Good to hear that you made it home OK, Mike. If you need help rebuilding or
finding a new 231, let me know.
Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Maskalans" <dml@tepidcola.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 6:39 PM
Subject: DML: home safe and sound
>
> hey all,
>
> just a quick note (I'm not quite falling asleep as I type, but my mind
> isn't entirely here....) to say I made it - uneventfully, even!
>
> I also got the truck rolling under its own power again. even a half
> missing transfer case has neutral..... my mother and I hadn't quite
> figured out how to get the truck up the driveway into the garage (I got
> the UHaul stuck and had to drop the trailer when I tried to back the
> loaded trailer up the hill) when I went under to assess damage and
> disconnect the front driveshaft.
>
> the first thing I saw when I was actually under the truck was that the
> shift linkage was disconnected, and it somehow got knocked into neutral
> while it was at Dodge. I reconnected that and it'll go all over now.
>
> as for collateral damage - there are a couple dings and dents in the
> floorboard, the entire undercarriage is covered in Mobil synthetic ATF,
> and there are some small dings in the edge of the trans pan - no leak
> though, and my temp sensor is okay.
>
> I think there was something else that I was going to mention but I
> don't remember what.
>
> in other news, I'll never own a vehicle without cruise control or
> without a center armrest. and the 6-ish MPG I got proves that it
> really wanted to be a diesel too.
> --
> Michael Maskalans '98 Dakota SLT CC 4x4 318
> details here: <http://mike.tepidcola.com/dak/>
> mobile.612.618.4652 campus.585.274.2246 fax.954.697.0487
>
>
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