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how hard is it to rebuild 98 to 01 dodge caravan transmissions?   What specialty tools are required? Any real special talents?

The proportions look pretty good on that. I would make it about 5" shorter, but that is just my opinion.

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yes a good night sleep, and a pic of the belt routing.... he is in wyoming somewhere.

thank you wayne,

it is a 2000, rwd.  i forwarded the belt routing diagram... it should help him... he called a local shop, and they were closing for the weekend, told him to call back on monday.  not a whole lot of help. he is in pain(lower extremities) so that is not helping.  he is not mechanically inclined, and can get the belt routed, but while trying to get the tensioner loosened so he can get it around the altenator, it comes off elsewhere. He has watched me put on numerous times, and sees how easy i can do it, so this has him fustrated, plus the meds, plus the pain.... :oops:  

my boss is broke down, he is driving a lincoln limo, and lost the altenator, he has got the altenator changed but cant get the belt back on.  

he has cancer, and is in a lot of pain....  anyone near by who could give him a hand?

regular unleaded   $4.19
desiel                     $4.15

My condolences to you and your family.

owchie.  Take care of that.  Here locally today, a fella trying to cut a drum open, http://www.flashalertnewswire.net/images/news/2012-04/1797/53081/1200759_Farm_Explosion.pdf, got the end off by golly...  years ago in the air force, a ssgt in the welding shop was making a barbique for the commander, unfortunatley he never finished it, the top of the drum hit him in the head, and lifted his body up, slamming him into the header above the roll up door.

soldering has been the go to for years, it provides a very positive way to attach 2 or more wires together.  the con. soldering  causes the solder to "wick" past the connection, and the wire is prone to viabration fatiuge wire the solder has quite wicking to...

check the back of the altenator.... i believe there is a single wire on a slip on type connector, this goes to the "battery lite". they do get corroded and will cause intermittent lite problems.

as a fellow sufferer of tinitus, i have found that as the blood sugars rise, so does the volume of the ringing.
mine started in the late 80's, and is now a constant ringing. it gets worse when its quiet.

used your 4 step voltage drop check, the frame ground, under the battery tray was corroded, and the drip/drain tube was missing on the battery tray. The drain/drip outlet from the tray is 3" above the ground wires/lug, and in direct line.  So cleaned the grounds, and wire ends, and installed a 5" rubber hose on the battery tray. I also removed the plenum, and the injectors,  drained the fuel rail ( the fuel was clear) and replaced the orings and blew out all the excess fuel. I then noticed the insulation on a wire going into the cam sensor was cracked, so i pulled the cam sensor and some of the strands of wire were broken, so i replaced the cam sensor. Put it all back together, and the van runs.

so bad ground, coupled with a bad cam sensor?

the only thing not working at this point is the radiator fans.... will tackle that tomorrow evening.

wayne thank you for the help.

:cry:  came home at 830 am and reran the scan tool to pull the codes .. van started but ran rough... came home after reading you last post and attempted to do the voltage checks, the #@$# wont start now, i pulled the #2 plug and it is swimming in gas, pulled the rest of the plugs, and they are all swimming in gas.

will give you a call after 5 if thats cool?


i am fustrated at this point.

Sorry I was thinking of the cat screaming down in the hollow.

Codes;
P0202D , P0122A, P0123A, P0118, P0108A, P1478, P1496