Chad_Kelsoe

Hey Bruce, is that an EGR cooler on the back of the engine?

Thanks for the replys. From what I understand, this particular transmission is the G56 6-speed, which uses a different clutch and flywheel from the NV5600 6-speed used in the earlier trucks. The only kit Luk shows with a flywheel for this trans is the 05-182. I ordered the adapter from our local Dodge dealer this morning and it should come in tomorrow, so I'm just going to use the Luk kit that I already have. I also looked through Luk's bulletins, but they only went up the 99 model year. I have not had a chance to call them though. The guy that owns this truck has no intention of increasing his HP, just wants a reiable truck to perform farm duty and haul his horses around to ropings. As far as the old clutch goes, no name stamped anywhere that I can find, but a few numbers on the engine side of the flywheel, along with the words "Made in China". If I run across anything else, I'll be sure to update.

So a buddy of mine recently bought a used Dodge, supposedly has a new clutch. Well last week it started slipping till the point where now it doesn't pull at all. So I order a Luk kit thru Napa, but they only offer a DMF with the kit. Get the trans out today and it`s already had a SMF kit installed. No name on the clutch, so no idea what brand it is. So in order to install the Luk kit is to try and find the crank adapter from Dodge. Is this even worth it, or should I try to find another kit with a SMF? Truck is all stock, and used for farm and towing work. It's a 2006 Dodge 3500 4X4 with the Cummins and 6- speed trans. We've had good luck with Luk clutch`s at work, so I would like to use it if possible.

Remove the low pressure oil pump and inspect for damage to the gears and front cover. I replaced 4 engines last summer due to lifter failures. The roller on the lifter comes apart, the needles gets sucked through the pickup tube into the oil pump and it's all downhill from there. All mine where exhaust lifters, and would cause no base oil pressure, which meant I also had no ICP and had the popping back through the intake. If you pull the heads, you'll likely see piston to valve contact for whichever cylinder it was. All mine would not do a relative compression, but all showed good manual compression. I had to do engine teardown to find the offending lifter, and usually the lifter was stuck in the bore.Sometimes I would find a rocker arm off though.