Go to any auto parts store and buy a Haynes Repair Manual for the truck. There are very specific and simple explanations and photos to due just about every repair possible on it. The book will run you about $30 and is worth every penny.
1992 dodge Dakota 5.2l 318....192 F thermostat
The spring side of any thermostat always goes towards the engine.
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it might have a sticking thermostat.
You should change the oil in a Dodge Dakota every 3000 miles.
follow the hose from top of radiator-the hose leads to a neck that is partially buried by the alternator that yoke is the top of the thermostat there are a couple of brackets that have to be removed in order to change it.
howdo you change the front axel of a dodge Dakota 2000 4x4
factory thermostat should be a 180 degree stat.
The spring side goes towards the block.
The thermostat on a 3.7L V6 is under the housing where the lower radiator hose attaches to the engine.
Where the lower hose goes on the engine, it is under that housing.
It is next to the thermostat housing on top of the engine.