Dodge Dakota project truck. Now I have all three of the Detroit trucks again. 1st generation 1994 

Love my 93- 5.2 4x4 i have had it since 2000 inherited it from my grandpa he bought it in 93 right befor the new models so no airbag no abs just old school

I like those 90's Dodge Dakotas.

It's getting difficult to find those Dakotas with the tape deck storage center console. You've got a gem there.

My Dad had one just like....takes me back to the good ole days....thanks Mr. Truck

Great to see the 91-96 model dakota getting some love and attention. I've owned a 95 club cab v6 2wd slt for 16 years It's got an automatic transmission unfortunately but it's got over 210,000 miles with no rebuild or problems. Even more astounding is almost no body rust and only surface rust on the frame. And I live in the north east! Most reliable truck I've ever had

I have a 95 with 149K miles. 318 and automatic. When i got it the transmission was bad. It did cost $3500 to get the transmission rebuilt and upgraded. Its a great truck. Excellent condition and can be driven daily. No rust. Two wheel drive but here in Naples Florida thats all i need. Extended cab as well. Ive made a few trips to Cincinnati and back drivind 16 hours straight only stopping for gas and the truck doesn't miss a beat. The Dakotas are awesome!!!

I have a 1992 short bed 103k miles now, Banzai Blue 318 magnum with the 42RH. I bought it to replace my 1992 Banzai Blue 8 ft bed with a 3.9 magnum and standar gear box that got rear ended

Good mod/tip for these 1st gen 91-96 dakotas -keep eye on idler arm and pitman arm for play -Do 180 degree thermostat its the best mod for the 5.2 Magnum in general and if it needs new radiator/water pump go for it -Run a good oil and good oil filter for good high oil pressure (no fram filters though seen a lot of those rust on the truck) -Keep eye on the driver/passenger door hinges they like the break and doors can fall off just weld them back in place if they break or crack -If your auto transmission gives you problems again pick up a NV3500 5 speed manual Dakota V8 transmission 1994-1996 could maybe use the later ones but 1-2 gear ratios likely different and computer out of manual truck for a bulletproof setup, all my dakota 5.2 have manuals my white 94 have a very low 1st gear and had good pulling power pulled out 454 3500 dually in 3 ft snow with a full load of wood well over the roof, my green 96 had wider 1st and 2nd but it was on 94 ram 2500 axles solid axle swapped and it went anywhere even with the higher gearing transmission. Now i have a OBD2 96 dakota single cab shortbed with 5.2 V8 and NV3500 5 speed manual and its 4x4 but its way faster then my extended cabs and wider gearing. The difference i found in those manuals between certain ones is 1st gear in one will hit 10-15mph at like 2500-2800rpm where as the wide one like my single cab has now will hit 20-25mph at 2500-2800rpm they are same nv3500 but 1st and 2nd will be different but still bulletproof setup the nv3500 is the overkill 5.2 transmission from factory haha Another you can pop the hood and look at the tag on driver side and you can find what axle you have t case paint code etc its a white tag pop the hood should be on driver side of hood

Me and my grandpa have five of ‘‘em love the lil things

Good luck with it, they are nice trucks. Stay safe and healthy.

Great! I have an 87 Dodge Dakota....that my dad bought new in 1987. V6 with a 3 speed torqueflite automatic and 4x4. Standard cab and 8 foot box...nice to see a Dakota as a project truck on your channel.

Love seeing a fellow Dodge Dekota owner getting excited over his Truck. Best Trucks ever build. I own the 2003 Dodge Dekota 3.9L SLT Club Cab. Best year of the Dekota's. They fixed all the issues of the 1st Gen. Gen 3 the following year they lost their way. In my Opinion.

Rite on MrTruck!!! I'm happy for you!! I love those old square body Dodges..Nice purchase!!😀

I had a 88 v6 automatic, it was the best truck I ever owned, I owned full size Chevy, and fords about 8 of those. Nothing my more reliable and rock solid as the Dakota truck. Hauled many loads of firewood and never babied at all. That v6 was the best dodge ever built . It was kinda rare it was a mopar express, and had this decal on the bed sides, silver, with red and black stripes also had fiberglass wing behind cab, that worked great on hot days keeping the sun off the back of my head. I want another please. Today I own a 2000 Dakota sport v8 116 k miles, it’s a great truck but liked my 88 better. Better ride and mpgs

Hell yeah! Those dakotas are waaaay awesome ive had multiple hit over 300k miles still going today, nv3500 manual transmission with 5.2 V8 is so fuuuun!!!! Full size frame like a ram too, first truck with driver airbag standard also i feel like first truck of that time to offer 4 cylinder all the way up to V8 if im not mistaken?

