Still looking for advise!!!!!!!!!! No one replied accept one. and no it's
not piston slap.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce B" <bruce@coldmourning.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 10:50 AM
Subject: DML: Dakota Issues.
> Well with all this talk about Dakota being crap I decided to take on
members
> advise and go look at a Ford truck forum and see what they deal with.
>
> My findings are about the same. They have some issues too. But I have some
> questions and concerns I'd like to address.
>
> 1. I hear and see allot of talk about popping noise in front end over
small
> bump on sharp slow turns. Everyone has their own idea of what causes this.
I
> have heard it on my truck. I have heard many many trucks do this. Nissan,
> Toyota and so on. Do I need to worry about this.
>
> 2. TICK TICK TICK from lower end in the morning start up. IT goes away
"for
> the most part" when it gets warm. Is it rod knock?? anyone ells notice
this
> on cold starts?????
>
> 3. A/C.. I recently had to have a resistor replaced because A/C was
NON-OP.
> Yesterday I was driving in slow freeway traffic. I turned on the A/C.
After
> a while it got hot. I looked at the button and it was off!! Oh no!!! I
> turned it on and it came back on but then turned off again, then back on
all
> by itself. It went on and off like 5 times until I turned the fan speed up
> then it stayed on?? What's up with that!!!!
>
> 4. A chugging feeling when braking. I would swear it's the brake rotors
> accept a few detail. At high speed braking it seems fine, it's only when
you
> get down to a low speed. Also noted that if I put the truck in neutral the
> CHUG feeling goes away??? anyone ells notice this. What could it be, the
> transmission? the drive shaft??
>
> 5. Idle speed. I see on other forums for Dakota that people have this
> stalling/ low idle problem with the 4.7.. Some have claimed that a EPROM
> update form the dealer will fix it. Others claim it fixed it for a while
and
> then returned. Some even say they notice a loss in low end power after the
> update.. Anyone deal with this? I don't have stalling but the idle is low
at
> every stop unless the A/C is on. It always settles at 500 and that's just
a
> bit low. and I can feel it.
>
>
> I love this truck. I'm not a brand snob either. I think Ford makes some
fine
> cars and trucks. They also make shitty ones too. My mustang never gave me
a
> bit of problems. My Taurus gave me hell. I'm not going to bother talking
> about Chevy, I never really liked their trucks, the fit and finish on GM
has
> always pissed me off. :) and have you ever looked at the underneath of a
> 3500 Chevy and a 350 superduty Ford??? The ford looks all beefy and the
> Chevy looks like car suspension.
>
> But anyway. I'm just a bit nervous about this truck. I already know I have
> to replace rotors some day because of the crappy bakes on these things.
And
> the Engine is cool, but I wish they would have stayed with the 318 as we
all
> know those babies are bullet proof!!! I had a few of those, and try as I
> might I could never kill em. I had a station wagon I overheated on a daily
> basis. the engine was solid no matter what I did. I was a kid at the time
> and broke and my radiator had a hole in it. I would go from station to
> station and get more water.
>
> anyway all take all the advice and input I can get.
>
>
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