Hey everyone. New to the site figured I'd share my dodges with y'all. Gotta 1985 ramcharger 4wd. 318/727/np208. 318 recently built, edelbrock intake and carb, mild cam, double roller timing chain. Also gotta 1989 ramcharger LE 4wd. 318TBI/727/np241. The 85 is a play toy and the 89 is for street use only.
Now for the pics
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What mods you have planed if any. That DD looks perty as a new combine :great:
lift kit and bigger tires for the green truck, and a bigblock or a stroked small block when my income gets alittle better. as for the 89 nothin to serious, get some new tires for it, stereo system, dual exhaust, maybe some headers and eventually some fresh paint. the 89 ramcharger still isnt road ready, need a few more small things and insurance and a tag.
Those are some sweet rigs there man. Love the shoot of the 85 blastin the mud. Awesome! :headbang:
Thanks man
:thumbsup: X2 on the mud shot!
I have a lot of fun in the mud with that truck
thats a pretty nice set of ramchargers.
Thanks. The 89 LE is very close to being road ready got it moving under its own power again and at a perfect time because something broke in the rear end of the green 85 rc so now it's gonna be down for alittle while. Money is very limited right now so doing what I can with what little money I've got.
The TBI 318 in the 89 ramcharger. Fired it up for the first time in a long long time. Runs perfect.
Here's a little update on the trucks. The 89 LE is now on the road full time. Drives like a brand new truck. The 85 ramcharger is currently down. Broke something in the rear end so that's gonna get fixed and I'm throwing on a few upgrades to it. Hope to have it mobile again soon.
Did you figure out what broke? What upgrades are you planning?
havent got a chance to look at it yet. im hoping its not to bad. gonna finnaly put the headers on ive had them for months, also got a new carbuuretor for it. im still fighting tranny leaks on the 89. it likes to leak around the dipstick tube were it goes into the case. tried new gaskets and several tubes. leaks everytime. the TBI is also giving me some problems, it acts like it loading up with fuel, it dies at idle and is very hard to restart, acts like is flooded, have to hold it on the floor to start it and shoots out lots of black smoke. oh well time to get the tools out ive got some work to do.
I can look on my 92 magnum, but as I recall the tube is held in with some bolts on the back side of the engine, do you get it down and tight before you tighten the bolt? Could be a 2 person job?
My 2000 I had no issues with it, but I did not really work or look at it real hard.
As far as the TBI goes, is there any codes? You could have a bad injector leaking fuel or as I understand it there is a pressure regulator to step the pressure down so the TBI can handle it (verses the higher PSI needed for MPFI). If it is bad that could be sending too much fuel and flooding it?
yea the tube is held in by a bellhousing bolt. ive used two people on it already one to hold it in and one to tighten it. im gonna give it one more try. the truck doesnt have any codes just 12 (battery recently disconected) and 55 (end of codes). im thinking that its an injector sticking and flooding it. but it doesnt do it all the time, only every now and then when coming to idle. i dont have the equipment to check the spray pattern. other than that issue the truck runs perfect.
As I recall you can check the injectors for good electronics if needed. I have a spare injector as well if you want to try and replace one. I ordered one thinking I had a bad one, no I had a wire on the header :violent1:
Quote from: phillip637 on October 25, 2012, 08:41:12 AM
im still fighting tranny leaks on the 89. it likes to leak around the dipstick tube were it goes into the case. tried new gaskets and several tubes. leaks everytime.
Yes there is a bracket and bolt that holds it to the bell housing but there is an 0-ring on the end of the dipstick tube in that little groove. Sometimes these dry out, get cut, crack or shrink. I had a brand new rebuilt once that leaked here and that's what it was. Even the rebuilders overlook it sometimes.
Also, if the fluid level is too high it can leak out through there.
I really don't wanna throw parts at it yet. I'm gonna try to go through some diagnostics and see what I can find. The thing I don't understand is that I drove it all day today no problems then drove into town stalled once, finnaly got it restarted cleared it out and it was back idling fine. Didn't do it any more after that, as with the transmission leak I'm gonna try to inspect the case itself and if I don't find any problems there I will get a new o ring seal and try to carefully put It in one more time.
Found out today that when it stall if I turn off the ignition and let it sit for 30 to 45 seconds it fires back up immediately. If I try to restart it immediately its very hard to start. This makes it difficult to see what it's lacking (fuel/spark) causing the stall because the time I go to check what's wrong nothing will be wrong and it will start immediately. So I'm kinda stuck not knowing what to do now.
If it only does it coming back down to an idle I would check the IAC motor.
I thought the same thing at first but I opened the throttle some while trying to start it and it just kept spinning over not firing. Eventually it fired up so I didn't think it was the iac motor after that. But at this point I might just start replacing stuff for the hell of it. I've got a spare iac motor at the shop. It will be goin on this weekend
If the IAC is sticking it can cause the truck to flood on decel and not throw a code. One of the many reasons I put a mag mpfi in my 91.
