota Celica Manual transmission. I still think its an incredibly good looking car and wish I could find one in good shape to own. Love the flip up lights.

 

[Jako]

My first car was a 1988 Toyota Celica Manual transmission. I still think its an incredibly good looking car and wish I could find one in good shape to own. Love the flip up lights.

1988 and 1990 look like the same generation. The one I have is in decent shape and it gets thumbs up every so often. I picked it up from the original owner with 153K in 2013 and put 40K on it, it was my son's daily driver. I believe the motor is bullet proof.

 

[Gren71]

You are doing about the same thing I'm doing even down to the spring compression tool. If you don't mind how much and where did you get the hat at?

Rock Auto and less than $60 shipped if memory serves. There are two on rock Auto. You want the one that comes with the top plate attached, not the one where you can see the rubber underneath.

 

[Rock Crawler]

Man, all this classic Toyota talk is making me feel nostalgic. I had 4 and they were all great vehicles.

1978 Corolla
1982 Celica
1987 MR2
1986 Extra Cab Long Bed Pickup

I had to practically beat folks off with a stick when I owned that pickup. Tons of people tried to buy it from me. Started to get annoying. When I did sell it, it sold within a few hours of putting the sign in the windshield.

 

[JamRam]

Man of my own heart. 1990 Celica 193K+. Unfortunately I let my 1985 Corolla SR5, 5 speed go and wife's 1984 Celica liftback, 5 speed. The 1990 Celica is automatic, not as much fun. I think my 1985 was 75 hp.

How good are you with the 4a-fe 1.6L engines?

 

[JamRam]

Man, all this classic Toyota talk is making me feel nostalgic. I had 4 and they were all great vehicles.

1978 Corolla
1982 Celica
1987 MR2
1986 Extra Cab Long Bed Pickup

I had to practically beat folks off with a stick when I owned that pickup. Tons of people tried to buy it from me. Started to get annoying. When I did sell it, it sold within a few hours of putting the sign in the windshield.

The risks I took for yesterday's purchase was silly (long winter towing on unfamiliar roads, not talking with my wife first, etc.), but I am smiling!

I learned to drive on an AE92 corolla wagon and have since owned a supercharged levin, a camry, and a starlet. I'm really looking forward to getting this thing set and on the road and start turning some heads.

I'm just going for a simple look for now, similar to this:

 

[Jako]

How good are you with the 4a-fe 1.6L engines?

Celica GT has the 2.2L. I wish it was the GTS.
I have the repair manual and give things a shot but I have an ace mechanic across the street with his own lift and house projects taking up my time. The repair manual is great for figuring things out, it has no OBD port, don't have to deal with some on line subscription service or dealership BS. I had an issue with the gas tank getting a vacuum. The car would start fine but if you shut off the engine it would be hard starting or not start. It was the charcoal filter which of course is not available. Fortunately I was able to "unclog" with some spray, all good. There was also an issue with the master cylinder cap leaking and I had to rig a jig one, again all good. I had the finish looking mint (minus the years of nicks) a few years ago and cleaned up the wheels with some spray paint. I maintained it for a while but house projects came up and it sucked up all my vehicle time. I assume it is a lacquer finish and cleans up well.

It had a bunch of oil leaks and my mechanic did a great job. I don't know how many cans of engine cleaner was used but he was unbelievable getting it clean before doing the work. It's a good spare vehicle and I have my son take it to work every so often to keep things moving. Right now it could use a new set of tires, which are still OK, but other than that all good. Wife and 2 out of 3 sons drive/drove it, 2 millennials have no problem at all but the gen Z has a problem, not sure what his issue is, got the wife on his side. Happy wife happy life.

The problems with the older vehicles is the strange problems that arise, no replacement parts and how to overcome the situation. I'm sure 99% of the people would have stopped throwing money at it long ago. Funny thing is I have a young (under 20) gear head in my neighborhood with a 1985 Celica or Supra and he replaced the automatic transmission with a manual. I started to talk with him and he brought up my Celica not knowing I was the owner and my mailman telling me how that was such a hot car back in the day.

I saw the ad and bought it figuring I would need it for my sons and it has done it's job and then some.

 

[mikes911]

Not today, but this week between weather. Diode Dynamics SS3 Pro Fog Lights White. They're much brighter and whiter than this picture shows. And a FitCamX.

 

[RAM REAPER MAN]

Rock Auto and less than $60 shipped if memory serves. There are two on rock Auto. You want the one that comes with the top plate attached, not the one where you can see the rubber underneath.View attachment 210001

Thank you I already fixed one up but I'd rather new ones at that price. This is not something I'm familiar with it I'm not sure I even understand it

 

[Gren71]

Thank you I already fixed one up but I'd rather new ones at that price. This is not something I'm familiar with it I'm not sure I even understand it

Feel free to pm me, i may be able to help ya. I know enough to be dangerous

 

[boogielander]

Hey boogielander,

Just a thought, when chasing a potential bad connection there is the voltage drop method. Essentially trying to find where there is unwanted resistance in a circuit. Give the topic a quick google search and it will produce quite a good explanation. I searched "chasing bad connections with voltage drop". Also another great source for automotive repairs in general but specifically electrical issues I would refer you to the South Main Auto LLC youtube channel. Eric O is an amazing teacher and extremely entertaining to watch. I have followed him for many years even though I do minimal work on vehicles. Here are a few videos he does explaining voltage drop. He also does a lot of good videos on chasing parasitic draws.

