The entire front end, especially the steering box and whole column, and the y-style tie rod setup

 

1) Plenum gasket failure

2) Premature transmission failure (sometimes due to check valve clogging) - there are things that can be done to prolong trans life like a cooler, check valve delete, deeper trans pan, regular fluid changes/band adjustments

3) Body rot especially on bottoms of doors, rockers, wheel wells

4) Front end parts wearing out fast - although this depends heavily on driving style/terrain, tire size, and quality of replacement parts.

 

[QUOTE=CSDavies26;3095497]3) Body rot especially on bottoms of doors, rockers, wheel wells QUOTE]

Body rot depends on where you're located in the country. Some areas are horrible while others are very minimal. At least our trucks didn't come with the "rust package" from the factory like chevy's did

 

Transmission.

 

I'm unsure if the tranny's been replaced before. She's got 126K and shifts well. Where's the most likely place to have a vacuum leak?

 

Plenum plate on bottom of intake manifold.

 

Alrighty. Now about the dash. Cover or total replacement. It's very bad and I'm getting the new bezel as well

 

Or any of the many feet of vacuum lines running all over the damn thing....

 

not as bad as late 70's early 80's cars, where the engine was hidden under a snakes nest of vacuum lines.

 

I did my dash this summer, and I am happy I did.

Here's the the thing. Once you pop the bezel off, take out the glove box, reomove the air bag, and lossen all the face screws and visible ones, you will have screws reversed under the dash that are a pain in the *** to reach.

To save time I broke my dash to pieces, wich wasn't hard because the damn thing was so brittle. I removed the backwards mounting screws and when I sliped on the new dash I did not replace the scew. It was secure enough with the molded pins under the dash that slip into holes near where the screws mount it.

I love my new dash, Now I just need a replacment bezel.

I feel If you replace it you're addeing a little value to the interior of you vehical. Unfortunatly a new dash from Mopar is around $200-$250ish