Sam,
Sounds like fun! with your 5K budget I think you could put the 9.25 diff
with the one piece aluminum shaft from the R/T in too! That might fix the
"premature" diff failures. Im not sure which bearings your talking about
but my 65 cudas seem to need new axle bearings every 85-95K miles. Old
Chrysler tradition on the smaller diffs I guess. Hell, for less than a K
you could have ProGear (in S.D.) put in a custom 83/4 sure grip diff, that
way parts are as cheap as they come!
Bruces estimates:
Engine rebuild (no head work other than refresh+ minor porting/cleanup):
2100.00
Trans rebuild (no major parts, just bearings seals and synchros): 1500.00
new diff and driveshaft(8 3/4): 1200.00
(not responsible for inaccurate estimates:?)
If you need any help yankin out the old iron or etc, give me a holler.
on another note, I got the headers, chip, fresh air etc. on the R/T finally,
and am thinking about hitting the track for a couple runs on Saturday to see
how fast I spent. Maybe those 15.1s are around the corner for me?
Bruce K Bridges
-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Parthemer [mailto:srp@home.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 1998 5:39 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Re: mindless
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 1998 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: mindless
>On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Chris lang wrote:
>
>> Why dosent someone come up with a formal type complaint and we can all
send
>> it to them with our names at the bottom. That should do somthing about
>> those idiots....
>>
>> Chris Lang
>
> Morbad was unsubscribed yesterday and a filter was set up to prevent
>mail from his address from reaching the DML. This is not nescessarily
>the end of this, but hopefully he can take a hint and will go away. If
>not, there are additional measures that can be taken.
>
>
> -Jon-
>
> .--- stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu ----------------------------------------.
> | Jon Steiger * AOPA, DoD, EAA, MP Race Team, NMA, SPA, USUA * RP-SEL |
> | '96 Dodge Dakota v8 SLT CC (14.85@90.72), '96 Kolb FireFly 447 |
> `--------------------------- http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/~stei0302/ ---'
>
Anyone need any nuke programs? (He he)...
Update on the old '95 SLT....
93500 miles.... Strange whining noise coming from rear end again...
@66500 miles I lost the rear main bearings.... Seems pretty poor
quality if they have bit the dust again 27000 miles later!!!
I've already started doing inventory on my truck.... at around 100,000 I
plan
on doing a make over....
(Rebuild the engine- fixing minor oil leaks, check all topend, etc-- , put
on new water pump, replace all hoses,
rebuild the transmission (for piece or peace? of mind), and install
centerforce II
clutch-- Noting additional work to be done on the rear diff...)
What's a realistic $$ figure for the above items??? (I'm planning on a
$5000~ investment...)
Sam '95 SLT
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