Dakota has been broken & sitting for 8 months
From : adam krackenberger
Q: just bought my 1st dodge truck after 15+ years of gmc. on the gmc i had some nice slip on mirrors for towing made by cipa but they are not made for the dodge. cipa does have some other models such as the 11960 that are supposed to work on a dodge but before i jump off center i thought id look around for the voice of experience. you know experience is what you get when what you get is not what you wanted. so before i learn the hard way... so what are most folks using congrats. you finally saw the fault in buying a chevrolet with a gmc tag glued to it for an extra $4gs but yeah what tom said..the factory ones seem to be the best. i wonder if one can go buy them and put them on. .
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From : max dodge
my guess is that the gulf comes back online more efficiently and the influx of bio diesel and ethanol as well as other sources of fuel such as coal will lower demand on crude oil. plus im a firm believer in the fact that part of the rise in prices is due more to speculation on the futures market than actual demand. -- max there are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty soap ballot jury and ammo. please use in that order. -ed howdershelt author funny i heard a rumor that exxon expects $20 a barrel for crude in the future. i guess ya never know. i really do not see how unless the us stops using oil all together. with china and india becoming more industrialized it will only get spread thinner. -- max there are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty soap ballot jury and ammo. please use in that order. -ed howdershelt author hi folks got a 96 2500 4x4. is there any way to add an overdrive to this rig im hearing lots of noise about fuel prices getting ready to take off -- trying to find a way to squeeze a little better mileage.... workers in the oil industry saying about rumors of $15 a gallon for fuel within 5 years. jim .
From : tom lawrence
my guess is that the gulf comes back online more efficiently and the influx of bio diesel and ethanol as well as other sources of fuel such as coal will lower demand on crude oil. plus im a firm believer in the fact that part of the rise in prices is due more to speculation on the futures market than actual demand. -- i would agree with that. with all this quick net day trading going on even warren buffet admits its almost immposible to pick good stocks because the market is too volatile due to so many people pushing the rise and fall of markets quickly over nothing. max there are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty soap ballot jury and ammo. please use in that order. -ed howdershelt author funny i heard a rumor that exxon expects $20 a barrel for crude in the future. i guess ya never know. i really do not see how unless the us stops using oil all together. with china and india becoming more industrialized it will only get spread thinner. -- max there are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty soap ballot jury and ammo. please use in that order. -ed howdershelt author hi folks got a 96 2500 4x4. is there any way to add an overdrive to this rig im hearing lots of noise about fuel prices getting ready to take off -- trying to find a way to squeeze a little better mileage.... workers in the oil industry saying about rumors of $15 a gallon for fuel within 5 years. jim .
From : snoman
depends on a number of things but if the distance was truly short and the guage never read hot you may have little or no problems. the gauge never read hot because all his coolant dumped onto the street when the lower radiator hose came off... thats a $25000 epa fine on top of everything else are a fire hazard. crank it over without starting it by pulling the coil wire. do this 2-3 times for about 10 seconds each. and it wont hurt to shoot a little lube at the throttle linkage assembly on the throttle body before starting it. this is from past experience. my 95 had been sitting for a while. i got in turned the key and it fired right up. i went to rev the engine a bit and the throttle stuck wide-open. ah well - thats what rev limiters are for.... oh yeah except i had a performance computer with apparently no rev limiter cause the rpm jumped to a little over 5000 4000 redline on the v10. i immediately shut it off figured out what happend lubed the throttle linkage and tried it again.... worked much better the 2nd time .
From : matt
it seems like every other post this month is about a problem with a dakota. is it a new april 2006 bug induced problem dodge came out to withmake money ;- i kinda noticed it myself. makes me glad i gave the 93 dakota to my son he needs some spending experience about now. fmb .
From : christopher thompson
yea the engineer them to fail on a certain date = the magnum is next month -- -chris 05 ctd 99 durango it seems like every other post this month is about a problem with a dakota. is it a new april 2006 bug induced problem dodge came out to withmake money ;- .
From : max dodge
i think you were supposed to do some service on that front end about 60000 miles ago . . . . -- budd cochran our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. it is wholly inadequate for the government of any other. john adams i have a 92 dodge power ram 150 4x4. truck has 120000 miles and runs great. the steering has some play in it. going about 55 mph truck wants to wonder left to right. noticed that drivers side tire is a bit more wore than others. could it just need a front wheel aligament thanks *** posted via a free usenet account from http//www.tera.com *** .
From : max dodge
anything yet on the outcome of the noise i have the same problem with 2k miles topcop wrote 2006 dodge ram 1500 with 3000 miles. anytime the shifter is put into park a loud clunk is heard from the transmission/driveshaft area as if someone were hitting it with a small hammer. the dealer said this is normal but it does not sound normal nor does it do it every time. anyone have or know of a similar problem if so what was the remedy thanks .
From : snoman
on mon 17 apr 2006 230726 -0400 the addisons ty.addison@nospam.comcast.net wrote hi all we have ram 1500 4wd quad cab 5.7 hemi 3.92 axle ratio and 20 inch tires.we have been towing dry weight travel trailer that is 4500. we are now considering a dry weight trailer of 5700. we would put about 600 lbs of stuff so would be 6200. i spoke with local dodge dealer and also call chrysler yep the company to ask towing questions. the truck is rated to pull loaded trailer up to 7500. at 6200 we are well within the range. the truck has tow package and tranny cooler.it bugs my husband that even when towing the old trailer the tranny shifts a lot. i understand its normal but it bugs him that it is constantly shifting. any feedback from you guys and gals! out there on towing with this vehicle would be great. if he needs to quit worrying about it plz say so! thanks so much! anxiousley awaiting responses. he is taking trailer for a test spin tomorrow. tawnya-kennewickwa. i had a 2005 1500 and i always turned off the od when towing. this cut out quite a bit of the shifting back and forth that would have happened if i had left it on. i agree disable od when towing regardless of what manual says and that will save a lot of hunting of the gears and wear and tears too. do that and you should be okay for you planned weight hawkeye65 ----------------- the snoman www.thesnoman.com .
From : napalmheart
hi all we have ram 1500 4wd quad cab 5.7 hemi 3.92 axle ratio and 20 inch tires.we have been towing dry weight travel trailer that is 4500. we are now considering a dry weight trailer of 5700. we would put about 600 lbs of stuff so would be 6200. i spoke with local dodge dealer and also call chrysler yep the company to ask towing questions. the truck is rated to pull loaded trailer up to 7500. at 6200 we are well within the range. the truck has tow package and tranny cooler.it bugs my husband that even when towing the old trailer the tranny shifts a lot. i understand its normal but it bugs him that it is constantly shifting. any feedback from you guys and gals! out there on towing with this vehicle would be great. if he needs to quit worrying about it plz say so! thanks so much! anxiousley awaiting responses. he is taking trailer for a test spin tomorrow. tawnya-kennewickwa. first of all a campers dry weight is very a confusing term. its the weight of the trailer before *any* options were added...this includes refridgerator stove microwave airconditioning lp gas no water etc. id guess that this trailer loaded with groceries water and clothing pluse all added accessories and basics will easily top 7500 pounds. a camper that heavy should be pulled by a 3/4 ton truck. dont assume when it comes to a trailers weight. get it weighed. secondly the tranny shifting alot is a bad sign. if you have towed that way alot it might be too late for you. hunting between drive and overdrive is very hard on overdrive. you should have listened to him...you both should be worried. .