Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Is it a Dually? No Dan its a HD 3/4 ton. Actually I had to have the spring installers add a couple-three leafs all around to level it after I installed the too-heavy winch bumper and winch on the front. Raised the truck a little bit and rides better than new now. Nice truck with a real Rams head on the front instead of those wimpy little emblems they put on the new Dodges. Have the normal broadcast antenna and CB and 2 meter antennas on the front and a matching(all gray) about_one_foot_higher_than_the_cab aluminum canopy that covers all my toys(mountain bike, cameras, snowshoes, cross country skis, etc.) and bed and chow, etc. keeping it all safe and dry and a warm place to read, cook and sleep in the when on expedition. Boat rack on the top for my Kevlar canoe and/or my bright red Mariner touring kayak. Cruises at 70mph getting 20mpg. 150,000 miles and does not use any oil. I bought it used with 13,000miles on the odometer showing some abuse but now I have replaced(Chrysler paid for it) the 5 speed transmission, balanced the drive lines finally found a mechanic that could fix the leaking rear axle seals, reground the head because of a little leak, and religiously add Performance Plus to the fuel to clean the injectors. New clutch, new brakes. Even had a little custom work done on the steering so it steers considerably better than the el-cheapo factory steering did. Of course you have to keep toweling water up off the floorboards(under the rubber mat) because of the infamous Dodge truck cab leak(I had a 1969 slant-six 4x4 Dodge before this one and its floor boards were all rusted out so you could see the ground if you looked down between your legs while driving). Drives like a dream. Especially when creeping up very rough steep roads because of all that low end diesel torque and the very low range 4x4 transfer case. It is a keeper just like Katy and my Leicas. Dale - --- $ dale-reed@worldnet.att.net Seattle, Washington U.S.A. $