Well an update on the Ram. Lately I have been having an issue with a fuel leak that I have not been able to figure out where it was coming from, since as it got to temp, the leak would go away. The general area pointed to a common issue where the fuel return hose gets old and starts to leak. Problem was, I could never feel any wetness on this line nor get a good angle to see if it was leaking from it. The other area I thought was the fuel filter housing. I wasn't sure if it might have a crack or leaking o-ring. Well, to get to the return hose (which most of the Dodge forums seem to point to) you need to remove the filter canister. Armed with a new filter/o-rings, I moved it from the street to the driveway. Getting up under the rig, to see where I needed to put a catch can to drain the filter, I noticed on the backside of the filter housing, it was wet. Hummm... think I might have found the issue. I removed the cartridge housing and was going to replace the return hose anyways. In Chrysler's widsom, they manage to put the connection from the rubber line to the hard line to the frame, about as far away as you could get something, yet still see it. Since it looks like it was replaced and wasn't leaking, I left that alone.
Now looking at the filter, I noticed the o-ring (actually a square cut o-ring) had a little spot where it might have been pinched during installation. New filter, 3 o-rings and put everything back together. After priming the system (they are nice enough to put a manual prime pump) I got it fired up and running smoothly. Let it idle for a few minutes and then drove it around the block. So far, no more leak!!! I guess time will tell if this solved it but I am guessing it did. Overall replacing the filter wasn't as hard as some made it out to be. It's a little tight but should only take about 30 minutes total.