Major Truck Trouble, What Would You Do????

   / Major Truck Trouble, What Would You Do???? #21  
RAT, I thought you had taken care of those tranny problems.If you haven't bought yet , check Jasper transmissions. I've always had good luck with them . They use to offer 36mo. 36000 mi warranty.They deliver to your door.
 
   / Major Truck Trouble, What Would You Do???? #22  
They shipped out the new, new one or second remanufactured yesterday. 1.5 weeks after I complained about the problem. It's frustrating, but whats new ya know, really. I'm getting more of a "Who Cares" attitude all the time.
 
   / Major Truck Trouble, What Would You Do???? #23  
Ok , I thought you got your money back from the other guys. Good luck ,I hope this time it works for you , Transmissions of that size & weight are not fun to be installing & uninstalling.
 
   / Major Truck Trouble, What Would You Do????
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#24  
Yes, that's for certain.

Rat, what's this "whoooo cares" attitude about? We care? And, i figure you do too, otherwise you'd be curled up in bed thinking 'whooo cares!!!!'

Most important thing, we all keep moving forward, whether with new or old or refurb means!!! ;-)
-Art
 
   / Major Truck Trouble, What Would You Do???? #25  
"Who Cares" was the name of our softball team. Its a way of "chilling out". I was on a job once doing all of the electrical. I was talking to the carpenter running the framing. I was telling him far more then I needed, probably complaining a little as tends to happen whenever government, taxes, and politics comes into play. Right in the middle of my diatribe, he stops me and let out a great big "Whoooooooooooooo Cares" and walked away. I took it personally for about 15 minutes, figured it out and busted up laughing. He helped me see the lighter side of life.
 
   / Major Truck Trouble, What Would You Do???? #26  
Sometimes thats all you can do, laugh about it and move on. It could always be worse.... We had a couple of other phrases that relate, but probably wouldnt be appropriate /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif.. Good luck guys..
 
   / Major Truck Trouble, What Would You Do???? #27  
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I have 130,000 on my 1500 5.9 L . Only problem I had was the front ball jonts went bad @100,000 mi. I have pulled trailers with this truck since I bought it new in 95. I do know that the cunnings engine adds alot of weight to the front end of that truck. )</font>

Ken Ken Ken, you have to at least have a 2500 with a Cummins, now they may put a cunnings in a 1500, but I haven't seen one yet. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
   / Major Truck Trouble, What Would You Do???? #28  
I owned a '95 Ram 1500 4x4 automatic with 5.2 l engine. I had it for eight years and put 265k miles, many weekend trips between VA and upstate NY. Except (and its a big except) for the transmission that truck was solid. The exception was the 90k mile transmission, it required rebuilding every 90k. When it was starting to go for the third time I decided to trade in for a new larger truck.

The mileage stayed around 18 mpg while I owned it, and the emission inspections showed the exhaust gases stayed consistent too. Replaced the battery at the five year mark, flushed radiator every 2 years, plugs and wires every 100k, ran Mobil 1 10k between oil changes, PVC and air filter every 3rd oil change. Tires lasted between 50 and 60k per set. Water pump was replaced when it was six years old, a transmission hose started leaking that same year. Only other thing I remember is replacing the serpentine belt twice, but I may be forgetting a change or two.
 
   / Major Truck Trouble, What Would You Do???? #29  
well I'm not up on the dodges for the diesle ver much other than riding in a new 4x4 1 ton dually for a while of the last year new so not a lot of miles, we (the company I worked for) traded in 2 chevy 1 ton 4x4 duallys for the dodge each one had about 40K on the chevys with the 454's. sucked gas like crazy, both these needed full on front end rebuilds, (mostly local driving a nd some light med duty hauling) these chevies were bought when the first chevy front end fell out from under it at 35K, he (owner of company) too the wreck in for repair and had a near 8K estimate, but they talked him into trading it in and getting the 2 new ones as we needed the 2nd truck anyways, that first truck was only 2 yrs old at the time .)

now we had an old ford 150 light duty prior with 170K which only needed a king pin replacement and an alt. he thought it was junk and traded it for the chevy.

now the new dodge has a turbo & runs great but I personally have only logged 1000 or so miles in it. rides 100 times better than the chevies did but not nearly as nice as the ford...


now my neibor is a die hard dodge fan, he has 4 of them, and usually has one or more up on blocks for front end work as well. lots of brake & hub problems...

I think I'll stick wiht the fords myself... not that I think they are that much better just when they break they usually will still get you home if you have 1/2 enough since to check the oil & keep the car maintained... every chevy & buick I had would leave me stranded with out a lick of notice.. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif


anyhow just my 2 cents worth.

MakrM /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 
   / Major Truck Trouble, What Would You Do???? #30  
My 96 Dodge is at 116,000 miles. 1 Ton Cummings. I'll have to lean towards the after 100,000 the truck has problems. Mine in particular started about 88,000 miles. This truck hauls, and hauls, and hauls, no recreation driving for the most part.

So far Engine Trouble = None, except for getting it started. Once started it is a Gem. But starting well I have been fighting with that for the last 10,000 miles and $1,600 dollars. Always something different. Havent even bothered with the latest round of dealer opinions.

The interior fell apart at 50,000 miles (3 or 4 years ago). The radio has worked since then. The turn signals and brake lights are fried. I finally had my brother look at it and he ended up replacing all the wiring in the truck, including controlers, and other little boxes. So far so good. Dodge, couldnt find problems. My brother handed me a lump of melted wires. (Note: I had a 1 ton GMC do this as well.)

All in all my standard motto when people ask me about this truck is "Runs Great" if I could pull the engine, and trans and place it in my GM I would be happy. Although I do feel the trans starting to act up....


I might mention that my Brother is a GMC mechanic for 25 years now at a GMC dealer. He has one of the top 5 few return rates of vehicles he worked on in the state (did you know they tracked this stuff). He has a lift at home and more tools at home than most the kids do at dealerships and repair shops. He knocks off 5-10 cars a week in his evenings from Trannies to engines, to door pins.

Given all this, he wont touch my dodge in most cases. Electrical was an exception. He has worked on two previous dodges recently under duress. Needless to say in both cases everyone involved lost. Not becuase he doesnt care, but because it seems once these trucks take a turn for the worst the are gone.

Instance 1) was a trade in that Dodge wouldnt take so the guy traded it to a GM dealer. The GM dealer spent 5000 in parts and sent it to the Dodge Dealer who hit them for another XXX (high figure I dont recall). In the end the dealership lost its tail on this thing.

Instance 2) Was a friend of his who bouth a 3/4 ton diesel cummings. My brother has replaced over $3000 dollars in parts alone in the last 15,000 miles.

My Conclusion: My brother shouldnt work on Dodge /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif but in addition, probably like many things there is a point were bad is bad. I think it all compounds. A domino effect if you will.

So the toughest decision in life is always where to cut your losses and when to push through. Now where did I put my Oracle?
 

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