Please Please Please no flames.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Curt Coulter" <curt@cjnetworking.com>
To: "DML List" <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 12:10 PM
Subject: RE: DML: RE: Re: Re: 4.7 to 3.7 = more problems???
> Ok, I can't bite my tongue any longer. Perhaps I speak for a few others,
> perhaps I speak only for myself, but I think you are nuttier that squirrel
> shit. 210 in the desert with those grille covers you have on? What are
you
> complaining about? you only rev a 4.7 to 1400 rpm? If that's actually
true
> (you must drive really slow, because 70 in 5th is 2400 rpm) you haven't
even
> entered the power band, no wonder you don't think it has any guts. You're
> probably doing more harm to the engine by lugging it at those rpms than if
> you drove it normally. You change the diff fluid and trans case fluid at
> *every oil change*. Hey, it's your time and money, but that's silly.
>
> Haven't seen the valve cover problem you speak of either.
>
> /Curt
> Chelsea, MI
> y2k QC, 4.7, 5spd, 3.92 lsd, 68mm tb, gibson catback
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
> > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET]On Behalf Of Will Coughlin
> > Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 2:10 PM
> > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > Subject: RE: DML: RE: Re: Re: 4.7 to 3.7 = more problems???
> >
> >
> > Jon, 200 concerns me greatly.I know most people wouldn't think
> > twice about
> > it, but I do.I understand all about the Tstat not opening until
> > 195.I know
> > that that's the way they built it.I just wish it would run 195*.I will
be
> > installing a 180* or 160* stat the day it goes out of warranty,but until
> > then, I guess I'll just have to live with it and watch it real
> > close.I have
> > NEVER let the truck get to 210*! It got to about 206-7 one day
> > while I was
> > pumping fuel in it, at which point I shut it off and pushed it out of
the
> > way where I could let it sit and cool off.I would never let it get to
> > 210,under any circumstances! Can you say headgaskets??? What
> > about cracked
> > heads?? Truck has been to be looked at.No problems could be
> > traced.Pressure
> > in the system held very consistent,no leaks,clean coolant,no
> > blockages,all
> > looked good. The valve covers(or are they cam covers Matt?) are puzzling
> > me.Some of them I look at seem like they don't do it, but I've
> > also looked
> > at several that had it as bad or worse than I do.Anybody else
> > with the 4.7L
> > having this problem??
> >
> > Will Coughlin willcoughlin@hotmail.com
> > '00 reg.cab,2wd,4.7L/hd5-spd/3.92sg(9.25")
> > http://www.geocities.com/willcoughlin/index.html
> >
> >
> > ----Original Message Follows----
> > From: "Jon Smith" <jon@fast4x4.net>
> > Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> > Subject: RE: DML: RE: Re: Re: 4.7 to 3.7 = more problems???
> > Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 13:41:39 -0500
> >
> > Will, 200 isn't anything to worry about (w/ a stock Tstat) since the
stat
> > doesn't open until 195. 210 is considered "normal" as well, especially
in
> > the summer.
> >
> > I would def. be going to the dealer concerning the valve covers
> > though.....
> >
> > ______________________
> > Jon Smith--Raleigh, NC
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> > jon@fast4x4.net
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