Dargo
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- Joined
- Mar 6, 2004
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- S. IN
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- Jinma, Foton, TYM, Belarus, Yanmar, Branson, Montana, Mahindra and maybe some green and orange too.
My Dad spent 45 years in Mopar parts dept. The shop that he worked in had numerous 400-500k mile RAM CTD's come thru for regular maintenance. He spoke with a number of the owner; no major repairs; just regular maintenance.
The big thing they had come in the shop, was gas in diesel. Someone not paying attention, fill thier truck with gas, and then drive 1/8 a mile and bammo, there goes a motor.
In Dargo's case, he had more issues with rear tires. Too many smoky burnouts in his duallies
You think that had something to do with it eating transmissions too? LOL, the guys who installed the last ATS transmission in it were my buddies at the Dodge dealership. I had the ATS shipped in to them and they installed it for me. To "break in" the new transmission, I did a nice burnout for just over 200 yards. Those 4 streaks lasted for almost a year! But, hey, that was the transmission that ended up lasting. Maybe that's what you need to do.
Still, as I just posted, I totally expect that heavily modified Cummins to go 400k miles or more. Seriously. If a Snap On micrometer can be trusted, it was literally showing no measurable wear at around 100k miles; when it started taking steroids.