hehe, well, I got ya beat so far.. I put the truck in a ditch in January. That ran me about $700 (replace entire front bumper, radiator, fan shroud, support for AC condensor, AC condensor which didn't fit and ended up not needing). While I was at it, decided if I was going to spend that much on the Dakota, I might as well put on some performance parts. So then I bought Mopar Chrome valve covers (hey, at least 30 hp there!!!), 1.7 Crower Rockers and headers (still waiting to install). That was about $1000 there. Plus guesstimate $300 for the header install, that's $2000 total in the last 3 months. Now my belly pan gasket? Ok, $400 for the intake, plus couple hundred for the labor (I'm just guessing here), getting pretty close to $3k here.. eeek!! And with my luck, at the end, I'll still be running 15.8 :P
Ken Allgood
97 CC SLT 5.2L
>
> From: "Josh Battles" <jbattles@bankfinancial.com>
> Date: 2003/04/17 Thu PM 12:24:31 EDT
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> Subject: Re: Re: DML: Re: missing oil?? maybe belly pan
>
>
> Don't feel bad Ken, this spring has been pretty pricey for me too. The Dak
> got a bunch of attention. Lowered, new tires, new fiel cap (old one was
> leaking, setting mil codes), plugs/wires/cap/rotor, trans service, diff
> service, oil changes, lightbulbs... well, you get the idea. It's been
> almost $1000 so far, and I'm still working on my stereo revamp and window
> tint... Probably another $1000 if nothing new "pops" up.
>
> --
> - Josh
> Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
>
>
> <kenallgood@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:20030417161205.XBUZ8337.lakemtao01.cox.net@smtp.east.cox.net...
> >
> > Mike,
> >
> > Let me know if that fixes your problem or not (if it looks like it was
> the belly pan gasket). Like I said, my symptoms are simliar to yours, and
> I'm probably losing more oil than you are. Intake looks fairly clean, so
> don't know where I'm losing mine either. Don't think I'm adventerous enough
> to do the belly pan gasket myself, but if it's got to be done, I may have to
> bite the bullet to add on an M1 intake. Still gotta pay $250-$300 to get my
> headers intalled :( Man oh man this is getting to be an expensive spring!!!
> >
> > Ken Allgood
> > 97 CC SLT 5.2L
> >
> > >
> > > From: "mike kulczycki" <dakota1994@hotmail.com>
> > > Date: 2003/04/17 Thu AM 11:36:06 EDT
> > > To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> > > Subject: Re: DML: Re: missing oil?? maybe belly pan
> > >
> > >
> > > i'm planning on doing it on saturday. this is my regular driver, so i
> need
> > > it fixed right away. that better be the only problem...
> > >
> > > Mike K
> > > 94 SLT,CC,239,2wd,auto
> > > 95 Sport,RC,360,5-speed
> > > http://www.hornok.com/zig
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: Bob Tom <tigers@bserv.com>
> > > >Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> > > >To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> > > >Subject: Re: DML: Re: missing oil?? maybe belly pan
> > > >Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:10:52 -0400
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Hi Mike,
> > > >
> > > >At 10:50 AM 4/16/03 -0400, you wrote:
> > > >>thanks for the info. so did you end up having to replace the gasket??
> > > >>Mike K
> > > >
> > > >No. I had the oil loss symptoms near the end of a racing season. I
> did
> > > >the test for a leaked gasket but did not come up with anything. I also
> > > >did a compression test and that came up negative as well. The only
> > > >time that I knew that oil was coming out of the exhaust was at start-up
> > > >on my driveway and when the sun was low enough behind the rear.
> > > >Even then, the exhaust was such a faint "blue" that I wasn't really
> sure.
> > > >After about 2-3 weeks, I did not get anymore oil loss.
> > > >
> > > >I had planned to put the M1 on over the winter. It was only when we
> did
> > > >the install that we discovered that the gasket had gone "wavy" in a few
> > > >locations
> > > >and had resealed itself. HTH.
> > > >
> > > >Bob
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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