Hello and welcome to the Only website dedicated to the 50 series Dodge / Renault Light Trucks . Over 150 pages have been added during the last couple of months and more are to be added in the next two weeks.

Site info can be found after this section.

IDENTIFY YOUR VEHICLE

What have you got?

So have you a Mk1? or a Mk2? a S35 or a S66, an ax6 axle ...fm2 gearbox wot's it all mean?

Well the best place to start is to identify your vehicle.

Mk1 have round headlights and Mk 2 have Square. Mostly!

First find your VIN (Vehicle Identification Number)

Might look a bit like this SDFB75KOCED 21163, this is from my Mk 1 1984 S75 Van.

Look at the Vin number, found on the log book, on the vin plate usually by the drivers side step (buses might be near the passenger door) and the chassis serial number is like 'The 211633' as above, found on the chassis behind the drivers side front wheel.

SDF or SDB is the vehicles makers world identity mark.

B75 is the model type ie: B75 = 7,500kgs it could be B35 / 46 / 56 / 66 / 75

K or A is the body type, A = Chassis Cab, K = Van

0 or numeric. 0 = standard plating, numeric = special plating.

C is the engine type, C = perkins 4.236 4 cylinder 3800cc diesel , B=6 cylinder chrysler 3500cc petrol , D= perkins 6.247 6 cylinder diesel E= perkins T38 4 cylinder 3800cc diesel turbo, F = Perkins Phaser 90 4 cylinder 3990cc diesel, G = Perkins Phaser 110 4 cylinder 3990cc turbo diesel.

E is the year of build, E = 1984, A = 79/80, B = 80/81, C = 81/82, D = 82/83, E = 83/84, F = 84/85, G = 85/86, H = 86/87, J = 87/88, K = 88/89, L = 89/90, M = 90/91, N = 91/92 AND P = 92/93.

D is the build plant, D = Dunstable.

211633 is the vehicle chassis number. (Mk1)

Chassis Numbers.

210001 to 219001 are Mk 1

219001 and on are Mk 2

More info on identification here

Finding your way around the site.

Once you have sorted out what you have it will make life for you a little bit easier, if you are looking for brake information and you have a mk 1 dodge50 go to the workshop index page, click the brakes section link, click the mk1 brakes link. this index page gives you a list of the workshop sections for your vehicle, click the link to the section you need to look at and copy the images and text if you need to and print it out.

If you need general help getting to know your vehicle go to the drivers handbook section, click service index, then handbook index and take a look through the sections.

The Brochure index has links to colour and black and white brochures which have pictures and information / specifications on the 50 series.

The service section covers general service information, the workshop manual section comes direct from the official WSM 3005 Chrysler / Talbot / Karrier / Dodge / Renault workshop manual.

The Picture Gallery and Picture Gallery 2 has hundereds of photos of dodge 50's in all different guises.

Now, when you get a bit stuck, as there are still some old dodgy links left around the site, (for example to the old message board, you will see this is not used anymore and you need to go to the forum instead.) you might need to use your back button on your browser rather than a link on the page, it might take you to an old....old...index page for example, these old pages are still lurking on the server and I would rather keep em than ditch them.

I have tried to make the site as accessable as possable but I know with 300+ pages you can get lost, most pages should have a link back to the homepage, some might be to another index page, good luck.

Lastly if you need help, parts, go to The Forum and join the 600+ members, leave a message in the technical section, wanted section or find the handy numbers section for help sourcing parts, take a look and see whats going on in the world of dodge50.co.uk

I hope you enjoy using the sites and find them usefull, if you want to make a donation to the site you can use the paypal basket link on the homepage or email me at info@dodge50.co.uk for information on how you can post a donation.

Thanks for using the dodge50.co.uk homesite.

Greg.

Site Owner.

Dec 1st 2005