im sorry will you need help but not with your dakota see a shrink. i dont
like to insult people but damn boy get a life i love my truck to death but
its just a truck run the thing like its supposed to be run. nothing will
happen to it and if it does it has warranty doesnt it .
arnold
----- Original Message -----
From: "Will Coughlin" <willcoughlin@hotmail.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 9:06 AM
Subject: DML: I think I'm making myself misunderstood here......
> Ok, I think most of you misunderstand what I'm trying to do with my
> Dakota.My Dakota was given to me.I just think I owe it to my father to
take
> care of it to the best of my ability.I've never been one to cuase abuse to
> vehicles on purpose.When I drive other people's vehicles for my business
or
> at my other job(I AM a mechanic during the week), I do not "hot-rod" them.
> I'm not "scared" of high rpms, as I may have suggested.I just don't find
it
> anywhere near neceassary for what I do with my truck.My Uncle, who I spend
> as much time with as I can(He has prostate cancer that has spread to
> back,and I don't know what I'll do when he passes-he's taught me so
> much),basically taught me how to care for a vehicle.He has& has had lots
of
> high-mileage vehicles.His '80 model Chevrolet 4x4(350 4-bolt,SM465
> 4-speed,NP205,3.73 axles)has 360,XXX miles on the original,unopened
> drivetrain(It has always been shifted at about 16-1800 rpm and it cruises
at
> 1800-1900.It's never "had the soot blown out of it") His 1961 model
> Chevrolet C-60 10-wheeler has 480,XXX miles on the original,unopened
> drivetrain.He drives it up and down the east coast,and runs the 427 at
4000
> rpms all day long( I replace the valvesprings,rockers,and lifters every
> fall,and I had the heads completely off this fall for a total rework).It
was
> built to take it,though.The Dodge D300 custom I use at work and what not
has
> 530,000 on the originsl transmission & rearend(NP435 wide-ratio,Dana 60
rear
> 5.13 gear).The original 318 cu.in. motor failed in the Dodge when another
> boy decided he would "blow the soot out of 'er"(bent a pushrod,then
dropped
> a valve which in turn took out #3 piston). Now I work on cars all day long
> and you can definitely tell most of the ones that have been given hell.I
> have also built cars/trucks that are "built",as in built to take some
> serious abuse.The 327 I built 2 years ago has been making 7.90(1/8
> mi.)passes since the day it was built.2 years later, it still turns the
same
> numbers.It sees 7000 rpm on a pretty regular basis.Now,that said, What
does
> everybody think that I should be doing with my Dakota? Should I drive it
the
> way I have been,or should I get out and give it hell to see what I can
tear
> up?? The transmission's already on it's way out,what should I aim for
next?
> Blow the bottom end of the motor apart? Break the spiders out of the
> rearend? How many rpm's should it turn on a daily basis? Maybe I'll go
make
> a pass at the strip just to see how much wear I can cause on a pickup
truck
> that I have to rely on to get me everywhere I need to go.Sorry if I sound
a
> little annoyed. I just get frustrated when I try to take care of things
that
> mean alot to me and people look down on me for it. Please, give me input
on
> how better to make my Dakota last longer.After all, that's all I'm trying
to
> do for it. I just want to see it stay with me for as long as
possible.Please
> give me some feedback on this. I apparently need help as to how to better
> care for my Dakota.
>
> Will Coughlin willcoughlin@hotmail.com
> '00 reg.cab,2wd,4.7L/hd5-spd/3.92sg(9.25")
> http://www.geocities.com/willcoughlin/index.html
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