Re: Re: Transmission going to hell??

From: Lenny (tendtherabbits@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Nov 01 2000 - 21:50:22 EST


sounds like FUBAR to me...time for a new trans.
Josh

>From: "David A" <dodgedakotaquadcab@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
>To: dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
>Subject: DML: Re: Transmission going to hell??
>Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 19:57:05 CST
>
>Met a guy today at my work.Has a 91' Dakota.
>We were talking about trannies manual vs automatic..
>Then i told him i got my tranny serviced at 16,000 miles..
>
>He told me his truck has 130,000+ miles...NEVER HAD THE TRANNY SERVICED!...
>
>now he is having all kinds of slippage,wont get into 1st gear 1/2 the
>time..plus,he accidentally slammed it into Reverse once,when he was moving
>10 mph..
>
>What's he facing now???
>
>
>>From: Andy Levy <andylevy@bigfoot.com>
>>Reply-To: dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
>>To: dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
>>Subject: Re: DML: Fuel Injector cleaner vs. A good old fashion road
>>trip(good story)
>>Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 19:08:32 -0500
>>
>>We're not doing it to race around in the dark at triple-digit speeds.
>>Hell, we don't do it to race around in traffic either. Everything has
>>its time and place, and this incident was well over the line.
>>
>>My truck has been past 85 once, and that was in broad daylight, on a
>>flat, clear, empty road in the middle of nowhere that I double-checked
>>for animals in the area and intersecting roads. The only red lights or
>>stop signs that I've ever missed I missed because I didn't see them (my
>>view was truly obstructed). NEVER intentionally.
>>
>>Just because you did it when you were a kid doesn't make it OK for
>>someone else to do it. Those who do not learn history are condemned to
>>repeat it.
>>
>>Douglas Greig wrote:
>> >
>> > To all of those who are criticizing this story, let
>> > those who are without guilt themselves cast the first
>> > stone. Although I do not condone road racing like this
>> > at my age, I was known to blow a few red lights and
>> > stop signs when I was in High School. After all, for
>> > those who are increasing the HP and TQ of your
>> > engines, are you doing this Just so you can reach the
>> > speed limit quicker?????
>> >
>> > -Doug in Vermont
>> > 98 CC 4X4 V6 Sport
>> > Quick D Intake
>> > Mod'd V8 TB
>> > Accel Coil/Wires
>> > --- Nospiratus@aol.com wrote:
>> > > I loaned my 98 4x4 318 V8 CC sport to my father
>> > > this past weekend for a
>> > > 1,000 mile round trip from chicago to north central
>> > > wisconsin to put our 3
>> > > ton boat into storage. Whatever he did while he had
>> > > the truck made it run a
>> > > whole hell of alot smoother and faster. It used to
>> > > prematurely downshift
>> > > before and be sluggish out of the hole. Well not
>> > > anymore. I was meeting a few
>> > > friends at a bar in Lincoln Park which is about 30
>> > > miles from my house. The
>> > > time was 11:00 when I left my house, a trip that
>> > > normally takes me 30 minutes
>> > > turned into 15 at 105 mph. That truck was acting
>> > > like a top fuel dragster.
>> > > It wound up so high before shifting i thought
>> > > something was wrong. I raced
>> > > and beat a off road edition Turd F-150 with no
>> > > problem. In fact I beat him by
>> > > so much I thought he accidentally put his truck in
>> > > reverse. Heres the ticker.
>> > > We ended up 45 miles from my house at loyola
>> > > university. My friend who was
>> > > also there has a 99 CC V6 4x4 dakota and we decided
>> > > to road race on the way
>> > > home. He made the first light which happened to be
>> > > at a 6 way intersection
>> > > before. The light for me took 5 minutes. So, he was
>> > > five minutes ahead of me.
>> > > To make a long story short this trip from loyola to
>> > > my house normally takes
>> > > 45 minutes driving around 65 mph on lakeshore drive
>> > > and through downtown
>> > > chicago. Halfway home, he jumped on the expressway
>> > > and I missed the turn. So
>> > > i decided since its 3am Id try my damndest to beat
>> > > him home. I ran like 3 red
>> > > lights and 4 stop signs by taking the long way home
>> > > and still i pulled up to
>> > > his house 2 doors away from mine right behind him.
>> > > The highest recorded speed
>> > > my passenger recorder was 108 mph in a 35 mph zone
>> > > and an official time of
>> > > about 20 minutes. I LOVE ROAD RACES. Some may think
>> > > this was dangerous and
>> > > immature but the whole way home all I hear was the
>> > > rumble of the single
>> > > chamber dual outlet flowmaster growling with
>> > > satisfaction. At this time you
>> > > may be asking why I chose to write this and ill tell
>> > > you why, because
>> > > yesterday my dakota ran like the day i took it off
>> > > the showroom floor. That
>> > > mean ass 318, I wouldnt trade it for the world.
>> > > 36,000 miles and all !!!!!
>> > > I still have an adrenalin rush.
>> > >
>> > > Mike Gresk
>> > > 98 CC Sport 318 V8 4x4
>> > > (It aint for sale, dont ask, Im never selling it, im
>> > > gonna die in it, if you
>> > > cant ram it at least dodge it, flowmaster all the
>> > > way) Touch my truck and ill
>> > > jam a toothpick in your eyesocket !!!!!
>> >
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>>--
>>-andy
>>
>>http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/ --- andylevy@bigfoot.com
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