Replacing plugs was hard, then I looked at the thermo unit-aaaaahhhh. Well
in the heck is that Dodge engineer that designed this. Now looking at the
rear gears and the suspension is a classic example of my American attitude -
LLLAAAAAAZZZZZZYYYYYY! Pay for it.
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Steven St.Laurent
Test Engineer
Test Branch, GSD, MCTSSA
MARCORSYSCOM, USMC
760-725-2506 (DSN 365-2506)
Work:mailto:stlaurents@mctssa.usmc.mil
Home:mailto:saint1958@home.com
-----Original Message-----
From: GSWillhite [mailto:GSWillhite@ualr.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 2:45 PM
To: dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
Subject: DML: Has anyone installed their own suspension?
AWW! come on Steve, if you got the tools.... ;)
GS -
>
> OK! I agree with Chris and pay someone 150.00 to install my new
suspension.
>
-----Original Message-----
From: mike d. [mailto:miggitymike@juno.com]
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 11:39 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Has anyone installed their own suspension?
>>Has anyone on the list with a gen-3 done their own suspension mods? I
put
some blocks under the back of it myself, but I amgetting ready to order
the
hotchkis leafs and some aftermarket coils this week and was wondering
what
you all would recommend? Should I attempt this or should I have it done?
I
am pretty mechanically apt, having swapped engines,trannies,rearends
before,
but I've never messsed with coils springs or brakes a lot.I just wanted
to
try and get a feel as to wether or not I should try it.<<
I haven't done a Gen III, but I did help out with my own truck. Here are
my tips:
- -Take the bed off!! Life will be so much easier, I promise!
- -Call a buddy or two to help out (the bed is heavy!)
- -Air tools will help a whole lot
- -when you do the coil springs, the best tool for the job is a special
spring compressor tool. It's a little pricey, but if you try to remove
the spring yourself and it goes flying (which it is highly likely to do)
someone's gonna' get hurt pretty bad. We used a crowbar to get mine out.
I watched from afar =)
- -You'll need a grinder most likely
- -Take your time!
- -Don't forget to pack the bearings and stuff
that's all I can think of. It's not hard, just time consuming =)
good luck!!
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