2001 Dodge Ram 5.9 liter tuneup

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  • Tuneup on a 2001 Dodge Ram Pickup 5.9 Liter engine. Spark Plugs, Wires, Distributor Cap and Rotor.
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  • @GregW
    @GregW 3 місяці тому +1

    As someone who has never dealt with a distributor cap and rotor before, this video was extremely helpful. Best, most thorough I was able to find. Thank you very much for posting this!

  • @CarriageHouseCompany
    @CarriageHouseCompany Рік тому +1

    4 years late to the party but have to tell you this was a great and thorough video... very much appreciate it.

  • @patcharlton8837
    @patcharlton8837 4 роки тому +7

    Awesome job was able to get my son a good lesson. My Dad was a mechanic but now he’s gone. Hard to teach young people to do stuff.

  • @Mustang-bk4ns
    @Mustang-bk4ns 5 років тому +11

    One of the better videos I have seen. You actually show the Spark Plugs being taken out instead of just talking about it, and the clip that the wires run thru was good. That looked tricky getting them to snap apart without breaking; especially on a 20 year old vehicle as mine is a '99 Ram 1500 Laramie SLT 2WD.
    Numbering the Dist Cap was good. That 5/8 inch socket went down in those 'Heat Shield' sleeves just fine. Some people made videos that were perplexed as how to handle that. Some folks said to take a 22 MM socket and grind it down to a 19MM so it would slip inside those heat shields. LOL< Glad the 5/8 was sufficient. Hope the truck runs well.

    • @CharlesAndCars
      @CharlesAndCars  5 років тому +2

      Glad it helped

    • @rickkatz4692
      @rickkatz4692 10 місяців тому

      The heat shields just slide out and in with pliers

  • @arthurtelf
    @arthurtelf 4 роки тому +7

    Thank you. Helped me out with my 5.2 Liter on my 1996 Dodge Ram 1500. We have the same fire order! A Lot of laying across the engine to get to that Distributor Cap but is doable, unlike tune up on my '95 Firebird!

  • @ImHim6Fifty
    @ImHim6Fifty 5 років тому +2

    Great video Charles!

  • @tuffy153
    @tuffy153 3 роки тому +2

    Great video... thanks for taking the time.

  • @ChuckS007
    @ChuckS007 3 роки тому +1

    I very much appreciated this video. Thank you. (Non-car guy tuning up a 1995 Dodge Ram 1500).

  • @nathanlykouretzos4308
    @nathanlykouretzos4308 4 роки тому +4

    The 01 I got, old red, she's got over 250k miles n kicking. Like another comment said, its a easy engine to work on👌🏻

    • @hammer1312
      @hammer1312 3 роки тому

      Glad to hear that i just bought a 1998 dodge 3500 5.9 liter v8. Gonna make campervan to live in. Mine has 120k Miles.

    • @tristanwencl5670
      @tristanwencl5670 3 роки тому +1

      Till you have to replace the thermostat 🤣

  • @waltervollmer895
    @waltervollmer895 2 роки тому +2

    Very nice video. I looked at mine and the first thought was. This is gonna be an ass ache. Thanks

  • @ScoopdyWhoop
    @ScoopdyWhoop 4 роки тому +2

    You earned my sub!

  • @IdeaCalledFreedom
    @IdeaCalledFreedom 4 роки тому +4

    Thank you for taking the time to film this. Very helpful

  • @waiting4aliens
    @waiting4aliens 4 роки тому +9

    1. pull plug boot.
    2 blow out schmoo before removing plug to avoid later disappointment and heartbreak.

  • @achournaitrabah3566
    @achournaitrabah3566 3 роки тому

    Well done brother

  • @thomasarriaga6587
    @thomasarriaga6587 4 роки тому +4

    Nice job!...great tutorial!!

