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Old Jan 8, 2012 | 10:47 PM
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I've been searching these forums for some help on deciding weather or not to buy a 98 Durango from a buddy for little or nothing. He is not mechanical and just wants the green antifreeze river to leave his driveway. Besides the cancer (tailgate, rockers, bumper, driver door, etc...), I think it has a bad rear frost plug. It has had two frost plugs on the front replaced already. One on each side. The truck has about 140,000 miles on it. Just looking for a extra car for the kids for a couple years but I don't want a big money drain. I'll most likely replace the rusted out body parts (junkyard/Rockauto) if the frost plug takes care of the leak. By the way these forums rock! Is there a how to on dropping the tranny to access the frost plug? Any advise would be welcome.

John
 
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Old Jan 9, 2012 | 02:47 AM
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Welcome Aboard ElectricWall! Stay tuned - a Technician (or member) will jump in shortly to provide an opinion on the rusty, leaking, nasty - but cheap Durango. In the meantime, you might want to browse Sub-Forums: Durango for stuff related to your possible future ride.
 
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Old Jan 9, 2012 | 10:30 PM
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Welcome to DF
Removing the transmissions on the early durango were not that easy. There is an art to removing these transmissions. If you want, I can go into great detail in a pm. Or the members in the 1st Gen Durango section can also help as well.
 
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