Don't necessarily have to

 

If you lift both reat tires off the ground and turn one of them forward, if the other one turns the same direction, it's posi, if the other one turns the opposite direction, it's not posi.

 

yea sorry,


before you get out of the truck you can let off the brake pedal,


and on a side note whil you are doing this the truck will probalby move forward a little bit, not much but make sure you have space in case you let off too soon

 

Are you guys really that dense? Ever heard of sand and/or gravel? If lifting the rear like rick said is too much effort then just find some sand, gravel, wet grass (preferrably not your neighbors) and GO. No need to put it in neutral, dump the clutch, tear up the engine, etc.

 

we're not dense, just like having a good time

 

Sorry then. I'm just a little sensative to blown engines as of late. My Sentra went **** up on the second engine hence the new Dak. Hopefully this one will last a little longer tho I've never had any vehicle go over 100k that wasn't already over 100k when I got it.

 

these dodges last forever, my old dak had 197000 on it when we got rid of it and i drove the snot out of it

 

That is good to hear. I hope it's true but I've had 6 vehicles that started under 100k. All 6 had problems and died or were unloaded. I've had 3 with 100+k on them. One became a reef, one blew its guts out and the 3rd is still in my driveway waiting for deposable cash to get it running again.


'72 Duster Slant 6100k to 120kreef (Navy towed it as abandoned)
'87 Mazda 323 42k to 97k wrecked
'73 Toyota Corona 120k to 125k timing chain blew its guts
'87 Chevy Spectrum ??? brush fire got it
'92 Madza B2600 11k to 93k computer died
'93 Chevy Caprice ??? to 95k sold when radiator and overheating started
'00 Neon 7 to 30k wrecked
'02 Nissan Sentra Spec V 0 to 94k blew a piston
'85 Mazda RX-7 132k to 139k broken spark plug led to engine replacement currently no spark

Still kicking...
'02 Mit. Lancer 0 to 55k
'06 Dak 5932 to almost 10k now

There was also a Merc Topaz the wife bought before we moved in together. I hate all Fords. Had to knock her up to convince her to trade it. Rear seat wasn't big enough for a backwards facing kiddie seat. It lost both front window motors after the warranty ran out.

'91 Merc Topaz 0 to ??? traded for Caprice in '95.
'92 Mazda

 

I've had 5 vehicles before this one (since getting my license in 2002) and all of them had over 100k. First one was a 93 Sierra 2wd with 193k miles, sold that to get something with 4x4. Then a '90 Suburban with over 200k, ran great but had too much rust to pass inspection so I sold that and picked up a 95 chevy Z71 with 156,000 miles. That thing ran great, I'd probably still have it if my parents hadn't forced me to sell it (they were worried I wouldn't be able to afford gas once I went to college, judging by current prices and the mileage that got they were right). Picked up a 94 Integra GSR and drove that for 1 1/2 years or so, had over 200k on it when I sold it. Then a 98 Isuzu trooper with 101k or so, planned on keeping that for awhile but sold it two months later when my grandfather offered me a deal on the Dak I couldn't refuse. Out of all of them I had to put the most money into repairs for the Integra, it was the most fun to drive but the most expensive too. Always makes me laugh when people talk about how lousy reliability is with domestic vehicles and how great it is with imports. I beat the living daylights out of my Chevy all the time and the only thing that ever went wrong with it was the AC stopped blowing cold air. My grandfather had a 96 Ram that he rolled on the turnpike at 85, insurance totalled it on sight, we bought it back and drove it home from the junkyard with no problems at all, just looked real crappy

If these Dakotas are anything like my past American trucks I expect it to keep going for a loooong time.

 

my dad had a 96 dak that he bought new and drove it until it needed new plugs the 2nd time(the dealer did them the first time and cross threaded the one up against the firewall on the driver side) then he traded it in on his 03 qc, and he never had any problems