2000 Dakota R/T resurrection

[Canadian_RT]

Could just zip tire it to the frame and plug the bung?

[johnnyb]

Could just zip tire it to the frame and plug the bung?

I tried that first and the light came on and never went away. It's been off since the last time so maybe it's good for now

[Canadian_RT]

Damn that's really odd, man....I ran around for a good 2 weeks with a catless downpipe on my srt4 before it got tuned and never popped the light once. I asked my tuner about the HP not disabling the O2 on JTEC pcm's.

[johnnyb]

Damn that's really odd, man....I ran around for a good 2 weeks with a catless downpipe on my srt4 before it got tuned and never popped the light once. I asked my tuner about the HP not disabling the O2 on JTEC pcm's.

its funny because it stayed off for about a month after i went catless but it was 60-70f degrees outside... when it got down to 40f or around there it started popping the code

[Canadian_RT]

I've been debating about cutting out the cat or not...maybe I won't if HP can't turn off the idiot light. On the SRT4 it makes it run even more rich than it already does.

[johnnyb]

the code / light hasn't came back since the last time i posted it. so its working out with the anti fouler

[johnnyb]

Ice was fun in the truck

[Lostrt]

Correct badging for a 2000 R/T.
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[johnnyb]

Sweet

[johnnyb]

[Canadian_RT]

That looks sweet man

[johnnyb]

i had the volt gauge max out on my two times, where are the ground wires that could cause this anyone know off hand?

johnny

[Canadian_RT]

Did it ding at you when driving and you noticed the volt gauge go up then back to normal? I had that happen exactly once, then never again, and that was before the write-off and rebuild. No idea what could've caused it

[johnnyb]

Yah the check gauges like comes on and brings and after about 16 seconds it went back to normal


It's done it three times now tho

[johnnyb]

there was a small leak i had to fill catch can every week or two, i saw some water or coolant dripping down the side of the radiator, i took it all apart and inspected the radiator and couldn't see any problems. i put it all back together and there is no leak now. i think maybe one of the hoses was leaking a little bit around the clamp or something.

seems fine now

[johnnyb]

new battery terminals fixed the volt gauge issue... for now

[Canadian_RT]

Shit, you know what?.....I did actually replace my negative battery terminal at one point....the old one eventually cracked/broke. Might've been my issue that one time too.

[johnnyb]

the bumpers always sag on these years dakotas, i tried to shim the bumper, but it wouldn't move enough. its like it was twisted from years of sagging on the sides.

so bsaically i used a jack and peice of wood to bend the bumper. it looks a lot better, if you look at the old pictures you can see how bad it was looking

[Canadian_RT]

The sagging is a regular thing? I always thought everyone just rear ended someone at some point

[johnnyb]

It's been nice a couple days in the last week or so

So I hit it with the show car glaze a few times.

[johnnyb]

[johnnyb]

cleaned headlights up when i was bored this weekend. i think the passenger side needs another go

[johnnyb]

i was sitting waiting to pull out onto highway, and when i started i could barely turn the steering wheel LOL.

when i got home i put a little power steering fluid in and it immediately started squirting out of the passenger side steering boot.

i bought a new steering rack, but it won't be here for a few days longer.

i have to drive my CTS-V now. first world problems

[johnnyb]

new rack arrived today, going to put it in now

[nitroram33]