Same thing happened to an old Dakota I had, just the hinges are bent. Hood is a little bent up near the windshield but not noticeable lol

I was born in Cleveland plus all my family lives there, so I figured I’d move back now that I’m able to haha. I’ll be around Fairview Park or North Olmsted mostly

Made it to Cleveland but as soon as I parked the truck is pissed out coolant everywhere, I believe it’s the water pump because it’s falling onto the harmonic balancer pulley and going everywhere from there. I have a spare so I’ll go get a gasket and do that this weekend.

aside from the water pump going out, the truck has began to leak oil from somewhere, and the transmission is slipping more than usual.

It made it, but just barely haha. I’ll make a post in the 2nd gen technical section when I begin the water pump exchange as well.

This truck has made it 2,000 miles in the last month, which to me is extremely impressive considering I’ve already replaced the motor once before all these miles!
Loving my dodge more and more as I drive it, aside from the problems

Update, got the new hinges, driver side tire leaks air really bad from dry rot, ball joints make a really bad sound when turning, alternator is shot, and the trans....It’s definitely leaking fluid/it slips pretty bad. The other week I took it around the block and had a little fun around a corner, hooked up well, but just driving out of a parking lot it will slip for about five seconds and then catch. Sometimes it’s a hard shift and sometimes it’s easy if I’m moving.

Ive got a plan to get the alternator and the ball joints fixed next week. Then later this month I’m gonna fix the windshield and backglass, as well as tinted 5% all around.

Ill update once the ball joints are done, gonna just let a shop do it. I’ve made up my mind that I just don’t want to work on it for two days straight instead of having them do it for 4 hours.

any input or suggestions are greatly appreciated, I plan to get a new trans by the end of the year and build/learn on that...Christmas money ​​​​​​​

I got a cheap set of ball joints off EBay a few months ago but I never put them in, these ones:
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F291197487523

I wont be off road for awhile as Cleveland does have much mud I’ve noticed lol, but once I start “building” the truck later on down the road, that’s definitely something I’ll look into!