1997 Dakota Problem Areas

From : john

Q: hello group my friend is going to look at a 1997 daokta in a few days and i was wondering if there are any specific problems areas that i should tell him to look for stats 1997 dakota 61k miles ext. cab v8 auto 4wd power everything thats about all that i can think of. any other advice would also be appeciated. thanks john .

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From : toddjeffery

he would do so. one huge difference between you and ken though is that his opinion unlike yours is welcome accepted and appreciated. thought it may not change anything. harharhar! snorf thought it may not change anything could someone please translate that for me so heres where were at punky you have taken the leap to name calling. how original. no member of your clique has yet shown the ability to state anything of substance. no my little sock puppet here is where you are at. thus far you have yet to post a thing worthy of any thought at all let alone much of a response. heres your challenge big roy. explain what was wrong with snomans post. find the run-on sentence that azwiley1 whined about. translate it all for azwiley1 so that he can understand. heres your challenge my little troll. bring something worthwhile or at least a little funny. so far all your bs has been real poor quality. even as a troll you hardly measure up. hell your idol the idiot has posted stuff much better than you. get back to me when you have something. nosey ken is the only one out of the bunch that has some integrity. there was nothing wrong with snomans post azwiley1-the-punk was just throwing rocks. it makes him feel like a big grownup. its so damn simple so obvious and youre too weak and bland to just say it. to say what my little troll that you have yet to bring something worthwhile to the table other than defend one of the biggest trolls around. a troll that constantly posts wrong and at time dagerous information. yup you sure bring a lot. although it is not surprising that you trolls do stick together. like i said earlier get back to me when you have sonething worthwhile to say. defenfing the pos as you do just doesnt make it bland. hey my little troll! take a jump over to alt.trucks.ford scroll to the the thread entitled front ball joints on a diesel it is dated 3/29/07 about 4 down from the top. there you will see your idols usual type of responses. priceless -- quid quid latine dictum sit altum videtur . 222 332625 v56q031675fk4jl5mdlk1qbg5tjhc1t7bs@4ax.com got a 97 4wd 107000 mile replaced muffler and water pump bought it at 77000 miles body still looks like new on wed 14 mar 2007 154246 gmt john cuda-426@att.net wrote hello group my friend is going to look at a 1997 daokta in a few days and i was wondering if there are any specific problems areas that i should tell him to look for stats 1997 dakota 61k miles ext. cab v8 auto 4wd power everything thats about all that i can think of. any other advice would also be appeciated. thanks john .

From : tbone

the rear axle may have some problems in the near future as the 9 1/4 axle used in the dakota and 1500 series ram tend to have no so great bearings. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving hello group my friend is going to look at a 1997 daokta in a few days and i was wondering if there are any specific problems areas that i should tell him to look for stats 1997 dakota 61k miles ext. cab v8 auto 4wd power everything thats about all that i can think of. any other advice would also be appeciated. thanks john .

From : azwiley1

on mar 14 248 pm tbone tbonenos...@nc.rr.com wrote the rear axle may have some problems in the near future as the 9 1/4 axle used in the dakota and 1500 series ram tend to have no so great bearings. -- hello group my friend is going to look at a 1997 daokta in a few days and i was wondering if there are any specific problems areas that i should tell him to look for stats 1997 dakota 61k miles ext. cab v8 auto 4wd power everything thats about all that i can think of. any other advice would also be appeciated. thanks john- hide quoted text - - show quoted text - when i had my 97 dakota though it was a 2wd i dont recall having any issues other then normal service. .

From : john

thanks for the replies. ill let him know what you guys said. thanks again john on mar 14 248 pm tbone tbonenos...@nc.rr.com wrote the rear axle may have some problems in the near future as the 9 1/4 axle used in the dakota and 1500 series ram tend to have no so great bearings. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydivingjohn hello group my friend is going to look at a 1997 daokta in a few days and i was wondering if there are any specific problems areas that i should tell him to look for stats 1997 dakota 61k miles ext. cab v8 auto 4wd power everything thats about all that i can think of. any other advice would also be appeciated. thanks john- hide quoted text - - show quoted text - when i had my 97 dakota though it was a 2wd i dont recall having any issues other then normal service. .

From : tom r

hello group my friend is going to look at a 1997 daokta in a few days and i was wondering if there are any specific problems areas that i should tell him to look for stats 1997 dakota 61k miles ext. cab v8 auto 4wd power everything thats about all that i can think of. any other advice would also be appeciated. thanks john i had a 96 in over 120 000 miles the only problem i noticed was like tbone says was the rear end. it was starting to make noise when i sold it. other than that i think the only thing i replaced was the water pump. it was a great truck. tom .

From : napalmheart

hello group my friend is going to look at a 1997 daokta in a few days and i was wondering if there are any specific problems areas that i should tell him to look for stats 1997 dakota 61k miles ext. cab v8 auto 4wd power everything thats about all that i can think of. any other advice would also be appeciated. thanks john ive got a 97 dakota 2wd 3.9 at. 197000+ miles. water pump ac condenser heater core pinion seal which wiped out the bearings in the rear end exhaust and brakes a couple of times at least. the guy who owned it before me replaced the timing chain and gear set as preventive maintenance at about 100000 miles. im in the process of replacing the rear axle speed sensor. other than oil filter tires and spark plugs thats about it. for the miles ive put on it im happy. ken .

From : the reverend natural light

i dont know that dakotas have any specific problem areas. does the 97 have a push button transfer case make sure itll go into 4 high/4 low and that itll actually spin the front tires in gravel. otherwise just do the standard inspection. make sure everything works. check all the fluids. check for bondo/paint/body work. etc. -rev on mar 14 1142 am john cuda-...@att.net wrote hello group my friend is going to look at a 1997 daokta in a few days and i was wondering if there are any specific problems areas that i should tell him to look for stats 1997 dakota 61k miles ext. cab v8 auto 4wd power everything thats about all that i can think of. any other advice would also be appeciated. thanks john .