Lets stop this nonsense now
>From: "WOT or waiting at a Red" <dakatack@home.com>
>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: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 11:34:32 -0800
>
>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
> > > www.fast4x4.net
> > > jon@fast4x4.net
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