RE: Throttle Body help

From: Tim Althoff (talthoff@yllwdkta.com)
Date: Thu Oct 17 2002 - 08:52:02 EDT


half of $0.50??? hmmmm

Tim Althoff
www.yllwdkta.com

-----Original Message-----
From: scsilverdak
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Sent: 10/17/02 8:07 AM
Subject: DML: Re: RE: Throttle Body help

Fel-pro makes a gasket, it's available thru any Auto
Zone..............and it's a high quality piece and costs half what a
dealer
wants for a factory gasket.

Ron- '01 Dakota Sport 3.9 Supercharged
website: www.scsilverdak.com
e-mail: scsilverdak@hotmail.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Althoff" <talthoff@yllwdkta.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 11:11 PM
Subject: DML: RE: Throttle Body help

>
> not sure if felpro makes a gasket for the TB to intake manifold. it's
> really not a location that you need that much of a high performance
gasket.
> I have just been reusing the stock gasket. This winter i am going to
get
a
> new one when i continue my mods.
>
> don't know of a TB cable from the aftermarket...go to the dealer and
ask
for
> a V8 cable.
>
> when you go to install it, have everything ready and then first try
and
> disconnect the cable from the pedal and get it through the firewall
(very
> hard!) you need to squeze two wing thingys in and have another person
pull
> on the cable from the engine bay...you can try and push it through
while
> squezing it but it can be difficult. also, a nice tool is a small to
medium
> sized bent neddle noise plyers...i bought a set of craftsmen small
bent
> noise plyers and bent them trying to do this...
>
> Hope this helps...let me know if you have any more questions
>
> Tim Althoff
> www.yllwdkta.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Reck
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> Sent: 10/16/02 7:56 PM
> Subject: DML: Throttle Body help
>
>
> I am in the process of converting my Throttle Body to the V8 one and
> need to
> know the FelPro part number for the gasket. Pep Boys didn't have it
in
> their computer when they looked up my vehicle.
>
> Also, do I have to get the V8 TB Cable from the dealer or is there an
> aftermarket part I can get?
>
> --
> Thanks!
>
> Chris Reck
> Chicagoland, IL
>
> '99 Dakota Sport + CC 4x4 V6 (Deep Amethyst)
> Custom K&N 6x9 air intake, Rancho RSX shocks, Pioneer full audio
system.
> To come... BF Goodrich 32x11.5r15 T/A KO tires, V8 Throttle Body
> conversion
>



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