AHHHHH....ya took it to those schmucks?!? ;) LOL
A couple hundred bucks?!? Ouch....but at least it's fixed.
Stop by some time...i'm in the back right now helping out with parts,
but will be in the shop area within 2 weeks (finishing up my official
"get me up to speed with all the new stuff" training).
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of John Bell
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 7:03 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: DML: FIXED re: TB Mod Problems: DTC P0121 and DTC P0133 (long)
Ouch :-(. I get back home and find out that your phone number has been
made public for one and for all...
That said, I ended up chickening out and taking my truck to Maxwell
Dodge South. The result? Bad TPS, which was replaced. So, half a day and
a couple hundred bucks later, I have my truck back.
Wish I had known earlier which dealership you were working at, I would
have taken it there in a heartbeat... I'll guarantee you I'll go there
next time, now that I know.
Now I need to slap the Hypertech programmer back on it and take it out
of stock trim, and I should be all set. As it stands, it seems to be
running strong. Of course, it doesn't shift as firm anymore since the
TPS mod is gone, but I can live with that for now.
One thing I did notice - the elusive "it takes fewer rpm to go the same
speed" effect is definitely at work in my truck now. I have 3.92
gearing. It used to take 2000 rpm to go 65 mph, and 2500 rpm at 80 mph.
Now, I am running 2000 rpm and 67 mph, and 2500 rpm and 83 mph. It also
sounds like it wants to suck the hood in when I floor it ;-).
So, here are the mods on my truck so far:
- 180 deg. thermostat
- 8mm JBA plug wires
- brass cap and rotor
- Autolite 3923 plugs at stock gap (.040)
- Intense Performance intake with 7" Power Stack filter
- shaved TB with bores ported
- S-Bolt (which the machine shop was able to modify to my specs)
- Hypertech Power Programmer III (soon... I was running in 93 octane
trim
etc.)
I'll give the 'puter a chance to relearn everything once I make sure
it's all buttoned together properly. Otherwise, looking forward to
having the old beast back :-).
Have fun,
-- John Bell
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