Welcome to our nightmare !
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At 01:59 PM 10/8/1998 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi, folks! I'm a new Dakota owner and list member as of this week. I just
>bought a grey '92 Dakota Club Cab Sport 4x4, V-6, pretty basic trim plus
>factory (crappy) AM/FM/Cass and A/C, plus an aftermarket chrome lightbar.
>The truck has 60k miles and was purchased from the original owner. I looked
>at Ford Rangers and Toyota Pickups against the Dakota, and have owned an '88
>Chev K2500 4x2 and '75 Chev Blazer 4x4 most recently. The Dakota won out
>over the Toyota in the end because of a better engine (HP and mpg both
>better), and larger bed, which I'll use to tote around motorcycles and my
>two labrador retrievers who can't ever seem to swim enough.
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>So far I'm in love with this truck. I've got the fuel sender problem which
>looks to be common to this truck after a quick poke through the archives,
>plus a small engine oil leak that drops about 2 or 3 drops onto my garage
>floor a night. Everything else looks good, though I'll have to upgrade to
>the new A/C coolant at some point, upgrade the stereo and remove the chrome
>light bar and add a canopy. My first tank of gas got me over 17 mpg, great
>since my commute is 27 mi each way, half freeway, half surface streets.
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>I'll poke around through the archives a bit more, but is there a common set
>of low-buck performance upgrades that help the Magnum V-6 breathe a bit
>easier (like a K&N filter and larger diameter exhaust, perhaps)? I'm
>looking to keep/increase fuel mileage and power and hear a bit more rumble,
>(probably in that order).
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>Pat Loughery, loughery@msn.com, North Bend, WA
>'92 Dakota ClubCab Sport 4x4 V-6
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Jack Hilton
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