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Re: (Cloudy Headlights) 1st Timer needs some help [cbsdakota97] by ronslakie1
Nov 04, 2006 (5:21 am)
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Replying to: cbsdakota97 (Nov 03, 2006 9:42 pm)

You can use a polishing compound, toothpaste or Brasso to clear up the haze followed by a protectant like 303 or paste wax. Also you can consider a new lens or light unit, they are readily available on ebay and easy to change.
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Re: (Cloudy Headlights) 1st Timer needs some help [ronslakie1] by jneal
Nov 04, 2006 (11:58 am)
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Replying to: ronslakie1 (Nov 04, 2006 5:21 am)

Most automotive supply houses have a kit for polishing head and taillight lenses. The above mentioned will work also.
I use white Dupont polishing compound (very fine) and a soft cotton buffing pad on a drill motor. Be careful or you will put burn marks in the plastic and they are almost impossible to get out.
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Re: (Cloudy Headlights) 1st Timer needs some help [cbsdakota97] by bpeebles
Nov 05, 2006 (6:06 pm)
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Replying to: cbsdakota97 (Nov 03, 2006 9:42 pm)

Here is a link to somthing which may help clean up your headlights.
http://www.mdwholesale.com/
 
Keep in mind... after "polishing" plastic headlights, they often will "haze over" much quicker than they did originalally. This is because the manufacturer coats the lenz with a protective layer. Polishing will remove this protective layer.
 
Some of the headlight polishing "kits" have a final coating you put on AFTER polishing. This treatment may help the repair last longer.
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2001 quad cab 4.7l, 3.92lsd by dodgetrukn
Feb 14, 2007 (9:45 am)
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Looking to purchase a used "BOB" big-orange-book dealer service manual. I never did purchase the service manual when I bought my dak.. Anyone willing to part with theirs and/or no longer need it?
Ger. gmillnjhotmail.com
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Re: 2001 quad cab 4.7l, 3.92lsd [dodgetrukn] by bpeebles
Feb 14, 2007 (5:23 pm)
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Replying to: dodgetrukn (Feb 14, 2007 9:45 am)

Just a slight correction... the shop manual for the 2000 Dakota is Orange. As I recall, Dodge changes the color of the cover for each model-year.
 
BTW: The name BOB (Big Orange Book) seems to have "stuck" as a nickname for Dak shop manual reguardless of the model-year
 
Have you looked on eBay for a shop manual?
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Re: 2001 quad cab 4.7l, 3.92lsd [dodgetrukn] by dewaltdakota
Feb 14, 2007 (8:31 pm)
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Replying to: dodgetrukn (Feb 14, 2007 9:45 am)

Search for "2001 Dakota Manual" on eBay, to find any that may be out there. As already pointed out by bpeebles, the covers aren't orange for 2001, as they look like this:

 
I sent you an email with additional information, that may help.
 
Good luck!
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Re: 2001 quad cab 4.7l, 3.92lsd [dewaltdakota] by dodgetrukn
Feb 15, 2007 (1:41 pm)
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Replying to: dewaltdakota (Feb 14, 2007 8:31 pm)

I did do a quick search once on ebay and was looking for an orange colored book..will search again. Thanks guys.. Gery
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snowway plows by s79vette
Feb 17, 2007 (6:48 pm)
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Not sure if this is right forum but I need some help with a
question concerning mounting a Snowway plow frame on a 2004
Dakota. Does the front facia have to be altered? Have owned a 1993 EXT V8 since new and need to replace while I'm still working. Truck still runs fine and it has plow affixed to it now. Have towed it all over the US behind our motorhome until buying a new Liberty in 04. Used the plow frame to mount tow
bar mounts and works perfectly. Would like to do the same to a newer Dakota. May have to purchace a new frame as 93 may be different than an 04. Anybody plow with their Dakota? Steve
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Re: snowway plows [s79vette] by dustyk
Mar 01, 2007 (5:44 pm)
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Replying to: s79vette (Feb 17, 2007 6:48 pm)

The only thing I can add that may help you is that the frames are different from '93 to 2004.
 
Regards,
Dusty
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Traded 2000 Dakota V8 5 speed Quad cab by bookitty
Nov 11, 2007 (5:36 am)
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After almost 8 years as a well satisfied Dodge Dakota owner, I have traded in my truck for a new 2008 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited 4X4, with manual transmission (6 speed), limited slip and the tow package. Since moving to Florida (we spend 7 months here, and 5 months at the NJ shore) I have been longing for a convertible. We still have my wife's 1999 Wrangler which stays in FL and her Jeep Liberty that we leave in NJ. This forum has always been so very helpful from the very beginning when we were chasing down delivery information through the period where there were many questions and bright guys like Bruce Peebles (among others) who always seemed to provide answers. It has always been a pleasure. Thank you.
 
Bookitty

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