  • @terrellscaife2411
    @terrellscaife2411 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you buddy

  • @tyrrellmastropaolojr7972
    @tyrrellmastropaolojr7972 11 місяців тому

    Great video

  • @ChrisWard64658
    @ChrisWard64658 Місяць тому +1

    Good info thanks for sharing.

  • @greygoosemafia
    @greygoosemafia 4 роки тому +3

    I almost put tape on both ends of the plug wires with the cylinder number on it. Writing the firing order on the cap is a great idea aswell. My #7 cyl looks like your plug on #8

  • @garyirwin6006
    @garyirwin6006 2 роки тому

    How do you get spark plug rusted in heat shield on 2001 5.7 v 8 with eng in truck

  • @bobo2952
    @bobo2952 2 роки тому +1

    That's why you do one wire and one spark plug at a time so you won't get all screwed up

  • @aaronabney8924
    @aaronabney8924 5 років тому +15

    Litterally gonna save somebody a headache pull 1 plug and plug wire at a time then replace it with the new plug and plug wire then move on to the next 1 you will never get them messed up

    • @TKD187
      @TKD187 5 років тому +1

      Lol right

    • @scraplifetrashtocash4551
      @scraplifetrashtocash4551 4 роки тому +3

      Its not Rocket science. Its easy to do this. The firing order is on the intake. If u can't follow that. Hire a Real Mechanic to do the job for U. Its 8 wires plus one coil wire. So that is 9 total wires. Stop smoking flaka so u can do it.

  • @bobo2952
    @bobo2952 2 роки тому +1

    I wonder how many times he edited this when he was cursing up a storm??😄

  • @Nofundsleft
    @Nofundsleft 3 роки тому +2

    How do I get to the cylinder 7

  • @dylanbrusstar6646
    @dylanbrusstar6646 5 років тому +4

    How do you tell what number the spark plug comes from? Should you fallow the wire from and mark at the plug hole? Or is there a set pattern for the engine? Would the Haynes Repair Manual have that info?

    • @CharlesAndCars
      @CharlesAndCars  5 років тому +4

      I'm assuming you mean what spark plug wire goes to which plug... There's a firing order cast into the front of the intake. There's also a #1 on the distributor rotor. The easiest way to keep them straight is to do them one at a time so you don't get them mixed up if you're not used to doing them.

  • @TKD187
    @TKD187 5 років тому +7

    I don't even think I owned a spark plug gauge anymore they're always pre-gapped

  • @rtheprizeisright7323
    @rtheprizeisright7323 Рік тому

    how do you get the driver side back 2 closest to the firewall(spark plugs)? and how do you get the black style tube looking not the clear plastic pcv valves out i ripped the black one apart and can't get it out. I can't get those 2 plugs, my 5.2l 2001 had the clear plastic pcv valve on the side where the breather element is supposed to be idk how or what this would do to the truck. I usually do work on the outside of the motor and leave the inside for the techs. The idiot who had it before me tightened the ignition coil Phillips head screw in so tight no one not even machine could get them out I am probably going to need to hacksaw the screws off. this is the worst tune up ever, and I have done them before on 20 different cars, probably over 100 times. I miss my K-10 or 15 idr but was 350 and easy to work on.

  • @edgardiaz5515
    @edgardiaz5515 5 місяців тому

    Excellent video friend!! It is the most complete and informative video I have ever seen, I already subscribed to your channel.
    I have a Ram Van 2500 5.9 engine from 2001, your engine looks identical to the one in my truck, I have a problem that no oil reaches both heads, the crankcase is clean, there is oil pressure, but no fluid came out of the the rocker arms, so what I did was take out the oil and add diesel, turn on the engine for 2 minutes and most of the ducts have been uncovered, but one is missing on the driver's side and three on the passenger side, if I disassemble the rocker arms and clean the rods or should I also remove the elevators?

