RE: New Dakota chick

From: Michael Guzinski (m.gski@CWIX.com)
Date: Thu Jan 14 1999 - 23:13:17 EST


Call Denver used pickup parts at 303-297-2272.....they may have one.

Michael Guzinski
1999 Club Cab SLT
318 Auto 4X4
Metallic Red
Colorado USA
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Scofield,
Erin
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 1999 3:30 PM
To: 'dakota-truck@buffnet.net'
Subject: DML: New Dakota chick

Hi, All. I'm the (extremely) proud new owner of a 1993 Dodge Dakota 2x4,
42K miles, 318 Magnum, 518 tranny, 3.54 rear axle ratio. It's my first
"real" truck (I had cars all my life and then a GMC Sonoma for 6 months
before I just had to get something that could WORK... please don't shoot me,
I didn't know any better). And I have to say I'll probably never buy
anything but a Dodge and the Dakota is my #1 choice. As I learn more and
more about the Dodge engineering and the Dakota in particular, other
manufacturers' products pale drastically in comparison. I'm really glad my
friend talked me into buying a Dakota.

So, here I am with this truck and I need some help. The owner's manual is
missing from the truck and I want to know what my towing capacity is. I
don't see a sticker in the door frame and it isn't on the factory sticker
under the hood. Does somebody have the tow rating?

Also, I'd like to raise the truck 2". When I bought it, it had brand new P
tires on it (some really cheap brand, of course). Ugh! So, I promptly
replaced those with a nice set of 30/950/15 BF Goodrich Radial All-Terrain
T/A. It looks better... and handles like a completely different truck. I
still want to pick it up a bit. I'd like to know if anyone has experience
with doing this and whether there are any serious mods necessary to the
brake lines, etc.

I'd appreciate the help!

Erin Scofield, Dakota Chickie Supreme



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