Articles - 1st Gen 12V Articles en-us http://www.cumminsforum.com/articles N/A http://www.cumminsforum.com/articles andy@cougargulch.com 20 http://www.cumminsforum.com/articles/articles/74/1/Air-Intake-Heater-Cycles/Page1.html Here is the cycle time for the heaters from the Dodge manual.- PREHEAT, BEFORE START CYCLE Above 59 degrees F does not activate 18 degrees F to 59 degrees F Cycles for 10 seconds 1 degree F to 18 degree F Cycles for 15 seconds -15 degres F to 0 degrees F Cycles for 17.5 seconds below -15 degrees F Cycles for 20 seconds POST HEAT, ENGINE RUNNING CYCLE? Above 59 degrees F No 18 degrees F to 59 degrees F Yes 1 degree F to 18 degrees F Yes -15 degrees F to 0 degrees F Yes Below -15 degrees F Yes I cannot find how long the post heat cycles are. paccoolst@aol.com (Stan Pacool) Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.cumminsforum.com/articles/articles/65/1/Automatic-Transmission-Function/Page1.html Ok guys.....there is always someone looking for advise on an automatic tranmission. Now I'm not going to say go with anyone. All I'm gonna do is give you a breif run down of operation. Hopefully this clears up some things. BRNCNTRY78@aol.com (Diesel Dood) Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.cumminsforum.com/articles/articles/51/1/Differentials-open-vs-limited-slip/Page1.html Take a vehicle with an open differential. Let's say one wheel is on ice, and the other is on dry pavement. When you step on the accelerator, the wheel on ice spins and the wheel on pavement does little or nothing. This is the "equal torque" part of open differentials at work. It takes very little torque to spin the wheel on ice. So, the speed of the wheel on ice goes up, since it's not providing much resistance. andy@cougergulch.com (Tech V8440) Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.cumminsforum.com/articles/articles/44/1/VE-Governed-speeddefueling-function/Page1.html I don't mean to go on and on here but maybe this will help to understand it a bit better. Ok.... Normally our pumps have a physical governed limit of roughly 2500-2550 RPM. That is the max upper limit that the engine will turn over under wide open throttle. This means that in "N" or "P" that with the throttle pedal on the floor, the engine will rev to 2500 or so and that's it, no matter how long you hold the pedal down, it won't climb any higher. paccoolst@aol.com (Stan Pacool) Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400