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DodgeFreak wrote:RCCUMMINS89 wrote:my engine is screaming for mercy on a daily basis...... yea.....so add those up. That is $4,000-$10,000 just depending on how I go about it.
Would you have those problems running a closer to stock engine???
CumminsPower59 wrote:The reasons I own a first gen:
1. Just about everything on it I can repair or rebuild.
2. Insurance costs me $20 a month.
3. No payments (I hate debt with a passion).
4. If it craps out on the side of the road, I can usually get it going with basic tools.
5. It gets looks everywhere I go
6. In a pinch, I can roll start it.
7. I more or less rebuilt the thing in my driveway last spring, and spent less than $9k in doing so.
8. Solid drivetrain components, i.e., serviceable wheel bearings, kingpins instead of ball joints, simple leaf spring suspension, etc.
I really wish I had the resources to give my pile a proper rebuild, but I used what I had and it came out ok. It's far from perfect, but it does go down the road well.
RCCUMMINS89 wrote:In many ways I feel the 5.9 Common Rail truck with a 6 speed to be the "best truck that dodge ever built". I get asked almost on a daily basis by customers why don't I own a newer truck.
As I've stated on this forum many times.. "I use my truck in the mountains and to trap a very large percentage of its life". I'm going to give some examples on actually how hard on vehicles our mountain roads are.
My brother-in-law has an early 2004 6 speed CR. He has owned it for 5 years and has ONLY put on 36k miles on it during that time.
He is on his 3rd set of tires......3rd set of ball joints..... tie rod ends, and associated steering components, 3 times. Every time I ride in his truck, I strictly envy him on how nice it rides and the smooth power it produces (bone stock truck). Not even to mention the phenomenal fuel economy it gets (well over 20mpg average). But they just CAN'T handle the constant ruts and gnarly rocky mountain roads with the front end.
RCCUMMINS89 wrote:Now, keep in mind that I was 23 years old when I owned that truck. I've personally hit a ditch side ways at over 100mph with it and put it on 2 wheels.... without breaking a thing. The trucks are INCREDIBLY strong..... it's just the constant jerk, pull, jerk, pull that mountain roads do to them that wear out all of the steering and ball joint components.
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