> sorry I don't know if you got all the message but it was from the J C
Whitney truck catalog
they're not too big on Dodges yet but there is some stuff.
Tim Roller
>t&j<starwolf@bewellnet.com
>oct.13
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> From: T & J <jan@bewellnet.com>
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: RE: "Breaking in" a factory engine
> Date: Monday, October 13, 1997 3:07 PM
>
> 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?
>
>
> ----------
> > 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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