WOW! - Sorry to hear all that, man. What a lousy ordeal that sounds
like. Bent drive shaft eh? You suppose that was the noise you heard on
the trails (before you climbed the waterfall)? I think we would have
known had you whacked the underside of the Dak on the waterfall. As far
as I remember, I don't think you were sliding and bouncing around that
much??
I hope you were able to reclaim the cost of that broken transfercase
that Fed Ex fouled up? You should not have to eat the cost for that one
at all. I would (if you have not already) file some claim with Fed Ex
and call for the drivers head on a platter.
Heh - with all that said and done from the BBQ this year - should I
expect to see you at Daktoberfest this fall? heheh
Glad you and the Dak are finally reunited at home Dakota... I was
wondering where you were!
Dakota Dodge wrote:
>
> Well, Im home in Maine once again. A quick overview of the last two weeks
> since the 2002 DML BBQ:
> 1) Adam Blaster and I climbed the waterfall.
> 2) July 7th. I exploded my transfer case on the I-90 East highway just
> outside of Rochester, NY.
> 3)I had it towed to a Dodge Dealerhship (Dorschel Dodge, Honeoye Falls, NY)
> and stayed the night at Neil's house. The next morning the delarship
> disagnosed the problem as being a blown-up transfer case. (Suppose the hole
> in the side was a clue??) I had them hold my truck until I figured out what
> to do.
> 4) July 8th. Rented a car to get back to home in Maine as they didnt have a
> new transfer case sitting around (to the tune of $1500.00 + $300.00 labor)
> and didnt know when they could get one.
> 5) July 9th. Found a used transfer case (40,000 miles on it, $550.00 and had
> it shipped to the delarship.
> 6) July 12th. Day of part arrival: Fed-Ex ground shipped the part, back to
> the parts place here in Maine. Not only did the part arrive atthe same
> location, the cracked the case by dropping off the truck. (What good is
> that?..I already had one of those!)
> 7) July 13th. Located a second tranfer case in Utica, New York. (1,000
> miles, out of a 2000 DAK...$756.00)
> 8) July 15th. Had it shipped to Dorschel Dodge to arrive on July 19, so that
> I could drive out and put the new t-case in with the help on Neil as his
> house.
> 9) July 19th. No part at the delarship, the Dodge Delarship anyways. Itw
> as dropped off to the Ford Delarship across the street. Dodge, Ford...same
> thing right? To add to it, the parts dept. is closed for the weekend and
> wont be open until 7am Monday. This delays me another day. But whats one
> day when two weeks have gone by?
> 10) July 21th. Leave for Rochester, NY (Neils house) in a rented car once
> again. Arrive there at 3pm. We unload, hooked up the trailer to his DAK,
> and go pick up my DAK. Take out old t-case and get ready for the new one.
> 11) July 22nd. Get the new t-case. Install it..find out the cause was a
> bent front driveshaft. Disconnect the front driveshaft and drive home!.
>
>
> -------------
> Dakota Dodge
> http://Dakota.4mg.com
>
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Granpa - (Silver89)
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