redidbull
Well-known member
Seeing this is a forum of old vehicles I think I will know the answer of this but anyway, I have a somewhat daily driver 2002 Dodge Dakota. It has 150K on it and needs some work some I need to farm out. These trucks with the 4.7 have an issue with exhaust manifold bolts breaking. I have 4 out of 8 broken and 1 rounded bolt. i tried to fix it but really heed a lift and more flexibility so it will be taken it. It also has some rotted body mounts which I could fix myself. Also the rack may be leaking. The bed is also pretty rotted too. Thought of just building a plat bed. I was looking through the for sales and trucks are expensive. $15 to $20k with trucks nearing 100K miles. My question is what to do? I call this a daily driver but put maybe 5-8K on a year. I am leaning toward keeping but wanted some other opinions. I have put maybe a grand a year in it the past 2 but were wear items like ball joints and broken rear shackle, another common problem. Thanks for the opinions. Jim