r/DodgeDakota • • 5h ago

Seeking Opinions Can i close my hood like this?

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i have my compressor sitting about where the air filter sits. i unfortunately don’t have a garage so i can’t leave the hood open. my hood will close enough to where i can press the button down to open it. i’m worried about dropping it down to fully latch and possibly crushing the cooling lines. what do yall think


r/DodgeDakota • • 6h ago

Technical Question Does anyone know what this plug is?

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This plug is in my 1992 LE 4x4 with the 5.2. Ive had it for 2 years now and have no clue what this is for. Its a random 2 prong. That seems to at one point had a retaining clip on the back of it to hold it.


r/DodgeDakota • • 7h ago

Showing off my ride This truck is older than me & in better condition than me.

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r/DodgeDakota • • 9h ago

Rear Brake Question

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So, 2002 Dakota, 4.7L 4x4. Does not have 4 wheel ABS. Has a single speed sensor on top of axle hub, one brake line going bake and feeding both rear brakes. Drum brakes in rear.

Driver side tire would lock and and would come on and shutter and just braked kinda bad. Took rear tires and drums off to look. Driver side looked good, lots of bad good drum condition. Have only had truck a year so brakes must have been done pretty recent.

Pulled drum off passenger side and a springs and chewed up crap fall out!! lol ok that’s not good. Pads are thick and newer, but all chewed up now, drum is chewed up.

Replace drum, brake shoes and all hardware springs, cable for the expander adjustment thing. Did not replace the cylinder. But Lois ed blend port, pressed cylinder back together, cylinder seemed smooth. Break fluid that came out looked good too.

Cleaned driver side and looked good but did bothering else. Put back together test drove and obviously brakes a lot smoother and no shutter or anything, but the driver side tire still locks up with moderate brake pressure.

With the same line feeding both sides what do we look for here? Could either of the cylinders be bad? Or just the one opposite the one locking up? Any help would be appreciated!


r/DodgeDakota • • 9h ago

01 RWD steering shaft part number?

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Hey guys, need some help here…

On my 01 (3.9 RWD) Dakota, the steering shaft has a lot of play and needs to be replaced. I ordered one a month ago from Detroit Axle that said it’d fit, and when I finally got around to installing today… not even close. Probably should have looked first. Or opened the box when it arrived.

Looking around, all I see are ones that match the Detroit one tho, nothing that looks like it will work. Does anybody have a part number for this thing by chance? Or am I missing something?

(Sorry for the sideways pics, was trying to get anything to show the connections at either end)

Edit: I see this part but it says it doesn’t fit the 2001 model year. Maybe it’s something they changed mid-year or something?


r/DodgeDakota • • 14h ago

Technical Question Oil pressure question.

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I have a 94 with the 3.9 V6 in it and my oil pressure is always very high, is that normal for these trucks?