Sean, It is very reassuring to hear about your Dakota.It's good to see that
some occasional rpm's aren't detrimental to the long-term reliability of the
motor.I guess the low-rpm and other rituals/habits I keep are not quite as
necessary as I thought.I'm glad to hear about your excellent experience with
your Dakota,and I'm glad to see you bought another one.I hope that you get
250,000 out of this one too.Thanks again for your input and mind-easing
comments,TTYL,
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: "Sevrence, Sean (S.J.)" <ssevrenc@visteon.com>
Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
To: "'dakota-truck@buffnet.net'" <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Subject: DML: RE: I think I'm making myself misunderstood here......
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 11:51:02 -0500
Hey Will!
When I bought my '92, it had 183 miles on her (due to a dealer exchange). I
don't know how it was driven between the dealers, but it's mostly highway
miles and it does not have cruise control. I have driven the hell out of it
every day, after the first 5,000mi (didn't want to hurt the new baby!). I
constantly take the RPM's into the torque (3,200-4,000) because I like to at
the very least stay with traffic (these MI drivers are not easy on the gas).
I drive 10mi of "city" (not truly all stop and go, only 6 traffic lights & 3
stop signs) and 40mi highway one way to work. I have only done one thing to
her and that's replace the trans at 86k. The mechanic could not tell me why
it failed, I simply could not put it into gear (5spd mind you). It is a rock
solid vehicle. I just replace the water pump after 9.5years and 250,000mi. I
have enjoyed her and trust her so much I bought another last October. Her
brother has the 4.7L (with plans of a water toy, thus the V8). Again I chose
the 5spd (I like to control the vehicle instead of coasting forever and
using the brakes) but I have not had the problems that others have had
shifting into 2nd. I am hoping to get as much service out of him as I did
her!
Just to back up what Aaron (A. S. [adakota4x4@hotmail.com]) said, enjoy it!
Drive it as required. It is a truck and can handle the "punishment" if you
decide to dish it out.
Sean
'92 RC Sport 3.9L 5spd - 250,000mi!
'01 CC SLT+ 4.7L 5spd 3.92 LSD Mobil-1!
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