howdy. like the title says, i'm looking at a 98.5 and i really don't know much about these things. took it for a test drive today though. hooked up fuel and oil pressure gauges before hand. at idle, she was pushing a whopping 3psi on the fp. under VERY light acceleration it went down to zero. that and the nv4500 not shifting to well were the only problems i could find with it. don't know if i had the fp gauge plumbed to the correct fitting though. since it's a time constrained issue i won't post pics here, but this is a link to my thread on tdr with pics. the asking price is 15,500. which includes the "4 wheel camper" pop up, which the owner said cost him 13k new a few years ago. it's got a 53 block too . only 149k on the odometer though. anyway, i'd love to hear what you guys think. thanks in advance.

dave

 

run Forest,RUN

 

will do!

thank you. that's the consensus over on tdr as well.

 

I have a 98.5 and hate it. been a constant strain on the wallet. I have 340,000 miles on it and its on the third lift pump and ip. Other than that pretty decent truck, if you really want a good truck get anything from 94-pre 98.5 12vavles are the best have 3 of them and have well over 300,000 on them as well.