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will
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6/25/2005
21:51:46
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 Subject: Rebuilding a Carburator for a 87 Dakota
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I have a 87 Dodge Dakota v6 3.9 liter that has been running terribly lately. Its takes a few minutes sometimes just to crank it where it will stay running. It will shut off all the time and I have to let it warm up for 30 minutes before I can go anywhere and it still shuts off when I start to go. When I go to pull out into traffic and I let my foot off the gas a little it will shut off. When its been driven for a little bit its usually ok. But lately it has been shutting off so much I cant even drive it. I have taken it to a few different mechanics and they all say it needs a new carburator. But they want to charge me $400 just for that. The last place wants $800 for a new carburator and and tune-up. They also want $80 just for looking at it. I dont really have that much money and I was looking into fixing it myself. From what ive seen remanufactured ones are pretty exspensive and my budget is pretty low, and I cant find one in a junk yard. The rebuild kits dont seem to cost that much. But I dont really know that much about working on cars and was wondering if this is something I should try? Is it extremely complicated? How long will it take me? I have to get this thing fixed soon. Its the truck I use for work and without it im not making any money. If anyone has any other suggestions please let me know. Also if anyone here is in the Augusta Ga area and knows where to get a Carburator for this truck let me know.
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Kowalski
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6/26/2005
08:59:10
|  RE: Rebuilding a Carburator for a 87 Dakota
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Why complain that a mechanic wants to be paid to diagnose a problem that you want to fix yourself ? They don't like working for free any more than you or I do. It sounds like a rebuild may be beyond your capabilities. You can find many salvage yard ones at car-part.com; priced under $80. They list different model #s for different aplications, it will help if you can find the #. Look for one taken off a truck recently if you're trying to avoid a rebuild. Good luck - sounds like you should do a tune up too.
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