Nice job. You get extra points for degree-of-difficulty without a garage
or pavement.
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>From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
>[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Don Rey
>Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 8:29 AM
>To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net; Multiple recipients of MoPar
>Subject: DML: Re: Dakota Convertible Swap Update
>
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>So my swap is complete! (This is my last cross-post I
>promise!) It took longer than planned (as big projects tend to
>do) but I was actually done Friday. I queued up more than just
>a weekend full of other work while getting the swap done!
>
>The truck drives like a dream! For the first time ever, it
>accelerated up the hill at the 384 ramp off 84! :) Yes Tom, I
>even stalled it once. I must have been thinking about how you
>pointed out one of my rookie mistakes!
>
>More pictures up at www.pbase.com/radon220/gina_swap
>
>So what took me so long? For one thing, since I didn't want to
>tackle swapping axles yet, I needed a conversion u-joint to go
>7260 to 7290.
>Ordered it from Mancini... fast shipping... probably should
>have just swapped axles though! Secondly, I hadn't anticipated
>taking the donor 22gal fuel tank until a later date - until I
>realized the fuel pumps for magnum engines are in the tank! So
>I took the fuel lines too.
>Also, in reassembling, I broke a rusty old brake line. Well,
>Pep Boys screwed up and gave me a 3/16" brake tubing with
>METRIC threads (and no tag on the tube - I assumed it was
>right, this was their last straw). The location of the tee I
>had to thread it into gave me no finger room to get it
>finger-tight... so I threaded it in with a small adjustable
>wrench (my wrench set was out of reach). That gave me just
>enough leverage to strip the tee without knowing it. So I had
>to replace the tee... and the two other brake lines attached to it.
>
>Overall, a pretty straightforward swap with a few foreseeable
>snags and a few I didn't foresee. Just a lot of details, and a
>lot of hard-working hours. I'm exhausted! It was entirely worth it!
>
>What do you think? Anyone else thinking about or finished a
>swap like this?
>
>Don
>89 Dakota Convertible 5.2 5spd 4x4
>74 Dart Sport 340
>CT
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