It gets great mileage, but the hood’s up a lot...
My fugly as sin Dodge Dakota nets an average of 33mpg on the highways, 31 (mixed/town), 27 if I’m towing and have the fuel maxed out. Which isn’t bad for a heavy truck with a Fulltime AWD Conversion.
Problem is, the Turbo Diesel likes to eat parts. Her latest snack, a Spool motor mount and a 2” Square Tube Mount bracket (snapped it in half) that connects the block to the Spool Mount. A day before that it decided to snack on a 1310 series U joint, I wasn’t even surprised with the U joint, it likes u joints when you get stupid with the skinny pedal.
I average about 1000 miles out of each Spool motor mount (on the driver’s side). She’s running a Cummins Mount on the passenger side (similar to the pre-73 biscuit mount in an A Body)... I think it’s time to throw the Spool setup away and outfit the Drivers side with a Cummins Biscuit Mount too and install a chain from the engine to the frame.
My fugly as sin Dodge Dakota nets an average of 33mpg on the highways, 31 (mixed/town), 27 if I’m towing and have the fuel maxed out. Which isn’t bad for a heavy truck with a Fulltime AWD Conversion.
Problem is, the Turbo Diesel likes to eat parts. Her latest snack, a Spool motor mount and a 2” Square Tube Mount bracket (snapped it in half) that connects the block to the Spool Mount. A day before that it decided to snack on a 1310 series U joint, I wasn’t even surprised with the U joint, it likes u joints when you get stupid with the skinny pedal.
I average about 1000 miles out of each Spool motor mount (on the driver’s side). She’s running a Cummins Mount on the passenger side (similar to the pre-73 biscuit mount in an A Body)... I think it’s time to throw the Spool setup away and outfit the Drivers side with a Cummins Biscuit Mount too and install a chain from the engine to the frame.
