At least the mirrors didn't shatter, that would of been 7 years bad luck
Jim Knox, 91 Dak
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terrible Tom" <SilverEightynine@aol.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Help! Advice [Chris Martin]
>
> clmartin@ppcusd8.org wrote:
>> DML List,
>>
>> Every vehicle I've ever owned has had its share of quirky little
>> idiosyncracies and "Achilles Heels." In comparing notes with other high
>> mile owners, it is amazing how systems fail at about the same # miles or
>> rate.
>>
>> What are your nagging experiences with these???
>
>
> LOL - I think I am exempt from answering this question. However I did
> have both my 1989 Daks, who were made very close to eachother at the
> same plant, drop their rear view mirrors off the glass within the same
> week of eachother. It was wild. I got into one truck, - no rear view
> mirror... its on the floor. I got into the other truck later in the
> week, same thing. The mirror is on the floor. One truck in Chicago its
> whole life, my grandfathers. And the other Christine, from Columbia,
> CT, a snow plow truck that I brought back to Chicago. These are two
> trucks that spent all their lives, hundrids of miles apart, with fairly
> similar climates. I'm think the north east winters are statistically a
> bit more harsh however.
>
> After 2001, the trucks were both in my operation, so they didn't stay
> stock for very long. And I didn't put the bulk of the miles on either
> of these trucks. So I can't tell you when the stock ball joints went :)
>
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