Either that or we are way pickier !
At 01:17 PM 7/9/1998 -0700, you wrote:
>Jack,
>Hmmmmm,
>Water in the stereo sounds kind of ugly as it is the second most important
>piece of equipt in my truck... Ill keep a look out for wet CDs. I had to
>go back twice for the alignment and wheel balance but the second time was
>the charm! tracks straight and no more vibration. My bed was scratched by
>my tonneau (I dont have a hard bed liner). And the popping noise is
>definitley a reality. They should be seeing more and more.... Not too bad
>considering, but still, it seems like the dealer should have found
>everything but the wet stero and popping before they let the trucks go. I
>gues us R/T owners were in a big huury???
>You Betcha, All the time...
>BKB
>At 03:43 PM 7/9/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>>Well , I just got off the phone with my good buddy Doug at the Dodge
>>dealership where my truck is being serviced .
>>
>>Replaced the stereo because it was somehow getting condensation from the
>>vents that run over it inside of it . I took a CD out of it the other day
>>and it was wet .
>>
>>Had em check the pass.side window motor cuz they didn't go up and down at
>>EXACTLY the same time (yes , I was being picky , but I just sentenced
>>myself to a 5 year sentence of poverty for this thing) . They replaced that
>>too .
>>
>>Had the a/c checked , they said it was cooling to 38 degrees , I guess it's
>>just the black color .
>>
>>Had the alignment corrected . After chatting with a few other R/T owners ,
>>I have seen a pattern emerging that many of them are delivered to the
>>dealer way out of alignment .
>>
>>I told my man Doug about all the little scuffs from that crappy factory
>>bedliner (for sale :) ) and he is gonna have those taken care of this
>>monday .
>>
>>And finally the TSB for the popping noise .
>>
>>Yes , it does address the rear cab bushings , but since he said this is
>>only the second such instance their dealer has seen , he didn't have them
>>in stock . He ordered them and assured me that he would have those by
>>Monday as well . I told him to go ahead and keep the truck and fix it all
>>since I had this fine engineering marvel known to the rest of the world as
>>a Ford Ranger , but known only to me as "Piece o'Shit" .
>>
>>I think I shall take great joy in taking P.O.S offroading and mud bogging
>>this weekend (remember , it's a 2WD 4-cylinder extended cab) . Maybe if I'm
>>lucky , a shivvy will take a big dump on it .
>>
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