That there, is a darn good story!!!!
But at least your Dak broke only once, mine broke 3 times!!! hahaha
The Adam Blaster
Two words, figure it out.....
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>
>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!.
>
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>Dakota Dodge
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