    • @CharlesAndCars
      @CharlesAndCars  5 місяців тому +1

      That's hard to say exactly what's causing the issue. BG makes a product for cleaning engines that seems, (from what I've seen) to work pretty well. ua-cam.com/video/kY91Yaweyv0/v-deo.html

    • @edgardiaz5515
      @edgardiaz5515 5 місяців тому

      @@CharlesAndCars Thanks friend, that was the solution. I took out the oil and put diesel in it, I started the engine and cleaned all the rocker arm ducts, except for three of them, I hope they will also become unclogged over time, they had a lot of carbon that I suppose came off with the tapping of the pneumatic tool.

  • @charlesclemons4916
    @charlesclemons4916 4 роки тому +5

    Anyone realizedthere wasn’t a throttle body air filter gasket?

    • @enkarum
      @enkarum 2 роки тому

      Yup, working on the same truck and mine ain’t got one either🙄

  • @gageblack2241
    @gageblack2241 4 роки тому +2

    Just did spark plugs and wires on 01 3.9 v6 280k miles after hours of fighting seized plugs just to start it and it runs worse then it did seems to run fine in park but when in drive no power and stuttering any ideas ?

    • @CharlesAndCars
      @CharlesAndCars  4 роки тому +1

      First thing I would check would be firing order

    • @gageblack2241
      @gageblack2241 4 роки тому +1

      Charles And Cars got it ending up
      Being and old wire guess it got mixed up since it was dark out but thanks .

  • @WpnsCo2013OEF
    @WpnsCo2013OEF 3 роки тому

    What is the little white clip plugged in just behind the air filter housing just under the housing clamp??? Mine is cracked and I can't find put what it's called.

  • @B1keN3rd
    @B1keN3rd 2 роки тому

    Sweet eagle sound at the end! Good video. Don't you have to set the timing when taking off and putting on new distributor cap?

    • @CharlesAndCars
      @CharlesAndCars  2 роки тому

      No, you haven't moved the position of the distributor by changing the cap, so the timing doesn't change.

    • @B1keN3rd
      @B1keN3rd 2 роки тому +1

      @@CharlesAndCars interesting! Good to know. A mechanic wanted to charge $500 for tune up on my 2000 dodge 3500.....I was like when the hell a tune up cost as much as a set of tires🤔😠

  • @skilledtomato9101
    @skilledtomato9101 5 років тому +1

    What happens if one of the little tubes doesn’t want to go back in

    • @CharlesAndCars
      @CharlesAndCars  5 років тому

      Not sure what you mean by the "little tube"

    • @skilledtomato9101
      @skilledtomato9101 5 років тому

      The plug

    • @CharlesAndCars
      @CharlesAndCars  5 років тому

      @@skilledtomato9101 Not exactly sure what you mean... the actual spark plug? or the metal tube around it?

  • @dewdrop3009
    @dewdrop3009 Рік тому

    Just did this, replaced the plugs, wires, ignition coil, distributor cap and rotor. Now the truck driving rougher than before the tune up. I assume the rotor isn't set properly?

    • @CharlesAndCars
      @CharlesAndCars  Рік тому

      Make sure you didn't get wires crossed/out of order for some reason

    • @dewdrop3009
      @dewdrop3009 Рік тому

      @@CharlesAndCars I've checked 10 thousands times, and its all in the correct order

  • @jaydee8285
    @jaydee8285 5 років тому +1

    What do you do if the spark plug comes off the ratchet when trying to pull it out

    • @CharlesAndCars
      @CharlesAndCars  5 років тому

      Not quite sure what you mean... Is the spark plug loose and the socket just doesn't hold onto it?

    • @jaydee8285
      @jaydee8285 5 років тому

      Or is the hole not so deep because I see you don't need an extention

    • @CharlesAndCars
      @CharlesAndCars  5 років тому +1

      @@jaydee8285 On this particular engine the spark plugs are not recessed deep at all...

