Re: Dak Buyers Guide?

From: andy levy (andy-dml@levyclan.us)
Date: Mon Sep 19 2005 - 18:20:12 EDT


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On 9/19/2005 16:31, Pindell, Tim wrote:
| 2 weeks ago, my sister was transferred to Ft. Wainwright, AK. Now, her
| husband and I have been charged with the task of finding her a Dakota to
| replace her '87 Sundance Turbo. There is one Dodge dealer in Fairbanks
| that we can find on the intarwebnet, and it has 2 used Daks. She'll be
| checking those out this week. I know very little about the new stuff,
| and even less about 4x4s. Since I have been stuck in Gen2-land, I really
| don't know what I'm shopping for, so needless to say, I need a little
| quick help. Her price range is $15-18k and she's looking for something
| in the '02-'04 age range with 30-50k mules. She wants a V8, automatic
| trans, 4x4, four doors, and ABS with disks all around. We have about 4
| weeks to make the purchase before my brother-in-law follows her up
| there.

Well, aside from the transmission requirement, they could have bought mine.

If you want discs all the way around, you have to go 2002-2004.

| When was the 5-speed automatic transmission made available?

The 545RFE I think came out in 2001. It's physically the same as the
2000's 45RFE, they just tweaked the programming to "find" a second
overdrive.

| Considering that this truck will be going to Fairbanks, the cold weather
| package is going to be a "must-have" item. If it isn't present, is it
| difficult to install? I have a garage full of tools and I'm not afraid
| to use them.

I think the block heater is just a freeze plug replacement in the engine
block.

| Is there anything problematic that we should avoid or check?

Balljoints!

| She really wants it to be "hello kitty" pink. I told her I'd see what I
| could do.

Riiiiight. Closest you might get is that gold/beige/champagne color.

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