I got the driveshaft, had to put it off a day because of
work....anyway, I got down in there this morning a realized I didn't
have the correct bolts to connect the drive shaft to the transfer case
(I'm fine on the differential side). Does anybody happen to know off
the top of their heads what size bolt I need?
Thanks,
Dustin
On Feb 11, 2008 8:13 PM, Dustin Williams <dustinewilliams@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Actually the first one was incompetently rebuilt by some lame ass shop
> in Kelso, WA before I bought the truck, the second one was from a junk
> yard in Wisconsin and was already shot when I got it, but since I
> bought it used (not rebuilt) it was a really good deal and I was
> broke. The current one was rebuilt and came with a 1 year warranty and
> came out of Northern California (i.e. Southern Jefferson).
>
> Of course the shop in Kelso and the junk yard in Wisconsin must have
> been Red sympathizers...
>
> I really need to stop watching Dr. Strangelove....anyway, back to
> reality....the other half of the story is the front drive shaft. The
> original was lost by the same incompetent shop in Kelso so when I got
> the truck my dad hunted down a drive shaft out of Mt. Shasta, CA. I
> tightened the bolts a tad too tight on the mounting clip on the
> transfer case side of it and when removing the transfer case after it
> blew up on me in Nebraska I rounded off the heads of the bolts and
> couldn't get them off for the life of me, so I disassembled the
> transfer case so I could remove the drive shaft while still attached,
> then left the country for two months. Returned and moved back across
> the country. Didn't have time to try again to get that damn drive
> shaft off so I left it behind in that hell known as Michigan (no
> offense to anyone from there). Winter rolled around and I realized
> that it would be handy to have 4x4 capabilities for the snowboarding
> season and any trips across the mountains so I ordered a drive shaft
> from a junk yard on line, they sent me a rear drive shaft. They gave
> me the run around for a month, finally I got instructions for the
> return, but they never sent the right part and continued to give me
> the run around until they finally stopped answering my calls and of
> course never once returned one, finally I gave up, decided to cut my
> losses, and filed a complaint with the BBB. After calling every junk
> yard around I finally found one today and picked it up (also took the
> power mirror knob off the junk yard truck, something that's been
> missing as long as I've had the truck), it was a very sad sight
> though, a blue 1994 Dakota SLT CC 4x4 V8 and completely
> gutted....Tomorrow morning before work I'm going to put it in and I
> will once again have more options than just 2 high and 2 low. The
> hellish saga will finally be over.
>
> On Feb 11, 2008 7:49 PM, Bernd D. Ratsch <bernd@dodgetrucks.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hehehehe..... "Made in China" ;)
> >
> > - Bernd
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dustin Williams [mailto:dustinewilliams@gmail.com]
> >
> > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 8:48 PM
> > To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> > Subject: Re: DML: RE: Red fuel
> >
> >
> > Well in the less than two years I've had my Dakota I have had two
> > transfer cases that subverted trips of mine... Sounds suspicious to
> > me...
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2/11/08, Bernd D. Ratsch <bernd@dodgetrucks.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > So your transmission and power steering is Communist/Chinese? ;)
> > >
> > > - Bernd
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dustin Williams [mailto:dustinewilliams@gmail.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 3:01 PM
> > > To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> > > Subject: Re: DML: RE: Red fuel
> > >
> > >
> > > On Feb 11, 2008 11:34 AM, Bernd D. Ratsch <bernd@dodgetrucks.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > That's correct. Plus, if you show them that you're mixing diesel with
> > > > ATF...not a whole lot they can do since ATF is RED. ;)
> > > >
> > >
> > > Red fuel, sounds like a Communist subversion plotted by the Chinese to me.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
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