Re: RE: "Breaking in" a factory engine

From: T & J (jan@bewellnet.com)
Date: Mon Oct 13 1997 - 17:07:38 EDT


heads-chrome,gold plated, and both versions where the eyes light up. check
it out- where do you think the dealers get all their accessories from- they
most certainly don't dream up all the aftermarket ideas themselves?

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> From: Bruce Aaron Hefner <gt9742a@prism.gatech.edu>
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: RE: "Breaking in" a factory engine
> Date: Monday, October 13, 1997 12:33 PM
>
> Know that feeling, been trying for 2 years to find a Ram's head to put
> back on the '86, been calling every junkyard in our area on a pretty
> regular basis, none of them have Dodges, and the one or two times I've
> found one with a Dodge, the Ram was already gone. BTW, does anyone know
> where I can find one, I just really don't want to pay the $60 Dodge wants
> for one.
>
> Bruce
>
> >
> > I look at it this way, Go to a junk yard and try to find parts for a
dakota.
> > Good luck. I had looked for a few pieces and couldn't find one junked
dakota.
> > Ended up buying new parts.
> >
> > Walter_Felix@MSN.COM
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/9219
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net On Behalf Of Bruce Aaron
Hefner
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 1997 1:06 PM
> > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > Subject: Re: DML: RE: "Breaking in" a factory engine
> >
> > >
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> > > One other note was i did find and talk with the original owner of my
'92 =
> > > Dak. According to his records, and the ones he left in the glove
box, =
> > > he bought the truck new with about 4/10 ths of a mile on it. Drove
to =
> > > California for an on-the-jobsite inspection with another one in
Salem, =
> > > Oregon later that week. Five days after getting to CA, he had it =
> > > serviced at a local Dodge Dealer since he ran up over 3000mi on it =
> > > getting to CA then proceeded to drive to Salem for another
inspection. =
> > > He was a project foreman and once got to CA, state hopped all over
until =
> > > he came back to NC where he traded it in and I wound up with it.
Having =
> > > had 45K on it when I got it, and learning of the owner's trek across
the =
> > > country, I figured the engine would be ok and due for a rebuild
sometime =
> > > around 70K-75K. Well. I rolled 91K this week and no smoke on
startup, =
> > > run, or drive. Compression test has yet to be done but there is no =
> > > blow-by. She feels strong and I won't trade her in for nothin'. I =
> > > think that says a lot about Dodge quality.
> > >
> > > My two bits worth.
> > >
> > >
> > > Smitty Nash
> > > '92 Dak 3.9L Magnum
> > > 91K+
> > Hey Smitty,
> > I have to agree with you there about Dodge quality, as my cousin
> > said (Who has a '93 Dakk with 233,000 miles on it, and still drives it
> > every day, and hasn't had to replace anything on it) about the only way
> > to get rid of a Dodge truck is to wreck it, because they don't wear out
> > very easily.
> >
> > Later-
> > Bruce
> >
> >
> >
>



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