Recent content by JimD007

I'll be closing that valve soon. Mornings are still cool but not cool enough to really need heat. The "secret" of finding the hose to install the valve is not at the water pump, it is at the firewall. You do not want to mess with the water flow from the water pump to the radiator or from...

I have not had any issues at all on my 2019. I change the oil so it has not been back to the dealership since I got it. I might be forgetting one recall. But it has been trouble free. I'm at a little over 40,000 miles.

I don't tow campers but took a 5x8 U haul trailer 1000 miles to delivery a bedroom set to my oldest grandson recently. I mostly drove about 70 mph and got about 20 mpg. Coming home I went a little faster and got close to 25 mpg - without the trailer. I could drive 75 or more with that trailer...

My son does some repair work in his free time and has replaced several of these housings. So I know they can leak. But I still think (and he believes it is at least plausible) that the issue is unskilled people changing the oil and overtorqueing the plastic cap of the filter housing. It does...

My Ram is a 2019 Tradesman classic with the V6 and a 3.21 rear end, 2 wheel drive. I get 20-22 around town and 25 mpg on the road. On a trip I easily go over 500 miles before filling up. I was pleasantly surprised.

I bought my 2019 classic with the V6 because it was pretty inexpensive for a truck with over 4 feet between the wheel wells so I can easily carry sheet goods and also a good sized back seat my daughter and her two kids in car seats can fit into. So price was the big factor but I was also pretty...

My 2019 is almost at 35,000 miles now and running great. My daughter and son-in-law both have the 3.6 Pentastar and their previous vehicle had it too and they have had no head gasket issues. I get 21-22 around town now and 25 on trips. I can easily go over 500 miles on a tank of gas on a...

Mine has been in use for over 2 years so far and still works fine. Sorry your experience was not as good.

Before you cut the flexible hose coming off the T fitting you want to look at where it goes. You want the hose that goes into the firewall. There is another hose there that goes somewhere else.

Sorry, I don't check this forum every day and just noticed this request. The image labeled "Truck 1" is from the front of the engine. At the bottom, in the center, you can see the small and large hose coming off the water pump. You want to follow the small one and, as you can see, it...

I agree with WXman but will add some experience I think is related. My other vehicle is a BMW convertible with a normally aspirated inline 6 (e88, n52). It is 14 years old now. Also has a plastic cover cartridge filter on top of the motor. Never any issue with the plastic cover. As Scram...

I towed that same U-haul trailer several times moving my daughter. My tow vehicle at the time was a Suzuki Grand Vitara. A small SUV with a 2.7l V6. It handled it easily. Atlanta traffic was another matter but we survived. I know my Ram would tow it very easily. The trailer has surge...

I made this simple modification on my 2009 "classic" shortly after getting it - several years ago. I bought it in December of 2019 so it must have been in the spring of 2020. I cannot follow your pictures but coming off of the water pump there is a big flexible hose and a smaller one. The...

I had Discount Tire replace my right front tire due to an unpatchable hole from a screw. I took a trip right after that, total of over 2000 miles, and the TPMS worked intermittantly. So I went back and I think they put a new sensor in the wheel. Then I took another trip of over 500 miles each...

I got a screw in my front right side tire. Discount Tire tried a patch but it still leaked so I bought a new tire. Same tire as stock. After installation of the new tire I had a trip that was over 1000 miles each way. The light went out but did not stay out. So I went back to Discount Tire...