Hey y'all - this was posted on "alt.autos.dodge.trucks" - thought I'd repost
it for anyone that missed it, take it for what it's worth.......
'92 Dak CC 2wd 318 3.55
'84 GoldWing Interstate
-----Original Message-----
From: CLScott76 <clscott76@aol.com>
Newsgroups: alt.autos.dodge.trucks
Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 5:15 PM
Subject: Dakota V6 warning!! Is your truck near 50 K miles?
>Hey guys, sorry if the subject line sounds like spam. I just got my 94 V6
Dak
>Sport back from the shop, where it got the timing chain & sprockets
replaced.
>The problem was a rattle in the engine at idle. Turns out the chain was
worn,
>had too much slack, and was rubbing on the oil slinger.Wally the Mechanic
had
>shown it to a friend of his who was a Chrysler technician for years. He
said
>he couln't even count how many 3.9 V6's he had to do this job on right
around
>50,000 miles. (my Dak just hit 51,000) The O.E. chains just seem to have
a
>lifespan of 50K. Just a warning anyone with a 3.9L Dakota or Ram, in case
your
>motor starts to rattle around 50K...I wonder if the TDR replacement will
last
>longer?????
> Christopher Scott
>"You may be right, I may be crazy, but it just may be a lunatic you're
lookin'
>for. " -Billy Joel
>Christopher Scott
>Student in Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
>State University of New York at Buffalo
>1994 Dodge Dakota Sport V6, 5-Speed
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