Ok that's good to know, I'm gonna replace it as soon as I can. I really am getting frustrated with this damn thing. It's diffuult to diagnose. Fixing it is no issue if I could just figure out what's wrong with it.
drove it this morning found out that if i put it in nuetral when coming to a stop the truck wont stall, it will stay running really dont know where to go with this thing now :dontknow:
found the problem. did another code check and got code 15. vehicle speed sensor code, makes sense why it would stall when stopping in drive but not neutral, because the vss tells the idle speed motor to stay open some when decelerating with foot off the gas pedal. so the problem isnt fuel or spark, it was the motor wasnt getting any air.
Cool Beans :thumbsup:
Good to hear :thumbsup:
now i can move on to fixing other stuff. scored a deal on a 9 1/4 rear for my 85 rc for free ;D now need to find time to go pick it up. still got a tranny leak to fix. it seems to never end sometimes.
Got both trucks in service again. Got some updated pics
The dodge fleet
Dads 1990 power ram 250
My 85 ramcharger
My 89 ramcharger.
Yea were mopar guys
:thumbsup: nice pic
well i got rid of my 89 rc LE to make room for something else. i havent finalized the deal yet but its a 2000 dakota clubcab 2wd. 3.9l v6. its a really clean low milage truck with new tires. im getting it so i have something to drive everyday thats not so bad on gas. i will post pics once i finalize the deal on the truck.
sorry to burst your bubble but i don't think you will get much better gas mileage with a 3.9. from what i have read the 3.9 magnum gets about the same gas mileage as the 5.2 when bolted to a auto. also if the plenum gasket leaks the gas mileage could go down hill from the time it starts leaking to the time it is properly fixed.
Quote from: crazzywolfie on January 16, 2013, 10:53:01 AM
sorry to burst your bubble but i don't think you will get much better gas mileage with a 3.9. from what i have read the 3.9 magnum gets about the same gas mileage as the 5.2 when bolted to a auto. also if the plenum gasket leaks the gas mileage could go down hill from the time it starts leaking to the time it is properly fixed.
I worked with a guy that had a 97 or 98 dakota with a 3.9l I had a 95 dakota with a 5.2l... I got better gas millage than he did. Not sure about his plenum gasket (I am sure it was toast) but I was also figuring it was something to do with the engine having to work less to push the truck. :dontknow:
That all may be true but for mine, I feel a world of difference with the size of tires. When I put the P235/75/15's on, it has power on tap even at freeway speeds and I feel like I get decent mileage for the size of vehicle.
Now when I run the 33's, it is a whole different story. I've thought about putting my 3.9 in a dakota after I swap motors. I think it would make a great light weight truggy.
but your 3.9 would be different than the one used in the 92 and newer trucks. plus didn't you rebuilt your 3.9? that could also help.
Yep, it's a fresh rebuilt but not a Magnum like that one would be.
Maybe the 3.9 in the Dakota won't get the mileage I'm looking for but it will get a lot better than my 85 rc with the cammed 4bbl 318. I'm averaging about 8 miles per gallon with it right now it's insane. And the 89 rc had multiple issues that I didn't have the money to resolve. It got to the point where it was completely out of commission needing a engine controller among other issues so it had to go. I really didn't wanna get rid of it but I didn't have the time and money to keep dumping into it.
Here's the truck
:13: I think that looks real nice.
Thanks ill get a few more pics up soon
Well now that I've got the Dakota too drive I've got plenty of time to work on the ramcharger. Interior is out getting the floor prepped to but spray in bed liner on the floor. Also got a air box setup off of a magnum engine I'm gonna install to keep mud/water out of the carb. Pics coming soon of the latest progress.
So now that you've been driving it a while, how do you like the 3.9 in the Dak? Is the mileage better than a V8?
It's pretty decent on gas. It's way better than the rc. And I'm getting better mileage than all my buddies with v8s.
Magnum air intake setup installed. Second pic is after it was painted and put back in
looks good, now you just need to paint the rest to make it all look as good. :laughing7:
It won't stay looking that nice for long. Once I hit the mud it will look like the rest lol
That's the spirit. :headbang:
Got a little something done to the RC today. Got the dash redone in camo
that looks good :13:
Now you won't be able to find your gauges cuz all the trees and leaves are in the way. :laughing7:
so i awhile back when i got rid of my 89 LE RC. i actually gave it to my dad, well i talked to him the other day about it and hes gonna use it for a parts rig since it doesnt run, needing a computer and tranny and has some rust issues. the cool thing is when hes done parting it out hes gonna give me the rolling chassis, no interior, no driveline. im thinkin about building a trail rig/mud toy out of it when i get it back. since it has rust and is not a parts truck that would be a good way to use whats left without scrapin it. all this would come after i finish the green rc.
well i some small stuff done to the rc over the weekend. pianted the grille and sanded and primed the hood. eventually gonna do the whole truck the paint is so thin is just about bare metal in some spots.
Looking great. Hey I noticed the little tag in your camo dash photo that says Leon County. That's where I grew up. :13: I love the Panhandle but I'm down in Tampa now. I do hunt up that way though.
I gotta try that Magnum intake... especially since mine's a '92... and has a Magnum engine! 8)