I don`t know about others,but I admire your treatment
of your Dak."Soot" build-up should not be a problem
with high quality oil like Mobil 1! That`s what I use.
Steve P.
--- Will Coughlin <willcoughlin@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 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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Steve Preston 1999 Dakota Sport 3.9V6,4x4,3.92 Anti-spin,42RE auto,Intense Blue,regular cab.
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