Brett, I get my Dak back tommorow as well!
Hey, didn't you buy your truck used (with the headers already on it) from
the dealer? If so I'd bitch about the R&R fee on the headers. I'd
make them show me in the warranty where those are not covered.
Anyway, glad to hear your truck's all better now!
--Mike www.mikesdakota.com
Thursday, April 13, 2000, 12:59:55 PM, you wrote:
> Well folks, looks like I get my baby back tomorrow. Shop manager said
> thanks for burning the transmission up real good, I made him a lot of money.
> (I'm just a VERY happy camper that I bought the extended warranty). Total
> bill looks to be about 2300 bucks. The guys that said it was the carrier
> bearing were right... that was just a part of the repair though. It looks
> like I have a brand new tranny sittin' in my '94 Dak now.
> They are sticking me for the removal of the headers and exhaust, plus for
> some mysterious reason the right side header had no gasket (?) So I have
> all new gaskets in my exhaust system too.
> Anyone know why a Mopar exhaust wouldn't be covered under this warranty? I
> would figure you'd have to remove exhaust manifolds to do the same repair.
> I guess I should be happy that all this will cost me is about 280 bucks.
> Apparently nothing was wrong with the differential.
> I'm just scratching my head wondering what the previous owner did with this
> truck! The shop guys said that the carrier bearing usually doesn't go out
> unless you do a lot of towing. I don't tow anything but my tall ass to all
> my accounts... 30k miles last year. Again, I thought the Torqueflite based
> transmissions in these things were 10 feet tall and bullet proof, so I
> wonder what the deal is!
> I've only got another 15k on the warranty, so hopefully if anything else
> major happens, it will happen before I turn 100k.
> That's all for now... I'll keep ya'll posted after I get her back tomorrow.
> Brett
> '94 Dak Sport CC
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