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Re: Dodge D-50 4X4 looked at it today


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Posted by Mark - IN. on September 15, 2015 at 18:45:35 from (98.206.242.17):

In Reply to: Dodge D-50 4X4 looked at it today posted by old on September 15, 2015 at 17:21:36:

I had a couple of those. Were 1984 and 1985. I moved to Chicago when I got out of the Army and lived on the north side lake shore, and there was little or no parking, so I bought one. It could make the turn in the alley into the garage, had a cap on the bed, and was about as much pickup as would fit in Chicago. I will never forget the very second that it hit 50,000 on the odometer, the "service engine soon" light came on, but it ran real well. I couldn't figure it out, so I read through the owners manual and found something that said "...the timing belt should be changed at 50,000 miles..." and so as a reminder, the "service engine soon" light would come on, and did. Hmm? I crawled under the dash and found a little toggle switch on the back of the speedometer, turned it off, and off went the idiot light. Hmm? Ok, I figured that they were looking to pull a fast one to get me into the shop to change a perfectly good timing belt, so I didn't do it. The idiot light was off, the truck ran fine, what else could I want? I was driving the little guy and just about at 50,100 miles it died and I coasted off to the side, and a tow truck towed me to a friends shop on one of the coldest Fridays of that year, before a holiday weekend. I didn't get it back until Monday. The problem? Timing belt shredded and came apart...like clock work. Mitsubishi couldn't have timed it better. They said change it at 50,000, I didn't, and it broke 100 miles later. At least I didn't slap a valve with a piston when it broke. No damage done, sold it to a friend, bought another, sold it after I left Chicago. Back then a rebuilt carb for one cost over $400 from a parts store. Keep the little hinges on the tailgate good and greased. If they dry, they flex and break off. As I recall, bolted to the bed, welded to the tailgate. You don't want to break one. I did.

Good luck.

Mark


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