Been ther done that the sad part was, i was across the street from a dealer
and they still charge me 40.00 to tow it.... Double DOH!!
>From: Killerdak@aol.com
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: DML: Had to tow my Dak...Doh!
>Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 15:11:55 EST
>
>What a day yesterday...my truck died in the Wachovia (bank) parking lot in
>Garner yesterday afternoon...turned the key and NOTHING; no lights on dash,
>no click, no cranking...NOTHING. Great. Completely out of the blue. It
>wouldn't even jump-start and I tried a jump from a big Ferd diesel pickup
>for
>about a half hour. The bank manager kept coming out and offering to call a
>tow truck, I just think he wanted my redneck pickup out of his parking lot
>cause I was parked RIGHT at the entrance! So I had to have it towed to
>Merchants...turned out my 3-yr old Mopar battery blew (at least the
>alternator and starter was still good)....
>
>so anyways as long as I was gonna hafta replace the battery I told them I
>wanted an Optima in there. "we don't sell those" was the reply. So I spent
>about an hour calling every supplier in the book and nobody had them.
>FINALLY
>one parts place told me to call Interstate Batteries (in Garner) and they
>not
>only had them, but the guy said they were Merchants battery supplier! Geez!
>
>So I now have the Red Top in there, and was suprised to see its only about
>half the size of my previous battery. Hope it has enough juice to cover
>everything. I was debating between the yellow and red-top, but since I
>won't
>have a winch for at least the near future I opted for Red.
>So far all seems good.
>
>Since I was waiting anyways I also had the brakes done, althought the guy
>said they looked good still (even after 95,000 miles on them!)
>
>Truck runs now, but now my stereo doesn't work. Musta blown an internal
>fuse
>or something cause the external fuse and connections are fine and hot. And
>now I noticed my interior lights don't work. Maybe something in the fuse
>box?
>Doh!
>
>____________________
>Dave Kilian -- Clayton, NC
>'96 Dakota CC 4x4 3.9L 5-spd
>4" TM susp. lift, 2" Body lift, 33" BFG MT's, etc...
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