Radiator drain plug wont seal back up on my 05 dodge ram cummins

Hi Dale, I'm glad to help! Below is the removal procedure for the front crankshaft seal on your 5.9 cummins engine. Hope this helps and have an awesome day!

REMOVAL

1. Disconnect both battery negative cables.
2. Raise vehicle on hoist.
3. Partially drain engine coolant into container suitable for re-use (Refer to 7 - COOLING - STANDARD PROCEDURE).
4. Lower vehicle.
5. Remove radiator upper hose.
6. Disconnect coolant recovery bottle from radiator filler neck and lift bottle off of fan shroud.
7. Disconnect windshield washer pump supply hose and electrical connections and lift washer bottle off of fan shroud.
8. Remove viscous fan/drive assembly. (Refer to 7 - COOLING/ENGINE/RADIATOR FAN - REMOVAL).
9. Remove cooling fan shroud and fan assembly from the vehicle.
10. Remove the accessory drive belt (Refer to 7 - COOLING/ACCESSORY DRIVE/DRIVE BELTS - REMOVAL).
11. Remove the cooling fan support/hub from the front of the engine.
12. Raise the vehicle on hoist.
13. Remove the crankshaft damper and speed indicator ring.
14. Remove power steering pump.
15. Remove accessory drive belt tensioner.
16. Remove the gear cover-to-housing bolts and gently pry the cover away from the housing, taking care not to mar the gasket surfaces. Remove crank seal dust shield with cover.
17. Support the cover on a flat work surface with wooden blocks (Removing Seal from Cover), and using a suitable punch and hammer, drive the old seal out of the cover from the back side of the cover to the front side(Removing Seal from Cover).

Most common way (done at home) is to undo drain plug in radiator or some will pull lower hose and let GUSH. Make sure you remove radiator cap when doing so. Any good ethylene glycol based anti freeze (Prestone, Peak) is rec.

These are common for the plugs melting on the back of the headlight switch.

did you ever get a cooler for cheaper pice

i have a 1998.5 24 valve and i have the same problem but myne wont start right away and my rpm gauge shots off then i loose power.

Pull the blower fan motor out from under the dash on the passenger side, wash the box out with a water hose, then attach a piece of rubber hose over nipple that comes out of drain about 1" longer. Your condensate water is draining back inside truck through nipple to carpet padding

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there is a seal in there between the 2, and I think that drives are back to back. its hard to get at in the truck, so if your'e gonna service it , remove it from the engine first, and clean it all up

There should be 2 plugs in the trans - one for drain and one to fill. Just make sure you use the correct fluid - chack with your dealer.

you need to pull off wheels,brakes, rotor /unit hub bearing, both axles and intermediate shaft, as well as the vac disconnec ton the front axle tube. if only the right side leaks then only then only pull the right axle and intermediate shaft and vac disco. it is a trick with a miller tool to replace the seal. the left side seal is inside the diff and the carrier has to come out to replace it. pete

No, you don't have to remove the cab. Pull the radiator, A/c condenser, trans cooler and core support and pull it straight out the front.