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Old 10-07-2013, 07:33 PM
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Just a quick question, I have a 1993 Dodge Dakota standard cab. Will a bucket seat and center console work/bolt into my truck? The seat/center console is out of a 1997 Dodge dakota standard cab. Also any ideas on a engine problem. My 1993 has a 5.2 in it. Every now and then the motor just dies like you turn the key off. I just had the fuel pump/pressure regulator replaced along with a new ignition cap and rotor.
 
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Old 10-08-2013, 12:21 AM
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Measure your room in the cab and the way it mounts to the floor.
 
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Old 10-08-2013, 10:50 AM
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Could be a failing MAP sensor. The fuel pressure regulator was a decent guess.
 
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Well I still have the problem. I replaced the map sensor, put a different iac in along with the above parts. After I replaced the iac, the truck was fine for almost two weeks. Now the problem has come back. It is just funny, the last time it died, I was driving at 35 mph in town and the engine just died. I turned off the ignition and coasted and turned into a driveway, came to a stop and waited a few seconds and the truck started right up. My son thinks its the crank sensor??? I'm just glad my wife doesn't drive my truck. Time to go back to Ford???
 
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If the sliders on the bucket seats won't fit the floor pan you can swap em over to your stock sliders. snagged bucket seats from a 2001 dakota which the track to mount to the sliders from my stock seats was 2 inchs too wide to what the new seats were. so I took some scrap 1/4" plate steel and cut 2" wide strips and cut em to length had to use rubber blocks to raise the strips to make sure the handle would clear. Took about 3 hrs total making sure my messurements were correct so they would mount square. The rubber blocks I used also made the seats sit higher and made it feel more truck like compaired to the lazy boy 60/40 seats. I can post pics if you'd like. Hope this helps!

Edit: with the center console you can get it to where you want to sit and drill it to the floor with self tappers.
 

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moisture in the cap. that cap has vent that lets moisture in. the fix is JB-weld the vent. dont flame me. it took me 5 years to figure it out.
 
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moisture in the cap. that cap has vent that lets moisture in. the fix is JB-weld the vent. dont flame me. it took me 5 years to figure it out.
A squirt of WD40 after drying it off will fix any moisture problem.
 
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Not sure if the mounts are the same in yours as on my 1990 but if they are then 95+ Cherokee and 93-04 Grand Cherokee seats are almost a direct swap and the GC seats are very comfortable. The outter two mounts bolt directly where the bench seat does but you'd have to weld or have someone weld in a couple studs for the inner two mounts. Did 96 Cherokee seats in mine for a while when I had a 12" sub I wanted to run, had it between the seats for a while. You do lose about an inch of headroom through.
 



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