I love my 95. Its got the V6 and I am in the process of rebuilding and restoring it. Eventually going to big block swap it for a 68 charger 383 I have lying around and rebrand the truck Super Magnum as the b big blocks used to be called "magnum" as well.

I've been following you for a long time and I cannot beleive i missed this video somehow im so glad I found this cuz I love my 1994 v8 auto slt I still daily drive it and drive it more than any of my other vehicles the past year I've been doing a full restoration on it I've been replacing everything from the ground up and a big plus was while I had the interior out I sound deadened everything from interior floor to all side panels and doors inside and out along with under the new headliner I also added the closed cell sound deadener over the 80mil butyl/foil deadener and it made a night and day difference its like high end luxury quiet and solid inside not to mention keeps the cab cooler in Arizona summer and hotter in the winter

Right on Mr. Truck. As ive said im going through videos by starting on your older ones and going forward. Good Stuff Kent.

Love first gen Dakotas

Looks good, congratulations

Hi, very and beautifull truck with this V8 and 4x4!! Here in Chile, I have a Dodge Dakoka 1996 v6 club Cab and is incredible truck!!! I wanna your Dakota!!! Regards from Santiago of Chile!!

I wanted that model. Couldn't never find one in good shape.

Dakota came in 87. 1991 started the 318. 1992 came the magnum 3.9 and 5.2 liter. Dodge had the ram 50 made by Mitsubishi. Their version was the mighty max. Not super comfortable but was a little tank. Dodge 4x4s were called the power ram and in the late 80s early 90s used the 2.6 four cylinder or optional 3.0 V6. All were good trucks 👍

Had the same bucket seats as this truck. The seat backs broke tho. I retro fit a low back bench from the back of an old van lol. Turned out to be more comfortable in my opinion

I got a 1994 Dakota Ext Cab 5.2 318 V8 4x4 with NV3500 5 speed manual transmission (4.02 1st gear) and 231D tcase for $1000 obo southern oregon no rust if you need any parts its a factory manual and has manual computer etc just lost title but dont wanna scrap it its a lot of good parts especially the desirable transmission haha

That's my kind of green vehicle.

My dad has the exact truck except it's not extended cab he used it as a farm truck but I'm going to fix her up as my first vehicle. It's even same color.

My ram needed brake lines in the front and i got a new set of stainless steel brake lines from classic tube from Ohio, for the complete truck and the kit was $209, the factory ac works the Dr door i believe the pwr window motor is going out the previous owners think it just the window switch i doubt it because it will roll down every time but takes forever to make it go back up, the muffler was hacked off so I want to repair the factory single exhaust and use and retain it its in good shape most of the interior is in good shape on the 2000 ram,it had a aftermarket dual electronics xm250 mp3 cd player in it but most of the speakers didn't work and i had already bought a correct version premium infinity by chrysler am fm cd player cassette tape player stereo i had planned on putting it in a dodge Dakota club cab truck and install it in this 2000 ram laramie slt it's the premium infinity by chrysler 6 speaker and tweeters amplifier filters sound system but the speakers are about shot so I am going to update the speakers for now with what i can get and eventually a complete infinity reference set and I plan to add a dual electronics xpr82d amplifier to the high level inputs for the rear speakers since the front doors are swapped out and they are from a lower level trim of truck it is a laramie.., it has either doors from a early second gen ram regular cab or club cab truck and the factory speakers from them say audio latina by chrysler and only have two wire plugs my truck has six wire plugs, and if you are interested my am fm cd player cassette tape player stereo was serviced and cleaned got new belts and leds lights i bought it off of Daley's deals through eBay and the lense has two small deep scratches but I gave $80 for it $15 shipping everything works works great. Dash cap is a dash skinz dash cap covers that typical cracked dash it has 4 small short cracks in dash up by the windshield so that is why it has a dash cap headliner is in good shape door panels only had a little bit of wear around the door handle pocket, the seat has a small tear on the outer Dr side at the top of bottom seat cushion but I can get seat covers if it bothers me it doesn't truck has all good glass front doors have overspray ive gotten most of it off from the haphazardly blasted flat black paint job for them and the factory chrome front bumper because this truck was ordered with the semi gloss black grille and bumpers and factory front bumper was mangled from pushing with it so it was swapped out.the replacement doors are bright red so that is why they were spray paint flat black. The center console is decent has a few small tears on the lid but oh well not worth taking apart the whole seat to change, and that would not necessarily be a easy task since it not only has the rainbow thread seats and door panels it is also a factory light/dark mist grey option truck has both colors throughout the interior most trucks are just the light mist grey color interior. Ram starts right up in 24 degree weather and when it is at engine operating temperature carries a consistent 60psi of oil pressure runs strong for a 318 factory towing pkg with the trailer wiring plug, mount box and receiver hitch, and transmission cooler, probably one of the only two reasons this transmission has survived lol, and the charging issue why his grandpa decided to sell it in the first place they said was a bad alternator and battery well nope not the alternator.. the battery is from 2005 and it is definitely bad and had leaked down the side of the battery well on these trucks there's a battery stud post besides the underhood power distribution center fuse block and had about rotted it in two replaced the cable no charging issues at all except the fact that the battery in it is the factory ac Delco battery for a 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix gtp so I need to get the correct cranking amps group size new battery for the truck because if it sits for more than two weeks its sometimes weak to dead lol.also needs a brake light switch replacement brake lights occasionally sticks on so got to keep an eye on that. And the other issue was cluster guage motor failure is why they got rid of the truck it has a different dash cluster in it and it almost always works except for the tach sometimes but the speedometer always does so I actually believe the ignition switch is getting weak so I plan to replace it with the standard ignition products part i got shortly after i got the truck but I doubt i will be looking for me a club cab first gen v8 club cab magnum dodge Dakota Le because i don't plan to sell this ram unless they offer the right price lol, and I also have the original owners manual and it says where the truck was bought from so does the tailgate on the truck.

