Sounds like Chrysler needs to go back to the drawing board and design a
"good" US built manual transmission, or revisit some of the ones used back
in the 60's when they were coupled up with the 383's and 440's. I don't
remember the source, but did read somewhere that the transmissions were
being made in Japan (at least back around '96 they were). I currently have
just shy of 39K on my DAK, and am working on my second trany; rapidly
approaching a third one. The first one ran 16-17K, the second has around
10K and is showing emminent failure simptoms for the near future. I don't
know where the problem lies, but there is one, at least for some of us.
Rich - Ashburn, VA
-----Original Message-----
From: GSWillhite [mailto:GSWillhite@ualr.edu]
Sent: Monday, October 19, 1998 3:12 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: Re: Re: Gear Jammers
> I did talk to a friend at Chrysler corp. about
> putting a 5-speed in the R/T. He said it wouldn't hold up. That has been
my
> experience. Glen.
>
Which brings up a logical question:
If Chrystler's manual transmission won't hold up, why give it a higher
hauling weight than the automatic ?
>From my experience the manual transmission in general has always
outlasted the automatics I've owned......period.
No friendly opinon here, just fact.
GS -
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