Dakota headlights question

From : james evans

Q: on 13 jan 2005 022058 gmt robtcohen@aol.com.spam.no robert cohen wrote if you have a macco in your area they do a $300 paint job.. sometimes on sale for $250.. they did good work on both of ours one was the standard paint job with a little ding repair the other was pretty major and was about $2000... like any franchise you have to ask around and get references... 2 places in the same area can be totally different quality.. re macco well heck theyre probably better than earl schieb there are places to take heaps & junquers and theyre places that take some excrucuiating pains and seemingly try to price their service accordingly & fairly but ive got a junky 1986 dodge conversion b-250 van thats not worth a fairly good paint job so im stuck with looking at it and my experience at that ill paint anything for $100 earl schieb peachcrest near decatur georgia years ago wasnt good--a poor job so bad & still wet that the wind literally affected the paint as i drove it home so never again would i fool with re-conditioning a heap at earls i presume theres just not enough money profit in it and so my drastically faded van which is literally not market worth re-painting goes begging and i suppose there are beaucoup running vehicles in the same situation if there were a competent place to take it for a coupla hundred say $300 bucks in the athens--atlanta area then i think i would there was a good discount car painting place on buford highway about 30 years ago budget auto painters but even their prices have apparently gotten too high for what i have mac please remove splinters before emailing .

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From : nosey

nevermind i suppose it was the 76 cordoba. doh! .

From : moses horwitz moses

is it my imagination or do the headlights on my 2500 leave a little to be desired even with the high beams it seems they are not that bright. so i guess my question is if this is the case how do you beef them up or is it my imagination and old age is affecting my eyes... i do have fog lights but they dont do anything for distance. .

From : jerry

mstrhappygolucky@hotmail.com wrote i just bought this 2000 dodge dakota 4wd/4.7l truck at an auction. when the headlights are not on the bright indicator lamp is lit. i was assuming this was for daytime running lights. however the indicator lamp stays on even when the truck is turned off. even more odd is that when i switch on the brights the indicator lamp shuts off. seems some wires must be crossed or something. any ideas to would be greatly appreciated. there is an electronic flasher and lamp control module that is known to throw some weird problems. i think its german made. on my 2002 4.7l dodge dakota lemon the four way flashers would come on when i turned on the right turn signal. jam .

From : tom lawrence

on thu 13 jan 2005 211758 -0800 john john@wontwork.com wrote on thu 13 jan 2005 033337 -0500 eisboch erikssonr@bellsouthnot.net wrote i just picked up my 05 ram 1500 4x4 quad cab before christmas. love the truck as well as both of my previous ones but unfortunately for me its an automatic. my two previous rams were a 99 5.2l and an 02 4.7l both manual transmissions. i like the standard transmission and dont mind shifting at all. in order to get the hemi engine on this one i had to settle with the automatic boo hoo. either that or go to the 2500 which i dont need and dosent come with 20 wheels. i havent driven an automatic in many years and perhaps its just me but...ive noticed if im cruising around 70-80 k/hr 40-50 mph and then decide to punch the peddle about 3/4 down there seems to be as best as i can describe a kind of turbo lag sensation where theres no engine noise at all for about 1 second or so. seems to me as though its trying to figure what gear to go into or something. i find this irritating as im used to an immediate throttle response like my 2 previous rams had. i was concerned about this so i took it to the dealer. they told me this was normal and that the truck was still in its learning curve to my driving habits 900 kms on truck. can anyone advise if this is the norm for the newer automatics. i realize there is no throttle cable and everythings done electronically. thanks bjs i suspect what you are experiencing is the torque converter unlocking. it will do that everytime you ease up a bit on the pedal and then give it gas again. ive had three rams a 1500 and two 2500s and never noticed the torque converter unlocking but my new 04 durango with the hemi and 5 speed automatic transmission does it. it is frankly annoying and i wish there were a way to eliminate it. my only complaint with the durango is the transmission shifting. it seems to slide into the next gear rather than a nice crisp shift. i wonder if the transmission can be re-programmed for crisper more positive shifts when accelerating hard eisboch thanks. youre exactly right about the slide into gear thing. the last automatic i drove was a 76 cordoba so i expected the transmission to have a definite crisp shift like i remember. i asked the service manager about that and he said it was supposed to be that way. bjs did it come with rich corenthian leather as ricardo montalban used to claim no it had velour seats. couldnt afford leather in those days. as it was i had to take a part time job washing dishes 40 hours a week for six months plus my military duties of 40 hours a week also. that was the only way my wife would let me buy the car...pay cash $8400 canadian. two days after picking up the car i quit the dish pig job. had the car 18 years or so. even painted it a couple of times over the years. i had to get rid of it when i was posted to halifax. it was only driven 1000 miles a year for the last five years i had it because the 360 was a pig on gas. i really thought it would be a collector car. right now im waiting to see if my dealership will be able to order me a 300c srt8. theyre only building 1000 and most will go to the usa even though they build them not far from where i live in ontario. they have to take poor selling cars in order to be considered. i put $1000 on it even though they arent taking orders yet. it was faxed to chrysler canada but still no . i hear the regular 300c with the 5.7l hemi is a rocket. imagine 85 more horses with the 6.1l!!! bjs .

