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#86 of 271 various replies by sdc2 Feb 21, 2001 (7:19 am)
Bluedevils - I am curious why have you replaced your TOD fluid? The maintenance schedule for my 99 does not indicate TOD fluid replacement is necessary at all.   Paisan - Are you sure about your 00 having a timing chain? I guess this would surprise me on a DOHC engine...I think my 99 has a 100K timing belt change interval.   Islander21 - I would wait until your second timing belt change to replace the water pump. It should last 120K. Anyway, the dealers reasoning sounds like BS to me...I'm not even sure the timing belt can "stress" the water pump, I thought the water pump was driven by the accessory belt ("fan belt"), not the timing belt.
#87 of 271 Nope not sure by paisan HOST Feb 21, 2001 (7:30 am)
Though i may have confoosed the 100K timing belt change interval with a timing chain. Spekaing of timing belts does anyone know if the timing belt lets go on the DOHC 3.5 if it will cause engine damage? If it doesn't I just assume let it go til it breaks.   -mike
#88 of 271 Of course... by sdc2 Feb 21, 2001 (1:42 pm)
when the timing belt breaks you are done, it's tow truck time...and you know it's not going to happen at a convenient time!   Not sure if the 3.5L is an "interference" engine, seems I have heard it both ways...
#89 of 271 Yep that's what AAA is for :) by paisan HOST Feb 21, 2001 (1:57 pm)
Of course it will happen at the most in-opportune time possible.   -mike
#90 of 271 TOD fluid by gpm5 Feb 21, 2001 (4:12 pm)
The TOD fluid--I assume this is different from the transmission and the transfer case fluid. Where exactly is the TOD unit--is that attached to the transmission or part of the transfer case?
#91 of 271 AWD Chrysler T&C van by gpm5 Feb 21, 2001 (4:17 pm)
Any experiences on how this AWD (viscous coupling center diff) compares to the trooper's TOD? I am looking at van replacement vehicles.
#92 of 271 TOD Unit by paisan HOST Feb 21, 2001 (10:50 pm)
The TOD unit is the Transfer Case. TOD is the type of transfer case that is used.   -mike
#93 of 271 TOD fluid change interval - 1998+ Troopers by bluedevils Feb 22, 2001 (5:04 pm)
I'll post a response on this in the Maintenance & Repair topic, where it seems more appropriate.
#94 of 271 Dealer praise by urchin34 Feb 24, 2001 (11:08 pm)
The after market DC changer I added to my Rodeo was not working properly and neither the installer nor the dealer could trace the problem. Royal Isuzu in Arizona ended up replacing it with in dash changer at no cost to me. Service could not be better. Other problems to date (12,000 miles) - none.
#95 of 271 Rodeo pricing...'99 was a good value, imo! by deimos Feb 28, 2001 (11:54 am)
We got our '99 Rodeo S V6 4WD, manual trany for 29K CAN (plus tax) in Dec '99...   In the same price we've got some options from the LS model, except the cruise control, power windows/locks and the CD... (But we got the fog lights, the alarm, the brush guard, bug deflector and tail garnishes from the LS model...)   At the time the LS was 34K CAN and we didn't really care about the cruise control and the power windows/locks (We've recently put a Sony CD head unit for less then $200 )...   I was happy to have LSD, 4 wheel disc brakes and ABS, skid plates, shift on the fly 4WHi and 4WLo as well; a mid-size SUV, for the price of a CRV or a Suzuki Grand Vitara(small and not good for off-roading)!   In '99 the Pathfinder had a pitfull engine(even the wife notice how much would rev and how noise and scary it was to get to 80 km/h), a lot of tacky accessories on the Canadian Chilkoot edition, no 4 wheel disc brakes, arrogant dealers(our Isuzu dealer is actually a Saturn-Saab-Isuzu and they were always nice to interact with)...   The 4Runner was too expensive for a V6, so was the Grand Cherokee(no skid plates either)... BTW we didn't trust neither Ford nor Chrysler for that matter... So the '99 Rodeo seemed the best value for the money, imo...   Imagine my surprise today when seeing that the new Rodeos LS (or LSE) have base price of 42K CAN!!   Let's see(please correct me if I'm wrong) what do they have new from the '99 LS? - leather trim - intelligent suspension - moonroof(Didn't the '99 LS have it as well? Anyhow I don't want it, I'd rather have more head room and that's the only plus for the Pathinder)   In '99 I didn't understand why people weren't buying the S V6 4WD Rodeos for that great price( 29K CAN), but if I were to buy now, it would be a much difficult decision to fork 42K CAN for the new LSE!   I don't think that I'll be upgrading my Rodeo in the near future! ... On the other hand I'm not looking forward to the Mazda aka Ford SUV etc...   BTW Mitsubishi has plans to expand the dealership network to Canada(probably the Montero as well)...

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