Now I understand we all don't have an expensive scope (with clamp on DC ammeter & pressure transducer), scan tool or fancy Snap On multi meter with trending data and such but a lot of what he does can be done with a basic multi meter with min/max memory.

Best of luck! Merry Christmas

oh yeah i am familiar with that.
i did that test last night before torquing everything again and nothing. so it was not a constant issue but only happens when there's enough vibration when going through dips and bumps.

 

[boogielander]

Today was a sh!t day for me. I must have pi$$ed someone off.
Took the truck to the local carwash that I use in the winter. Their self serve bays are pretty good. I usually use an app for it but my card expired and didnt add the new one. So i swiped my card. Washed my truck then went to click the stop button and… Nothing. The dimes keep on rolling. I was done at around 6 bucks. I’m at 10 now. Found a number to call and the guy answers and said someoke will be there to asap and I can just send him my info and get refunded. I waited around until its at 20 bucks but I had to go.

Then!!!!!
Long story short? Favorite pizza is closed on mondays so we decided to get it today. Placed my usual order online and got a confirmation number and a notification of payment… ready by 5:07. Get there and theyre closed for the holidays. I try to call their number and its a janky ivr that says to order online. Fun

damn that sucks but can always dispute the charges!

 

[boogielander]

well just did some more digging...
all the connections were fine, but i still moved the grounding point.

BUT i found the ring terminal connecting the breaker for Victron and the fuse block had some play so i went and tried to retorque it. then... it broke off.

so that may be the culprit... after 8 years of high vibration from high speed offroading (i realized I took that fuse block from the 4Runner when I took everything out) the stud gave up. Hopefully after I replace it tomorrow it will fix the issue for good.

I ordered replacement this morning and should be here tomorrow. It was one of those "i'll just order it in case it's the issue, but if it's not I can just return it." I guess I'll order another one as spare. Doing all these high speed runs really put parts to test lol

out with the old, in with the new.
ignore the burnt 30A fuse lol that was when I was trying to run Victron DC-DC charger through that port 2 or 3 years ago, not the issue for this week's problem.

After inspection, I suspect the positive terminal stud had some minor cracks in it so the power draw is not consistent, which creates heat. Because I oversized the wire gauge from this panel to the breaker, heat conducted itself to the breaker, built up there, and tripped the thermal breaker. This would also explain why my icom would read low voltage at unit start up and shut off when I try to transmit with the truck off.

Replaced unit, and iCom's voltage reads 0.1V less than battery's voltage readout using multimeter. Tried to transmit with truck off, radio didn't shut off. Drove for an hour with both iCom and Victron on and functioning, and no more tripped breaker.

Problem solved. Now I just gotta finish the route for next week in case we actually do it.

Thanks for reading my yapping and Merry Christmas!

oh and this happened... I guess God's telling me something with that big, bright orange sign on Christmas Eve huh.

 

[MarPar]

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out with the old, in with the new.
ignore the burnt 30A fuse lol that was when I was trying to run Victron DC-DC charger through that port 2 or 3 years ago, not the issue for this week's problem.

After inspection, I suspect the positive terminal stud had some minor cracks in it so the power draw is not consistent, which creates heat. Because I oversized the wire gauge from this panel to the breaker, heat conducted itself to the breaker, built up there, and tripped the thermal breaker. This would also explain why my icom would read low voltage at unit start up and shut off when I try to transmit with the truck off.

Replaced unit, and iCom's voltage reads 0.1V less than battery's voltage readout using multimeter. Tried to transmit with truck off, radio didn't shut off. Drove for an hour with both iCom and Victron on and functioning, and no more tripped breaker.

Problem solved. Now I just gotta finish the route for next week in case we actually do it.

Thanks for reading my yapping and Merry Christmas!

oh and this happened... I guess God's telling me something with that big, bright orange sign on Christmas Eve huh.
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Good little panel that Blue Sea...

 

[boogielander]

Good little panel that Blue Sea...

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blue sea is the only component I run, from breaker to fused distribution panel w/ neg to bus bar to fuse block.

yesterday I was doing switch panel install for that PW. I told the guy NOT to get auxbeam a month ago because it's junk, but he still got it. guess what, that included breaker came pre-broken internally and no current goes through it. well as a result he's not getting any auxiliary lights on.
i also reserved time for him in my appointment book for this time next year because that thing will die lol