Nice I still have my dads that he bought new in 1994. Same exact truck just red

That's cool cool dakota trucks r some of the best got a parts truck but v6 with odd and ends interchange if u need one sale u clear title cool cool many blessings keep walking tall prayers 4 yall and bless great healthy peaceful safe journeys travels and happy building 🚐⛺🌅🌌🌄🏞👍👍💪🙂👍👍

Awesome Truck! Where do you find the best place to find parts for these at? I have a '93 5.2L 2WD automatic that was my grandfathers. It has 64,000 miles on it. I find that locating parts can be a bit of a challenge!

Nice truck. I got one just like it has a different color and the Year is a 1993

Priced them too high for the market you say? Sounds like the Gladiator today.

I liked the dodge offering it was the only midsize truck from the big 3, and also even the special edition Shelby edition first gen 89 Dakota's were the only v8 offered trucks same with the Magnum v8 equipped 91-96 dodge Dakota trucks no s15,s10,or ranger was available with a v8 option... And they were a compact size truck anyways.. i have owned a 90 dodge Dakota se 2wd long bed 2.2 chrysler 4cyl 5spd manual windows factory am fm stereo no cassette, and I didn't end up picking up me a 92-95 dodge Dakota club cab short box 5.2 litre 318 Magnum v8 I want a two tone le trim lol..

I am here in Utah. What part of Utah did you buy this one out of? The first gen Dakota's are incredible trucks. I'm on my second one. My first was a 1996 V6 4x4 Quad Cab that I bought in 2014 with 62K miles. My dad has it now. In 2018, I found a 1994 4x4 Quad Cab SLT with the 5.2 & 5-Speed Manual transmission. Currently working on slowly but surely restoring it.

Are we going to get an update on the truck soon ?!

Should’ve bought the manual transmission-my un-rebuilt Aisin AX-15 is going strong at 251K miles.

Hello I need to know where I can buy one from I need one for a 1993 dodge Dakota V6 3.9 L automatic

i love my single cab 1994 dakota but yeah i pulled the auto out and put a 5 speed manual in it because the auto was giving me problems

My dad payed 300 for a 1996 4x4 5.2 v8 that was t boned by a econoline the cab shifted but the door still opened by the end it had 230k miles and my dad made the mistake of letting it sit for 3 months and it wouldent start so we sold it for 800 i miss it

Anymore new info or video coming on this thing? 👍

More to come?

Nice truck That’s a second gen truck

I bought one 7 years ago just like that v6 5 speed for 600$

Hey @Mr.TruckTV 👋 how's the Dakota goin?

I have a new primed passenger front fender that I can sell you if you'd like. Has one small dent, smaller than a dime and convex instead of concave for some reason.

you dont know what your talking about

1500 bucks and 5000 rebuilding the trans. If it wasn't in decent shape it just wouldn't be worth it. Good solid engine, crappy transmissions I was considering buying one back in 95. Bought an F150 instead.