81,000 mi had 32,000 when I got it. I take good care of it. I do like towork on it. I don't do any stumpjumping just tow myboat and4 wheel to go huntingis the only time I put any load on it. It just dropped the tranny andthe dash just gota couple of small cracks started. I like the truck but was hoping it would last as long as my 94 Nissan (which my son in law still drives 193,000).In the pasthad 3 Dodge vans and they were good tough vehicles put over 150k on all three.New gen. doesn't seem astough.New Jasper tranny is being installed this week. Sure slamed the savings account.

 

What went wrong with the old transmision?

 

Not real sure I have only had it for 2 yrs at 40k I got a tranny code took it to to the shop I use when repair is above my tools or knowledge. replaced the fluid and filter. At 80k after a hunting trip and going to 4 wheel drive it started to miss shifts no code. So took it in the mechanic said there was metal on the magnet and the servo/govwas clogged. Ran ok for a month till next hunting trip (again 4 wheel) and it started sticking as soon asI took it out of 4hi an threw a trans gov code. Machanic said it was full of metal.Sinceeveryone has trouble with them and it would have had to been rebuilt I just went with a Jasper, we put one in mytruck at workso I think it will last longer.

 

In my 99I am having tranny slippage problems whenI first start it up and put it in reverse. Said that to sayI don't have a clue about transmissions. The dash on the other hand I do. Mine was cracked badly so after arguing with Fletcher Dodge parts counter attendant he finally found out that Dodge did offer just the top for sale. He had wanted to sell me the whole assembly at 1100+. I took out every screw on the face of the dash and the 5 at the back and the glovebox and pass airbag bolts near the windshield but it would not come out. further inspection of the new piece led me to believe there were screws that had been onstalled in the whole assembly prior to it being attached to the firewall and impossible to extract without removing the whole dash. since my dash top was trashed anyway I chose to just start breaking it away a piece at a time until all that remianed were just a few pieces around those impossible screws.I used side cutters to cut off one side of the plasitc that the screws were threaded into and removed them. It was at this timwi realized that the dash was the wrong color gray but lighter and bluish. I got some semcoat and painted the upper dash and the airbag and the vents the color is not exact but its so close no one has ever noticed. whenI reinstalled the dash topI installed some roll pins in the back screw holes just to act as alignment pins.I reinstalled the top with just the top and front screws. I had some difficulty getting the side window vent tubes screwed back onto the top soIused piece of foam noodle to wedge it in place and acrewed the front screws 20 or so back in. To dateI have noticed no rattles or squeaks and the interion looks brand new.

 

Anyone know a place to get a dash cap to replace the one on my 01 that is cracked in about 5 places.