Oops, forgot to mention, that was with maybe 70K miles on the truck at most,
I bought it with 53K on the truck in '99.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Allgood" <kenallgood@cox.net>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: DML: What's up?
> That ain't nothing.. December of 2000, exactly 1 year after I bought my
> '97 dakota (bought it used in dec '99), my waterpump rusted out.. find
out,
> it's the coolant which is totally rusty, which rusted out ALL of my freeze
> plugs!! Total Cost?? $1700... only freaking thing covered under
> warrenty was waterpump, and I still had to pay $50 deduct on that... I
> had about 5 pages of stuff done and didn't have a truck for more than a
> week. Hell, I'm glad I stopped the truck when I did, or I could have
warped
> the heads and.. well, I'd probably be running a 360 now.. Oh, and
supposedly
> the coolant was checked not 6 months before that when I had a lube done..
> was probably done 3 months before that when the oil change was done again,
> but dunno for sure... and well, coolant just doesn't rust that fast!!!
> It wasn't just barely rusted, the coolant was now a deep orange, no
> green/yellow tint whatsoever. Dealership claims it was a weak mix of
> coolant.. Ok, so.. .was it a weak mix when I bought it from them a year
> before??????????? GRRRRRR
>
> '97 Dakota SLT CC 5.2L
>
> > Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 08:45:14 -0500
> > From: "HOP" <hopsdak@hotmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: DML: What's up?
> >
> > Well, My service manager says that my Dakota Is worth more than your
> Dakota!
> > So far this past Thursday and Friday they have replaced one freezeplug
> (Cost
> > $240). Two seals on the transfercase (Cost $340). Monday they replaced
the
> > water pump (cost $550). And today they start in on the steering box and
> > balljoints. I'll fill ya in on how much that runs me. They quoted $940
> just
> > for the box and labor not to include the ball joints or tierod ends.
> > - -Hop-
> > Pissed off in
> > Houston,TeXas
> > cuz he could have had a lift!
> > Metallic Red 97 SLT CC 4x4 5.2Mag 3.55 LSD
> > 113,000 miles
> >
>
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