Dude if I had any idea that thing was going to let go the next day I never
would have sold it to you. But you were aware that it ground in fifth before
you bought it and I was as honest about the condition of the truck as
humanly possible.
Congrats on the house, cool you have a place to work on your Daks now!! Let
me know how the rearend swap goes, I know that you will have to grind down
the after market shock mounts I welded on and drill new holes in them, but
it should bolt up at the right angle. You should check that against the
stock rear angle and make sure the driveshaft isn't too long...I have heard
some say it has to be cut about an inch and others say it's good to go as
is. Anyway it should be able to handle the power with slicks without a
problem...just not sure about that trans...
Sam South
2003 Ram 1500 ST
4.7 5-Speed
(Still Dakless)
----- Original Message -----
From: "mike kulczycki" <dakota1994@hotmail.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: Re: Re: Ugh. I'm a tool.
>
> oh yea, i remember that one... my first day driving a manual trans... i
> think a few time i was trying to goto 3rd gear and accidently hit 5th
> gear... if i do that now, it does nothing, but it didn't like something
> back then... oh well. it broke the fork right in two and locked it into
> 5th gear all the time... that was a $950 fix... now that trans shop is
out
> of business. everything has been great since then...
>
>
>
> Mike K
> 94 SLT,CC,239,2wd,auto
> 95 Sport,RC,360,5-speed
> http://www.hornok.com/zig
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Sam South" <sawcut64@msn.com>
> >Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> >To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> >Subject: DML: Re: Re: Re: Ugh. I'm a tool.
> >Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 15:25:25 -0500
> >
> >
> >It only ground a little in fifth, and it never seemed to give me any
> >problem
> >or get any worse..so why not squeeze as much life out of the trans.
before
> >an expensive repair. Besides it still power shifted in the rest of the
> >gears
> >like the factory intended it too ;)
> >
> >Sam South
> >2003 Ram 1500 ST
> >4.7 5-Speed
> >(Still Dakless)
> > >
> > > Mine did the same thing in my old '95 dak from the time I bought it at
> > > 89,000 miles to the time I sold it at 126,000 miles. Unfortunately it
> > > finally let go the day after I sold it to a fellow DMLer (sorry again
> > > Mike!!) How exactly did it happen, I have always been curious how mine
> > > got
> > > damaged.
> > >
> >My question is why didn't you get it fixed? :)
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >-Droo
> > Email: 03dakotaCC4.7_4x4@comcast.net
> >http://www.granroyal.org/dakota
> >2003 Dakota Club Cab 4x4, V8 4.7L, Manual Transmission
> >Rhino Liner
> >Alpine CDA-9807 CD/MP3/WMA Player
> >Apline SPS-!70A 6 1/2" Speakers
> >Alpine XM Tuner (soon to be installed)
> >Sony P5 8" Subwoofer (soon to be installed)
> >Q-custom Enclosure (soon to be installed)
> >Business Consoile
>
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