Wow! That's unheard of for an automatic,and those in the early V6's seemed
especially prone to be junk. Probably had a piece of gum put in by a factory
worker holding something in just the right place! Anyway, good story. OK,
that's 397,000 miles- anybody else gonna fess up with higher than that?????
Will Coughlin willcoughlin@hotmail.com
'00 Reg. cab 2wd, 4.7L/NV3500HD/9.25" 3.92 sure-grip
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From: "Robert Meredith" <rmeredit@openbiz.biz>
Subject: DML: Re: High-mileage dakotas??
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 10:33:54 -0700
My Dad bought a 87 Dak w/ the 3.9L V6 (regular cab, long bed). He drove it
for a few years and then gave it to me when I turned 16. I drove it, gave
it to my brother, he gave it to my sister. We all did routine maintenance
(oil changes, brakes, etc.) on it. The only problem it had was a cracked
exhaust manifold @ 266k, we put edelbrock headers on it. With the original
tranny, engine, etc., it died 4 months ago with ***397k*** on it. Pretty
amazing for the first year Daks were made. It now rests in a 'grave yard'
in central Pennsylvania. Hell, it never had the diff fluids changed and
only had the tranny fluid changed 1 time (@ 24xk). It was an auto.
-robert
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