From : j haggerty

immediate throttle response like my 2 previous rams had. i was concerned about this so i took it to the dealer. they told me this was normal and that the truck was still in its learning curve to my driving habits 900 kms on truck. can anyone advise if this is the norm for the newer automatics. i realize there is no throttle cable and everythings done electronically. thanks bjs i suspect what you are experiencing is the torque converter unlocking. it will do that everytime you ease up a bit on the pedal and then give it gas again. ive had three rams a 1500 and two 2500s and never noticed the torque converter unlocking but my new 04 durango with the hemi and 5 speed automatic transmission does it. it is frankly annoying and i wish there were a way to eliminate it. my only complaint with the durango is the transmission shifting. it seems to slide into the next gear rather than a nice crisp shift. i wonder if the transmission can be re-programmed for crisper more positive shifts when accelerating hard eisboch thanks. youre exactly right about the slide into gear thing. the last automatic i drove was a 76 cordoba so i expected the transmission to have a definite crisp shift like i remember. i asked the service manager about that and he said it was supposed to be that way. bjs did it come with rich corenthian leather as ricardo montalban used to claim no it had velour seats. couldnt afford leather in those days. as it was i had to take a part time job washing dishes 40 hours a week for six months plus my military duties of 40 hours a week also. that was the only way my wife would let me buy the car...pay cash $8400 canadian. two days after picking up the car i quit the dish pig job. had the car 18 years or so. even painted it a couple of times over the years. i had to get rid of it when i was posted to halifax. it was only driven 1000 miles a year for the last five years i had it because the 360 was a pig on gas. i really thought it would be a collector car. right now im waiting to see if my dealership will be able to order me a 300c srt8. theyre only building 1000 and most will go to the usa even though they build them not far from where i live in ontario. they have to take poor selling cars in order to be considered. i put $1000 on it even though they arent taking orders yet. it was faxed to chrysler canada but still no . i hear the regular 300c with the 5.7l hemi is a rocket. imagine 85 more horses with the 6.1l!!! bjs what car did you have for 18 years . 222 296301 6o2gd.17878$ic4.8895@svr30..prodigy.com mac davis wrote on wed 12 jan 2005 212514 -0700 james evans jamesevansremove@relia.net wrote hi i have an 05 dakota. so far i like it a lot. one thing though. i would like for the fog lights to stay on when i switch on the high beams. currently they automatically switch off when i go to brights. i drive a long way home on dark country roads and i can use they brighter lights along with the fogs to look for deer and moose on the road. if anyone know how to program the fogs to stay on i would appreciate it. also could it be an electrical loading issue pulling to much current if both the fogs and brights are on thanks james a why would you need fog and high beams do you own a white cane with red tip b there are kits available but they probably void any warranty problems with the electrical system... c separate the fog lights from the system and put in a separate relay and switch... then when i drive by the other direction you can forget to dim your brights and turn your fog lights off.. mac mac i understand where you are going with this but i still dont understand why the fogs are not allowed to be on with the high beams. when facing on-coming traffic i know that if i see a car with fog lights on the hi-beams are off. fogs dont blind me when the low-beams are on at all. why would the fogs contribute to blinding me when the hi-beams are on i dont advocate driving with the fog lights on when they arent necessary but i would use them myself under certain conditions that have nothing to do with fog or moose. i have personally designed a relay system to selectively enable all of the lights to be on at the same time with only one additional switch but havent had the time or to be completely honest the desire to actually install this system and field test it on my truck. ive driven at night in alaska and this would be a very effective moose lights solution to an age old problem using the current lighting equipment save some wiring and a few relays. if anyone else wants to try it out for me let me know and i will send you a schematic. you are on your own if for any reason it causes any damage to your truck or results in any legal difficulty. .

