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VeryBigBear
Dodge Dakota
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11/03/2003
19:03:19
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 Subject: Hi - new guy:1997 318 w/140K
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Wow. Did I kick the bucket and end up in Dakota-owner heaven???
4 year owner of 1997 Silver SLT Club Cab w/5.2L . (No pics, sorry. :( ...do I have a Gen3, or a Gen 2???)
I'd like to start hanging here....I love this truck, but I've been piling 20-22K/year since I bought it, and just passed 140K driving back to CO from Mexico a week or two ago. Anyone offer advise on how to keep him happy? I'm still paying on it and have been considering a lease on a new Dak or Ram to drain out my negative eq.
But it'd be cheaper to keep him.
I installed a K&N air filter, get an injector service every year or so...apart from that (and 235 BFG AT's), it's pretty stock. I had horrible front-end issues (replaced ball joints @ 80K, Pittman arm, stabilizer arm...you name it...) and getting a litle cold-weather tranny hesistation. Engine strong. 3K oil changes like religion.
I'd really appreciate any lowing-hanging-fruit advise from other owners here....My wife thinks we need a quad Ram (river rafting) , but guess who has to pay for THAT upgrade??? ;)
Thanks and howdy from Colorado.
Bear
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Mark
*GenII*
11/03/2003
19:32:07
| RE: Hi - new guy:1997 318 w/140K
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Welcome to the site Bear! You have more miles than I have on my '93. I look forward to 140k. Maybe in a couple years.
-Mark Hryckiewicz
1993 Sport RC SB 5.2L Auto
Mark.DodgeDakotas.com
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Art
GenI
11/05/2003
20:41:18
| RE: Hi - new guy:1997 318 w/140K
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Welcome: Just plenty of T L C and highway miles and i'tl last OK..Got over 200,000 in before changing my 93. still ran good just a little tired
ART
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VeryBigBear
Dodge Dakota
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11/06/2003
14:08:08
| RE: Hi - new guy:1997 318 w/140K
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Thanks guys - you both have nice looking rigs (gotta say, never seen a dually Dakota before, Art...).
The hwy miles advise is well taken, but we do a fair amount of high-country driving as well - not so much 4 wheeling for its own sake, but lots of river and trail access roads.
I'm hearing that I should be expecting tranny problems soon (automatic). I did add a can of BG ATC fluid last winter, that helped with the hesistation I got, but I get the sense that I'm forestalling the inevitable rebuild.
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Art
GenI
11/06/2003
16:53:35
| RE: Hi - new guy:1997 318 w/140K
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Thanx::the trans seem to be a problem. If they could make them as reliable as the 318 there would be a lot less trade in. might not hurt to change the filter & fluid in the trans.
Art:
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