A squeeze bottle or syringe filled with light starter fluid is the usual service procedure .
Jim : 91 Dak 318 premag
> Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:50:10 -0500
> From: richardfiser@mchsi.com
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: DML: Re: DML Digest V5 #4383
>
>
> OMG. I need to see if my '98 is set up like that. I have never checked
> the starter fluid. Do I just buy the fluid in the spray can?
>
> JK :)
>
> On 7/16/2011 11:00 PM, DML Digest wrote:
> > DML Digest Sunday, July 17 2011 Volume 05 : Number 4383
> >
> >
>
> Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:53:47 +0000 (UTC)
> From: jon@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Little tube thingy on the end of the starter: what is
>
> knox.james@sympatico.ca wrote:
>
>
>
> > The baffles are for the turbo sound of a Chrysler starter as opposed
> > to the noise a GM or Ford starter makes :-)
> Aha! So its actually a little muffler then... :-) (But does it need
> bearings?) ;-) Or maybe its there to make it easier to drain and then
> refill your starter fluid. I've never actually tried putting starter
> fluid in a starter, but it sounds like that idea may have some
> potential as a good way to kick off a DML BBQ bonfire... :-)
>
>
> - --
> -Jon-
>
>
> >
> > Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 15:13:57 -0400
> > From: Tom Coulter<metalshop@optonline.net>
> > Subject: DML: Little tube thingy on the end of the starter: what is (was) it?
> >
> > '97 Dakota Sport
> > 2WD / 3.9L V6
> >
> >
> > Having just replaced the front brake lines (no, they're no longer available
> > at the dealer and yes, I did have to painstakingly fashion them to resemble
> > the originals, and no, the section leading to the front-right will not and
> > did not remove in one piece (therefore I had to splice), I spent several
> > hours under my Dakota looking UP. One thing that caught my eye was a little
> > piece of plastic tube ~5/16" dia. and ~3/4" long hanging off the end of the
> > starter. It is next to one of the 2 studs that hold the starter together
> > and would be on the end toward the FRONT of the vehicle.
> >
> > At first I thought it was some kind of "breather" tube, but - after I
> > accidentally knocked it off w/ a stray knuckle (uggghh) - I noticed some
> > strange "baffles" inside it.
> >
> > Does anyone know what this little tube is (errr "was")??
> >
> > Tommy
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> > .- Jon Steiger -- jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@jonsteiger.com -.
> > | '96 Kolb Firefly, '96 Suzuki Intruder, Miscellaneous Mopars |
> > `-------------------------------- http://www.jonsteiger.com --'
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> > End of DML Digest V5 #4383
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