I took the Dakota to the car wash and blasted away tons of gunk from sitting under a tree. Cleaned the engine too. So it has 180,000 miles. It runs on 7 cylinders. I verified the plenum gasket is blown. Plus the cooling system is simply water. I put it in my garage and set the heat to 40 degrees. Ill replace with proper coolant after I replace the plenum plate with a Hughes thick aluminum plate. I will replace both valve cover gaskets at the same time. Ordered some wiper linkage bushings. Truck needs some TLC. But I can see the water pump and master cyl are recent replaced. My father inherited this truck recently when his elderly retiree friend passed away. My dad didn't need it so he gave it to me. Need a warm MI day to drain the cooling system and flush it with a garden hose.


Keep old mopars alive.