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Originally Posted by TwitchKitty
An unmolested 94-98 dodge cummins would be nice.
Unmolested is the key word with used trucks. It seems many young males feel like they must render a truck useless before they can get on with their lives.
Performance wise our old 1991 F250 with the fuel injected 460, overdrive and 410 limited slip rear is up to the job. Torque, gearing and brakes make a truck. A gasser is lighter and has more margin for load. Myths of mileage are greatly exaggerated in my experience.
Parts are getting to be an issue. Parts stores carry many inferior products for old trucks. I have three failed starter solenoids in the cab now. The cheap AZ part is the only one that worked, go figure. I am going to have to return the signal switch in the wrangler too.
It has taken thirteen years to put 60K miles on the truck. Don't spend a bunch of money on something that you realistically won't use that much. Many months we have spent more on insurance than any other truck expense.
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Earlier this year, we went through 3 solenoids before finally giving up on 'Zone's offerings. I made friends with the son of a local smaller Ford dealer out in the country that had a couple of the NOS solenoids...NOT made in China crapola. I picked two of them up from him, just in case. One went under the hood, and the other in the glove box as a back up. So far, it's doing well.
I agree with you on not putting out big bucks on something only used a few times a year. Since January, my wife's F250 has only gotten 750ish miles put on it. Under 5k miles, and I don't have to pass a sniffing emissions test...so not driving it may be really saving me some money.
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