My 89 Sport has a factory tube extending up to the bottom of the box.
Brian Cleary
bcleary@interlog.com
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> Hey folks,
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> Here is a hard lesson my friends and I learned too late.
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> For those of you who use your truck to launch a boat, you should
seriously consider
> having a differential vent tube made up for the rear end. You see, there
is a small
> vent in the top of the pumpkin, and for some reason, the Dodge boys opted
not to
> put an extension on it as most other manufacturers do.
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> The lack of this extension cost a friend of mine a little over a grand
last year
> to replace the rear in his 90 RamCharger.
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> You see, if the pumpkin submerges, the little vent will allow water in
thereby fouling
> the lube, ruining the clutches ect. ect.
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> The fix is simple, we just installed a nipple and 4 feet of 3/8th fuel
line routed
> towards the cab and attached to the bed.
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> My Nissan had a factory installed vent with a 1 way valve on the end of
the tubing,
> so these valves may be available somewhere.
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> My babbling 2 cents.
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> Scott Lemser
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