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From : beekeep

Q: for those of you whove been around for a while you might remember that the check engine light on my 2001 dakota has been on for a couple of years complaining of a small evaporative emissions leak. replaced the gas cap to no avail and ignored it until now. per another recent post i had the truck in to replace a manifold gasket only to find that the exhaust manifold itself was warped. that was machined and replaced the 02 sensor also replaced and in the same area the mechanic found my leak - a 1 section of hose that had cracked through. must have been on the underside cause i inspected with my non-mechanic eyes that stuff a while back. so now for the first time in ages the light is off. and when i open the gas cap it goes phsssst! again. life is good. my truck is happy. im happy! how pathetic is that jmc does that mean youre gonna bake a bunch of chocolate chip cookies and mail them to everybody in the group vbg denny .

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From : beekeep

on wed 12 sep 2007 140733 -0400 roy roy@home.net wrote well tom the idiot says your theory is correct. guess that will make your day!bfg a day in this ng would not be complete without a apperance of a troll such as roy. he is such a child! we can all only hope he will grow up one day. gee all i did was pretty much repeat what you said about tom being correct in theory. you of course being the ultimate troll feel the need to lash out. you truly are a idiot! sig adjustment time again ----------------- theidiotman.com well roy youre gonna have to lighten up on your ole buddy or he wont spring for the castles when you come to ohio. i can take you to ruths diner but the meatloaf there dont compare to a wc. ya know he really sucks!! how was the trip north this time not bad. lost a hour in del. due to line painting. but it was a good trip. back down next month after we get everything packed. did you get the house sold yet nope. have had a bunch of offers but all are contingent on the buyer selling their house. im not going that route. to by a house around here with the mortgage industry soo screwed up you need to have a credit rateing of around 680 or better and have a 20% down payment. so to buy a house for $400k you must come up with a $80k down payment. most folks dont have that kind of cash laying around it is in the equity of the house they are in. so they have to sell their home to get it. bottom line things are kinda paralyzed unless the home your selling is listed for $250k or under. it is what it is. we are packing things up and will be outa here by mid oct. things will turn around eventually. oh i decided to keep the ar and am selling the sig 9mm and the walther ppks roy .

From : roy

hello all i am by no means a mechanic however i would like some input before i go to a mechanic to get my truck checked out. i am not totally convinced that my issue is 100% a transmission issue however signs do point to the area. when accelerating starting at approximately 40 mph and 1500-3000 rpm i hear a pretty pronounced rattling kinda like a can with a couple of bolts shaken... as best i can tell it seems to be coming from the middle left area under the truck most likely close to the tranny. the noise has gotten a bit worse over the last couple of weeks. it seems i can avoide the noise completely by traveling at less than 50 mph on a slight incline and i dont seem to hear anything when accelerating on a decline. i dont hear the rattle while driving the back roads only when on the freeway. the noise seems happen mostly when more force is needed to move the truck on an incline at 40 ++ mph and higher rpm. driving in od seems to reduce the noise a bit as well. the truck shifts just fine and im not noticing any performance degradation however i am very concerned about the noise. also to note is that the rear diff seems to be leaking more than usual i am planning on topping it off to see if that helps since i cant be 100% certain that the noise is coming from the middle left might be coming from the rear diff i doubt it though. any inputs would be greatly appreciated.. thanks -tim .