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Educate me about what year(s) had the good diesel engines. Thanks ------------------------------- Will Stewart / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor Member, GOA, N.A.G.R. _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ Hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | ||
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It's probably unlikely on my part. On-line they appear to be mostly worn out at 200K miles but want $20K, or 100K miles and priced at $35K. Compared to new, it doesn't seem to make any sense. ------------------------------- Will Stewart / Once you've been amongst them, there is no such thing as too much gun. --------------------------------------- and, God Bless John Wayne. NRA Benefactor Member, GOA, N.A.G.R. _________________________ "Elephant and Elephant Guns" $99 shipped “Hunting Africa's Dangerous Game" $20 shipped. red.dirt.elephant@gmail.com _________________________ Hoping to wind up where elephant hunters go. | |||
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A friend just bought a new 4x4 dodge diesel, leftover 2014, 4 door long bed for $42K May not be worth buying used with low interest rates I am one gun away from being happy | |||
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Will, I did a lot of research before buying a cummins. The 2004 to 2006 seem to be good ones. All though some guys really like the older ones also. Transmissions on these could be a problem if they have been chipped and pulled or pushed with a lot. The trans can't hold up to the power that the upgrades in HP they provided. I am getting about 22MPG on highway and almost 20 MPG around town if I take it easy. The newer ones with the 6.7 motors are not getting as good of milage. I can not speak about the brand new ones as I was not looking at them. I like the one I bought they are nice trucks. Del | |||
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Hi Will, I have a 2008 Cummins with a 6 speed manual trans. Don't have anything bad to say about it, has been a good truck. Gets decent mileage and good power. | |||
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I think the new ones are a 6.7 motor. The one in the 2012 dually I had was the 6.7. It was my understanding that was the last year before the def was required. The cummins is a good motor. Keep yer powder dry and yer knife sharp. | |||
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My bad it is a 6.7. | |||
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We have a couple of 2006 6 speed manuals. (5.9L) Good trucks. Many complain about auto's as they are expensive to rebuild. However the 6 speed clutches are not cheap either if you pull heavy. HD clutch jobs will run close to 2K. They all need injectors usually at about 120K so plan on 3K to have them done. The most bullet proof to me seam to be the old 12V, but I think 98' was the last year they were made. All of these trucks though just seam to light of duty to me for what I do. I regularly pull equipment on a trailer that run 16-18K and it's just hard on the trucks. They have plenty of power to pull but it the tail wagging the dog. I have been looking for a good deal on a Freightliner Sport Chassis for a while now. All depends on what you need. Mac | |||
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All the complaints on newer Dodge trucks seem to involve automatic transmissions . The (2) I 've had , a 93 & 01 both had the manual trans. Never replaced a clutch. Both good trucks. The 01 gets crappy MPG, but it does have the gas V10. | |||
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Will, Sugar is still gone and I haven't talked to Rose in a good while! I have been driving Dodges since 1990 and have driven five. Only the last one is the 24 valve auto which gets 21-22 mpg. The standards always got 24 and sometimes 25 mpg. They quietened the engines down in about 2003 or 4 and I never had anything done to the valves on the five I have owned. Heard of one the other day with a 1m miles and several with half that many. The motor will outlast the body in that many miles, but for a diesel, it is the one. Don | |||
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I have a 1993 that I bought new, now has 265K with a new injector pump and alternator. The steering box started leaking somewhere north of 200K, not too many other big expenses. TomP Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right, when wrong to be put right. Carl Schurz (1829 - 1906) | |||
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My '07 2500 has the 5.9 6 speed. Love it. Has 125K with a water pump being the only think I have installed. Other than brakes and bearings, etc. I think '07 was the last year with the 5.9's and not '06. God Bless, Louis | |||
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Right on. My BIL had one until this month when a cretin tried to turn a 32" motor home around on a 2" wide curvy mountain road without even looking for a wide-spot to do it at. T-boned my BIL, totling his Dodge. Anyway, my BIL was really upset about it because he had just paid $5,000+ to get a complete new clutch & transmission installed. The shop where it was done (in Placerville CA) love Chrysler products, including Jeep, Dodge, and all the rest. In all of them the transmissions fail more often than in any other make. Seems Chrysler outsources them from the lowest bidder much of the time. My sister (his wife) just had to have a new tranny put in her Cherokee...and it cost her a bundle too...turns out it was manufactured in France by Renault, and the new tranny had to be imported from there. Me? I like the old Ford F250 4x4 diesels with the International Harvester engines. (If it'll pull a gang plow and a rake, it'll sure as heck pull a pickup.) I put 480,000 miles on mine before trading it in, and it was still running perfectly. At least 250,000 of those miles were pulling a loaded horse trailer on the rodeo circuit. Not too high maintenance either...I changed the oil and filters about ever 75,000 miles, and it never needed the head pulled on either side of the engine for any reason in all that time. Just occasional new glow plug (3, in all that time), and the injector pump rebuilt once. Only had to reshod the brakes twice in all that distance. My country gal's just a moonshiner's daughter, but I love her still. | |||
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Alberta, what event in rodeo did you do? Pulling a horse trailer, I'd suspect you weren't a bull rider. | |||
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I've got two 1996 Dodge Cummins, one with the automatic and the other with the NV4500 manual. The automatic I had beefed up years ago for pulling with the DTT torque convertor and valve body and the manual I just put a South Bend clutch in it. Of course both are 12 valves. I don't think I'll ever wear out these two trucks in my lifetime. Living in the southwest helps due to almost zero rust. | |||
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I bought a 99 3/4 quad cab 4x4 4spd auto years ago. When I bought it I had a local shop (family friend) change the trans fluid and filter and I ran it up to 100k miles. Had the valves adjusted and ran it another 85K miles. The truck was stolen and when it was recovered the dipshit had mixed gas with diesel. They drained it and put diesel back in and it seemed to run fine but I traded it off since I didn't want it to die on my dime. I towed a 30' trailer on weekends and towed a Bobcat skidsteer as well as building material with it. The transmission never gave me any problems. I did install a programmer in it but I only ever used it for fuel economy and never turned it up to full power because I knew I would lose the transmission if I did. My truck would average 12mpg towing the trailer and I could do 19mpg empty if I didn't go above 70mph. I miss that old truck. | |||
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I had a 92 5.9 Cummins Dodge for many trouble free years and miles. Unfortunately the rest of the truck eventually fell apart around the engine. I replaced it with a 2006 5.9. It's an automatic because I'm getting older and no longer enjoy manual transmissions. I pull moderate sized goosenecks with reasonable loads nowadays. "For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind..." Hosea 8:7 | |||
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I have a '95 1 ton 4x4 with 143K & a '98 12' flatbed dually with 115K both 5.9 12 valves, best engine made IMHO. Diesel magazine has an article where you can add 100 HP & 400+ ft pds of torque byjust tuning, no parts to buy but put a kit in your tranny. I towed/hauled 20,000 from Dayton OH to Kalamazoo, MI & still beat 20mpg in the '95. Both are autos. Best IMHO as 12 valves are totally mechanical, no computer, same engines in Case tractors. "If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so." - Thomas Jefferson | |||
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