    • @merikelley2020
      @merikelley2020 5 років тому

      Put a preface of duck tape down in the socket and the spark plug will stick to the tape and pull right out

    • @deasttn
      @deasttn 5 років тому +1

      Fish it out with a magnet

  • @713tubeit
    @713tubeit 4 роки тому +2

    Any idea why my 99 dodge loses power after 60mph?

  • @sknfjuebc
    @sknfjuebc 10 місяців тому

    What size socket you use for spark plugs

  • @jaydee8285
    @jaydee8285 5 років тому +1

    I'm saying giving the hole if its deep what if the spark plugs comes all the way loose but the ratchet couldnt grab hold to it to pull it out like you did...

    • @CharlesAndCars
      @CharlesAndCars  5 років тому +3

      A spark plug socket will hold onto it... If you just have a "regular" socket... reach down in the hole with a magnet and it will grab the top end of the spark plug and pull it out...

    • @scraplifetrashtocash4551
      @scraplifetrashtocash4551 4 роки тому +2

      Hire a mechanic. By your comment I don't think u need to touch any part of a engine. This isn't Rocket Science to do a simple tune up.

    • @gabrielgomez6898
      @gabrielgomez6898 4 роки тому +3

      Scrap life Trash to cash bro shut the fuck up you just here callin everybody stupid when they just trying to fix there truck get a life go do something instead of berating everybody like an asshole

    • @kellismith4329
      @kellismith4329 Рік тому

      Use an extendable magnet, touch it to the end of the plug and lift out

  • @davidwhiting4347
    @davidwhiting4347 4 роки тому +2

    I have same truck but socket won't fit the spark plugs in engine

    • @CharlesAndCars
      @CharlesAndCars  4 роки тому

      spark plugs come in multiple sizes for the actual socket size. May be a different size socket for what you have

  • @tristanwencl5670
    @tristanwencl5670 3 роки тому

    Spark plugs used? Doing this soon to my dodge and we have the exact type.

    • @CharlesAndCars
      @CharlesAndCars  3 роки тому

      I believe for this truck autolites were in it, so that's what they were replaced with. I think the oem for this truck (Mopar) is made by Champion. In general I try to use the OEM plug.

    • @tristanwencl5670
      @tristanwencl5670 3 роки тому

      @@CharlesAndCars thanks, appreciate it.

  • @bradyvoyles6101
    @bradyvoyles6101 2 роки тому

    Why doesn't it have a coil my 01 5.9 does?

    • @CharlesAndCars
      @CharlesAndCars  2 роки тому

      It does, it's right in front of the passenger side cylinder head.

  • @rickydavis5541
    @rickydavis5541 4 роки тому +1

    The engine is so easy to work on

  • @braulioperezrubio6570
    @braulioperezrubio6570 3 роки тому

    Where can i find the fuel filter? please

    • @CharlesAndCars
      @CharlesAndCars  3 роки тому +1

      Fuel filter is part of the pump assembly in the fuel tank.

  • @Quaylokeepitg
    @Quaylokeepitg 7 місяців тому

    How much was this whole process cost wise

    • @CharlesAndCars
      @CharlesAndCars  7 місяців тому

      don't remember exactly, but probably somewhere around 100 for parts

  • @gabrielgomez6898
    @gabrielgomez6898 4 роки тому +1

    How long is that extension

  • @odellpatrick6
    @odellpatrick6 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you Charlie sheen 😏

  • @jeffmoberg9385
    @jeffmoberg9385 6 місяців тому

    no way heat shields just PULL OUT in the rust belt area

    • @CharlesAndCars
      @CharlesAndCars  5 місяців тому

      Yep, most of them just fall apart here as well

  • @danielwatkins286
    @danielwatkins286 2 роки тому

    The only older engine that doesn't 18436572 is Ford

  • @Joedoriamusic
    @Joedoriamusic Рік тому

    Avoid autolite plugs if you can. I know they're the cheapest but their quality is for s**t. Go with NGK.
    Factory are Champions but ...no.
    Rethink the dielectric grease as well.