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Old Feb 25, 2011 | 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by buick
That x1,000,000.

I also hate that deer seem to be attracted to my truck.

Dakota: 3 Deer: ZERO
Serious here not being a clown but the little plastic Deer Horns work. Since 99 I have harvested 4 deer. Once I learned about the little horns it seems no deer want to drive my trucks. Now if there was a solution to the Drunk Driver attraction id be happy.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2011 | 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by InnerCityHillBilly
the horn is annoying, i have a nice sounding truck and when i lay on the horn it sounds like its comin out of some little rice burner, only if i could find the dukes of hazzard whistlin dixie horn
At least your horn works. Mine works most mornings but by the time the day is over my horn is on strike. Needed it last week with the forest fires and some air headed bitch was in the way coming up the mountain to see the fire. Actually wouldnt matter the bitch ended up over in the pasture from being blown off the road by a tanker cause she couldnt hear the thing. Imagine the friggin road was closed cept to us locals and the forest service and here comes a Mom in her SUV sightseeing!!
 
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Old Feb 25, 2011 | 10:08 AM
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sounds like you might need a new horn relay or to put your horns on there own circuit. you can also tune the horns a bit.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2011 | 10:21 AM
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I love mine, except that it's 1 week driving correctly 1 week fixing what broke. Rinse. Repeat. hahaha
 
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Old Feb 25, 2011 | 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by 89newbie
Serious here not being a clown but the little plastic Deer Horns work. Since 99 I have harvested 4 deer. Once I learned about the little horns it seems no deer want to drive my trucks. Now if there was a solution to the Drunk Driver attraction id be happy.
Really thoughs things work?? I could have a ten page write up of things wrong with my truck, but I will lay on the top 5.
5) all the rust, and paint
4) not having a v8, I am cruising the 3.9L but I want the 360
3) the backfire, it drives me and everyone crazy
2)having no money to repair it, and hotrod it
1)Having people laugh at me cause it is a dakota.. People think it is a pos and it really bums me down. thoughs are my top 5, also my is a magnet to animals like who has ever hit a crow. :P
 
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Old Feb 25, 2011 | 09:10 PM
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I have hit a crow before. I was doing about 60 seen it in the middle of the road so I aimed for it thinking it would hop or fly off to the side of the road. I was wrong and when it hit the bottom of my car it sounded like a sledge hammer hitting.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 04:24 AM
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For the most part, I love this truck! BUT, I do hate the way it idles, thats #1. (1987 Dakota carburated) Don't know if it needs a new carb or egr or both
 
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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 04:25 AM
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forgot to mention it has 150,000 miles on it!
 
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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 08:15 AM
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see i know that issue personally i took my 93 cab and sat it on a 88 frame so now i have a 5 on 4 bolt pattern same as a ranger or charger and a much wider variety of rim choices. im currently running 06 charger r/t rims
 
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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by DROPPEDKOTA21
see i know that issue personally i took my 93 cab and sat it on a 88 frame so now i have a 5 on 4 bolt pattern same as a ranger or charger and a much wider variety of rim choices. im currently running 06 charger r/t rims
You chose the hard way.....all you needed to do was use 5 lug rotors on front, and swap axle shafts in the back.
You can use 16x7 Ranger Sporttrac wheels with the center hole opened up a little, I had mine done at a machine shop. Back space on the sport trac wheels is only 4 1/2", a tad more than the 4 1/4" Mopar used on older cars like A, B, C, F, M, J bodies....
Probably needs to be 16" wheels, tho.....
Doesn't the charger use 115mm wheels? 4.5" is 114.3 mm.......
 

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