Since its a glorious day I decided to take that Dodge with the Cummins for a ride. Out on the road it wanders like a bastard. Clearly something is loose in the front end. I didn't expect it to drive like an MB but better than this.
I was also surprised how much pedal it took to get moving. On the plus side it shifts good on the minus it's LOUD. It's got a K&N like air filter that I don't think is stock and while it doesn't seem to have the dreaded cracking 53 block the engine is pretty greasy. It also seems to have the stock fuel pump which isn't great if you want to keep the IP happy. Anyway I got maybe 5 minutes down the road and found a good open stretch so I pulled over to try it from a standing start. No sooner did the pedal touch the floor than it started to snort and buck. I got off it but the engine clearly wasn't happy. I found a space, pulled off and called 'em, "your truck is broke". Turns out the owner (not the yard rat I'd talked to knew it was short on fuel. I'd noticed the light was on but the gauge is just under 1/8 so I figured it was okay. So here I sit with a dead truck. He says he's coming with fuel, we'll see how it goes. I should note I'm about a mile and a half from the closest station that carries diesel... Overall I recognize that this is twice the truck I need. Maybe I'll have better luck with his Dakota, if he lets me take it that is. Curt Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
