I asked the same question a little while ago, and it seems that most of the
new 4.7's with manual trans don't have the shift light, mine doesn't. I'm
glad there's no shift light too. My ignition switch doesn't light up either
like my Ram did. Also, I did stall once at a traffic light because of the
idle problem, very embarrassing when the light turned green. The 4.7 and
factory exhaust are so quiet that I didn't even know that it had stalled,
especially since I had the radio on. Now that the engine has 500+ miles on
it I haven't had any more stalling problems.
Mike
>Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:21:34 -0500
>From: "Curt Coulter" <curt@cjnetworking.com>
>Subject: DML: 00 Dak Idle Search, Shift Light, ignition switch light.
>Hello all,
>I've been lurking for a couple months while waiting for my 2000 Dakota Quad
>(SLT+, 4.7, 5spd, 3.92 lsd, 4x4, dark garnet,
>http://home.earthlink.net/~coulterc). Mine does the idle search thing, but
>has only stalled on my once while doing it. Settles down to about 600 rpm
>when i'm stopped. The shift light doesn't work on mine, but the owner's
>manual says that not all vehicles have it. I was kind of pleased that it
>wasn't telling me when to shift actually. Also, the clear ring around the
>ignition switch does not light up like I expected it to.
>I'd like to hear from other 2000 Dak owners about whether their shift and
>ignition lights work..
>Thanks!
>- -Curt
>curt@cjnetworking.com
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