Recent content by 2021QCBH

My max was 255. I was pushing it on purpose to see how it handled a long 7%. I generally tow a 4500 lb boat/trailer with a bit of wind resistance and near max payload in the truck. Had tons of power left. Pulled at about 4k or so to maintain 65-70. Coolant never climbs on a grade. Trans will...

My dreams were dashed with those two announcements. No auto 6.4 in the 1/2 ton 🙁.

My Fiancé’s 16 Civic has the brake hold button and it’s glorious. I find myself putting my truck in park instead of neutral since you have to hit the brake to shift from neutral as well. I keep forgetting and it takes a second to get your foot back onto the brake and get it into gear and...

My 21 BH 5.7 (non e torque) has been the best vehicle I’ve ever owned. It’s quiet/comfortable/speedy enough/handles my normal towing like a champ all while returning better mpg than most typically see with a 5.7. It had some leaky CV joints replaced under warranty right at 60k. Otherwise the...

A lot of guys report coolant temps climbing when pulling steep grades loaded up. Maybe I’m just not taxing the truck enough but I generally tow around 4500 lbs and it has a fair amount of wind resistance (nothing like a camper). Usually maxed or close to max payload. I can pull 4-5 miles at...

I’ve got a bit of diff noise and I’m planning to rebuild it this winter in Feb. I’m likely being overzealous about the noise at this point but I travel far away in the truck and would rather spend the money now than have a sub par repair done on the road somewhere. This truck was such a good...

On older Chrysler stuff sometimes they would lose calibration. Roll the window up and keep holding the switch up for 5-10 seconds. Or roll it up then let off then pull the switch up again for another 5-10 seconds. This stuff is probably too advanced to still work but my 2010 used the same...

Just did the T case and the front diff. Both fluids looked nearly new still. Sent the rear in for analysis but it guessing it’ll be ugly.

So what mileage did the trans fail at ?

I’m right at 100k. Mines been great other than a few small things. Minor creak in the LH front suspension at low speed breaking (need to figure that out). Rusted exhaust bolt broken at cat to muffler flange. The air dam just failed so I wired it up and dis connected until I get it pulled out...

I purchased my 2021 Ram 1500 new in the fall of 21. I ran the factory fill until 50k and changed out to Amsoil Severe gear 75-90. This truck is a 3.21 and calls for that (the 3.92 gear calls for a 75-140). Since around 50k its had a very light “howl” on light deceleration around 62 mph. Only...

You can do it cold but it takes longer/might not drain as fully. I have a 12 mile highway ride home after work so I just do that run home then drain em. Not hot but warm.

I paid up for the dealer fluid again. Exponential price increase over 2 years ago during the first flush. Might buy a 5 gallon pail as re bottle/sell on Amazon ha. Back when I changed it the first time I couldn’t find anyone with any history of running an alternate fluid for any length of...

My truck was ordered without a LSD (sadly) so I required it to have 4 auto and it works great in everything except extremely icy conditions. I use it on boat ramps, light/medium snow especially if the road conditions go from covered to payment. Since it has no LSD it’s almost required when...

Seems like the sweet spot for reliability was around 21-22. My 21 has been flawless (very low option bighorn so not many frills to fail). 2019 was the first year for the DT body and should be avoided.