Jeez..I had to have my clutch and pressure plate, and clutch release bearing
and a few other things replaced at like 75k..he is damn lucky.
Mark
Tan 91 cc 5spd 6er Dynomax catback 14x3 K&N Ported TB
Bucket seats Accel Super Stock Coil Lund Roll Pan
---If better is possible, good is never enough---
----- Original Message -----
From: David A <dodgedakotaquadcab@hotmail.com>
To: <dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 5:57 PM
Subject: DML: Re: Transmission going to hell??
> 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
> >
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