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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 12:20 AM
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bought me a $750 91 reg cab long bed 4x4 automatic 5.2dakota the other day. kinda bought it in a hurry but what the hell it was only 750, runs kinda like ****. well not engine wise, it shifts hard and sometimes it takes a while for it to warm up to shift out of second. the guy just had the tranny rebuild and you can tell too. so i dont know if there is some kind of adjustment or vaccum leak on it or what. anyone have a clue.

also ive been trying to find out what the bolt pattern is on this thing, im guessing 6x5.5? and im sure the newer 16" durango wheels will fit right? what other makes of wheels fit on this thing?also curious if anyone new what transfer case it had and what rear end and ratio was in it?

the paint job on her is pretty rough but needing to fix a few minor problems on it first before i paint her up (im a paint tech, quicky $150 paint job should do, gotta love acrylic). she leaks like a sif, thinking its mainly coming from the power steering/ps lines since its leaking out the left side. anyways thought id introduce myself, i also own a 99 jeep cherokee 4" lift 32s w/ 8.25 in the rear.

oh and i also noticed with my stock jeep shackles, that they are about 1" shorter than thedakota shackles, which in the dakota's case should raise the truck around .5" or so. if my quick measurements are correct then they should bolt right in. in the other way the durango shackles should lift the jeep .5" or so but i already have 1.5" shackles in them anyways.

and another thing i think someone has cranked the torsions on the dakota, its sitting almost 22" all the way around, what is the stock height for these trucks center cap to flare?

anyways ill get pics up of her and ole blackie heep (99 jeep)
 
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 12:33 AM
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also why the hell does it cost 20 bucks to ship these
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dodge...spagenameZWDVW

anyone know where else i can get those and the other ones for a decent price? i cant bring my self to pay 70 bucks for the turn signals, bought the ones on my jeep for 30 total. ones on there now are busted, well except one. figure id buy those since aftermarket is usually cheaper anyways
 
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Old Mar 12, 2008 | 06:40 AM
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not sure about other stuff, but check out this link to help you with your T-bar question.

https://dodgeforum.com/m_1198697/tm.htm
 
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