Thanks Ron and Bill, I'll have my local dealer doublecheck the pump
installation.
Tom, it was Foley Dodge on Irving Park Road. What do you know about them?
The weather was actually really fun if you didn't have to worry about
driving...! The snow was awesome, I haven't seen a winter like that in
years. I sure was envious of the 4x4 owners, tho... ;-)
- Alex
> From: "Tom (Silver89)" <SilverEightynine@aol.com>
> Organization: Twisted Bits Internet Services
> Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 21:56:48 -0600
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@twisted.twistedbits.net
> Subject: Re: DML: What a holiday (groan) -- busted truck
>
> Ewww - sorry Alex - our Chicago weather here can really be brutal - I have had
> my own......share of snow problems and my dakota - which I will never ever
> tell anyone about ! :-P What dodge dealer were you at? I know almost all
> of then in the city and can tell you which ones I think are reputable. From
> your description - one shop in particular springs to mind...
>
> I agree - take the truck to your own dealer - see what they think... good
> luck - and happy new year everyone!
>
> Alex Harris wrote:
>
>> Well, I got back this afternoon from ten days in Chicago. I got up there
>> Thursday night the 21st and immediately got stuck in a snowy parking spot.
>> After working for a half an hour I got out, but on the way home from an
>> event that evening (when the temp was 9 below zero) my power steering
>> started making a whiny noise.
>>
>> I checked it the next morning and the inside of my engine compartment was
>> covered in power steering fluid, the pulley was wobbling and the pump was
>> dry. Whee! As the weather was so dreadful and it was a holiday weekend, I
>> couldn't get the truck towed to a dealership until Tuesday after Christmas!
>> Absolutely no tow companies were even accepting calls. My truck ended up
>> being stranded for five days! I'm sure my revving the engine high while
>> fighting the ice and spinning my wheels prompted the pump failure, but it
>> must have been faulty in the first place, right?
>>
>> Anyway, the pump was replaced under warranty by a creepy Dodge dealership
>> (creepy meaning the shop was a big old dirty barn with mechanics banging on
>> engines with hammers). Everything seems to be working normally now, but the
>> pulley has just a bit of wobble to it and it sounds a little more rattly
>> than I remember (possibly just worry-enhanced hearing, though). I've never
>> really looked before, but is some amount of pulley play normal? Or should a
>> pulley be rock steady and straight?
>>
>> What a great couple of weeks... I sure am glad to be home, and I missed the
>> DML!
>>
>> - Alex
>> '00 RC SLT V6 5-Speed
>
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>
> Tom
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