I have a 98 K2500 chevy lifted on 38's and its breaking down. One thing after the other. I always wanted a dodge and my dad just got a new 08 Ford powerstroke and that sold me on the diesel. I was stuck for 9 hours one day and tried everything..had a nissan titan and two F150s strapped up to my truck and it wouldnt budge..my buddy came with his older powerstroke I think 02, and literally within ten seconds I was out. I have videos Ill post up.

Anyways....I dont know to much about these engines. Whats the average lifespan of one if taken care of properly? HP? Torque? I have my eye on one that has 205k, its a 1999, the tranny was completely rebuilt in January. Here is the listing details..

I am selling my 1999 Dodge Ram 2500. I purchased it used from a dealer and it still has 3 years left under warranty.
5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel
Larime SLT
Air Bags
Cold A/C
Power Mirrors
Power Door Locks
Tilt
Cruise
4x4 - Dana 60/70
205,000k

Performance built tranny in January (with Receipts/Warranty). Billet Torque Converter, Billet input shaft, heavy duty bands, new shift solenoids, all new. Over $4,000 worth of parts.
EDGE Juice with Attitude Programmer
Holley Black Lift Pump
BHAF
4" Muffler
2 New Batteries less than a year ago.
New Carbom Mettalic Pads and New Rotors less than a year ago
Ranch Hand Rear Bumper
Brush Guard with Hella 500s
XM Radio
2006 2500 17" Chrome Wheels
315/70 R 17 BFG All Terrains
$11,999, reduced from $12,500


let me know how all that sounds and if the price seems right. any other advice or insight would be awesome!

thanks Justin

heres those videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN8d6kC-ZaY

thats with a f150 and nissan on 41's yanking on me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvkS2Zaq7pQ

and theres that powerstroke doing what its meant to do.

 

Go to kbb.com and look up the values. Price seems a bit high to me for one of that vintage and that many miles. I paid only a little more than that for a 2002 with ~130k miles. But a lot of the values are location dependent so it might be in line with what the market is for your area.

 

the kbb is around 11,288 for fair private value

 

the tranny sounds like a plus and already has a holley fp mounted on the frame

 

does the stuff on that truck make it that much better then this 2002 with 147k stock tranny and motor no warrenty.....the other one has a 3 year warrenty from the dealer on everything..and this 2002 is 14,500

http://www.getauto.com/autolinks_car...-/x_dealer_id-

thanks for the help by the way!

and how many miles can i excpect from a well taken care of cummins

 

hey man if you dont buy it tell me and ill sell mine and i will buy it i bought mine with 204,000 miles for 10k thats a hell of a deal

 

LIfe span? I've never heard of one actually wearing out. They usually either last forever or something fails-- block cracks (53 blocks), pistons melt or get scored or something.

The vast majority of Cummins failures occur in abused trucks (hot rodded or insufficient/improper maintenance-- like Fram filters, etc).

JMO

 

well most banks around here go by the black book value of something. thats how they loan $. maybe you dont need to borrow any money. all dealerships want to go by that kelly blue book which means when they have it for sale they want thousands more than its worth.

 

http://picasaweb.google.com/smartazz19/DodgeRam

theres some pics of the truck. im still tryin to get rid of my chevy. im going to go take a look at it pretty soon seems like a good deal over the internet, we'll see in person.

 

It's not a bad deal. Cool videos. Was the Powerstroke that pulled you out a dually?

 

How do you like your commander? Did you get the fuel pressure kit with the 0-100 PSI sender, or the 0-40 PSI sender?

 

I bought my 99 two years ago with almost 270k miles for 9500. My credit union had no problem giving me a loan for it. I've been very happy with it. Just rolled over 290k last weekend. I've got one small leak at the vacuum pump that I haven't repaired yet. These engines really are amazing if they've been cared for.

That doesn't sound like a bad deal at all to me. After some mods I recently updated my trans to the tune of around $4k. That would be a selling point to me, especially if they have all the records of the trans rebuild.

Brad

 

I would check to make sure it's not a 53 block, but other than that I wouldn't be afraid to give him close to asking price. Looks pretty clean.