From : tom lawrence

ferd went metric with the superduty just got a 94 dodge 1-ton van - has 3.9to 1 9.5 rear end and 8-lug wheels- are these the same pattern as fords or gms 8 lug pattern thanx chevies yes - fords depends on the year. at some point i believe it was in the late 90s ford changed from the long-time standard of 8x6.5 lugs to an 8x170mm pattern just had to be different i guess. .

From : moses horwitz moses

clt wrote what do you mean with dodge dakota lemon jerryjeff wrote jbob wrote jerryjeff wrote bo roll wrote if you have a dodge dakota lemon then you should call 1-800-lemonlaw they got money for me! jam thanks for the tip.........ill be calling that # today. guess i didnt buy the only lemon dodge made after all. if you read this group for any length of time you will find that there are a lot of dodge dakota lemons out there. some people just live with it. i cant afford to. jam a dodge dakota p u truck that is a lemon. jam .

From : tbone

depending what state you live in using it for 12 hours a day would cost about 50 cents on average 650 watts x 12 hrs = 7800 watts = 7.8 kilowatts 7.8 kw x 6.93 cents per kw = 54 cents or about $16 per month. this chart gives average kilowatt costs per state. http//www.coaleducation.org/kycoalfacts/electricity/averagecost.htm glad i dont live up in the ne or ca! jph steve lusardi wrote hey guys all that is very true. just remember that the heater is 650 watts. it works but it does crank your electric bill big time! steve i understand that my new 04 5.9 ho has an engine block heater installed at the factory. to use this heater all i have to do is buy the connecting cord. some one said it is located behind the oil filter. how true is this information bill p. .

From : mac davis

i just picked up my 05 ram 1500 4x4 quad cab before christmas. love the truck as well as both of my previous ones but unfortunately for me its an automatic. my two previous rams were a 99 5.2l and an 02 4.7l both manual transmissions. i like the standard transmission and dont mind shifting at all. in order to get the hemi engine on this one i had to settle with the automatic boo hoo. either that or go to the 2500 which i dont need and dosent come with 20 wheels. i havent driven an automatic in many years and perhaps its just me but...ive noticed if im cruising around 70-80 k/hr 40-50 mph and then decide to punch the peddle about 3/4 down there seems to be as best as i can describe a kind of turbo lag sensation where theres no engine noise at all for about 1 second or so. seems to me as though its trying to figure what gear to go into or something. i find this irritating as im used to an immediate throttle response like my 2 previous rams had. i was concerned about this so i took it to the dealer. they told me this was normal and that the truck was still in its learning curve to my driving habits 900 kms on truck. can anyone advise if this is the norm for the newer automatics. i realize there is no throttle cable and everythings done electronically. thanks bjs i suspect what you are experiencing is the torque converter unlocking. it will do that everytime you ease up a bit on the pedal and then give it gas again. ive had three rams a 1500 and two 2500s and never noticed the torque converter unlocking but my new 04 durango with the hemi and 5 speed automatic transmission does it. it is frankly annoying and i wish there were a way to eliminate it. my only complaint with the durango is the transmission shifting. it seems to slide into the next gear rather than a nice crisp shift. i wonder if the transmission can be re-programmed for crisper more positive shifts when accelerating hard eisboch .