01-11-2013, 04:57 PM
tomustang Wrote:A couple of brief stories about Dodge in 1969. (I could tell many horror stories). We got a brand new Monaco loaded and the air conditioning parts were all in the trunk. They were running the line so fast because they were selling so many cars that some couldn't keep up.Charlie B Wrote:Ford-Dodge, and after that stint I would not buy a Chrysler product.Ah Ha!
See I'm not the only one who doesn't like Chrysler because they're ridiculous
The best though was our local police had 2 dodge cruisers, the full size cars, and they were dogs. At 4000 miles they ripped the teeth off the ring and pinion in the differential. I ordered the parts that should have been in it and they were wrong. Having gone that route with wrong parts I called the Parts rep and explained the problem. We were weeks trying different part numbers, none of them right. I finally told him flat out we wanted a complete housing assembly, which was not available. He did some real digging and sent me the right ring and pinion, which was from the 1957 autos. Seems they had a few left so they just built them into some cruisers. What a nightmare, and I can't imagine someone trying to restore a car that had this done.
It was a brand new assembly and if Ford would have done that the models would have been noted in the parts catalogue.
