Tom, welcome...
Sounds like the cat may be the cause of problems 2 and 3. Bumper? I
dunno...
Rascal
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net] On Behalf Of Thomas C Perso
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 8:29 PM
To: Dakota Truck Mailing List
Subject: DML: Greetings
Hello,
A new member here, I have a 2000 Dodge Dakota (duh... LOL) 4x4 Club Cab.
4.7L V-8, 5-speed, 3.92's with limited slip, 31x11.50 Mickey Thompson
Baja
MTX's, etc, etc.
You can get the skinny on it here:
http://www.qtm.net/~persoj/dakota.htm
For some small stereo info,
http://www.qtm.net/~persoj/dak_stereo.htm
Also, if you notice, I'm a VW guy, so if that's your bag, check it out,
if
not - thats cool too... :)
Here are a couple problems that I have, I have done some searches, but
nothing definite.
1) Rusting front bumper. Really disgusted with it, dealer won't touch
it...
I'm looking for someone to run into me (lightly), or I will sandblast it
and
paint it myself.
2) This sucker STINKS. Rotten eggs, again - dealer won't do anything.
I've
even gone as far as pulling into the service bay and rapping the gas a
few
times. It's so awful, I figured I could get something done about it.
Nope,
still just shrugs of shoulders and "I dunno".
3) Funny exhaust note. The truck has always "rapped" or snarled very
badly
at ~3000 RPM, it's worse when the motor (and exhaust system is cold). I
thought it was a blown out muffler, so I replaced the stock system with
a
Gibson cat back system and it's worse. Must be a cat converter or
something?
Well, thats enough for now, I'm looking forward to being on the list.
A happy Dakota owner,
Tom Perso
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