Just bought a 98 12V. Opinions on the buy?
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Just bought a 98 12V. Opinions on the buy?
I sold my 04 and after a couple months started looking for a 2wd 98 dually to pull my race trailer. I finally found one with 93K miles that wasnt a rag in south florida and flew down and drove it home a couple days ago. The truck is an SLT Laramie auto with the 12V. I have a one owner title and did some research and found that the man that owned it is 79 yrs old. He used it to pull a 5th wheel camper and nothing else. Anyway the truck is a 10 as far as wear and tear for the years I think. I did however not know until about 2 hrs ago that some of the early 98's had the dreaded 53 block. I found the thread here that shows where to look for the 53 in the casting and went out with a good flashlight to see if I had one. I am relieved to say that I have looked everywhere on the block and can't find "53" anywhere . I just knew with my luck and being happy with my purchase that I would see 53 on the side of the block. Maybe I got lucky for once. I gave 13900$ for it. It was garage kept and is immaculate. Was this a fair deal? Oh yea...I guess I need to change my sig...LOL
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Thanks all! I was worried about the 53 block issue but I looked again and cant find it anywhere on the block on either side so I guess I am safe. I am gonna stop looking for it now before I find it...LOL.
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No worries here as my truck does not have a 53 block anyway. It is still interesting how the 12v's don't crack and the 24v's do sometimes.
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Nice truck - sounds as if it's hardley been broken in. Quite a bit better than the payments on a new rig in my estimation. Enjoy your new truck!
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