At 08:02 AM 10/23/1998 PDT, you wrote:
>I had a few RT questions, as my wife has let me drive the
>truck a little bit (I've actually driven it more miles
>than she has!), and have a few issues:
>
>1) I feel a slight 'bump' when turning into driveways,
>steep turns, etc.. in the rear (bed/frame flex?)
There is a TSb for this . It is for the cab mount bushings . Mine had it
too .
>
>2) When braking on uneven pavement, even though it has
>4w-abs, the truck has a tendency to veer a little...
>
>3) A slight pull to the right (Alignment/New Radial pull?)
Everyone else I know taht has an R/T has had it way out of alignment from
the factory .
>
>4) Throttle response is a little vague-- lightly press the
>pedal (nothing happens), go a little more (it accelerates
>a tad), go a little further (and it leaps ahead)...then
>the same thing happens all over again (like the linkage
>is connected with a rubber band!)
>
>5) Fuel economy--- HOLLY JESUS!! First tank of gas was
>12.5 mpg!!! (I got better mileage in MY truck with towing
>a 4500# boat/trailer through the mountains!) The "Wife's"
>truck now has 550 miles on it (had 250 when we bought it),
>so I hope it is just a 'tight' engine...
Hope you can get used to it . I think alot of it is the 3.92 rear .
I only got about 14.2 on a 700 mile trip to Florida with the air off at
about an average of 80 . I believe that if you stay at 60 or under (about
2000 RPMs) that the mileage is good , but over that it goes way down .
>
>6) Fuel light- "DING" made me jump when it came on yesterday--
>put 17.25 gallons in (217 miles).. So I figure now when the
>light 'dings' on, I've got about 5 gallons left...right?
Yeah , mine usually comes on with about a quarter of a tank and since it's
a 22 gallon (right?) then it would be just over 5 gallons , so you could
drive another two miles on that =) .
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Jack Hilton III
Black 1998 Dodge Dakota R/T Club Cab
Charter Pipeline......the Next Wave.....
http://www.mindspring.com/~hemi/jbd1.html
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