I've got a shot to buy one from the original owner at under 3k. I know nothing about these other than some had the classic 12v diesel. This one has the 318 sadly. But it's in great shape with basically all paperwork from new. Checking it out tomorrow but thought I'd check to see if anyone had experience with one first.
It's the last of the old school generation of Dodge trucks. It's about as basic as they get. It's a Truck in all ways. Reliable as gravity and as long as the transmission was not just destroyed that is pretty reliable as well. Only thing that ever goes wrong is the vacuum lines will break so good to proactively change those every now and then.
Good solid trucks. The cabs are a little small compared to other full size trucks of that era so if your tall or wide you might not find it comfortable. The only weird wear item is the steering coupler to the box but Borgeson makes an upraded replacement that Dodge should have used in the first place. The 318 is a good engine with a well deserved reputation for reliability.
supposedly they've replaced the tranny 3 times in it's life. with receipts. I'd be flipping it. Painting, tires, etc
The 318 probably won't disappoint in that truck. It's the 'new' Magnum engine, not the old TBI. Depending on the rear end gear it may feel pretty spry for something that looks so old.
Good thing about trucks that age is you can buy a lot of new trim stuff out of a catalog. At this point the 93s that are still on the road probably look better on average than the 94s...
Vigo said:The 318 probably won't disappoint in that truck. It's the 'new' Magnum engine, not the old TBI. Depending on the rear end gear it may feel pretty spry for something that looks so old.
Good thing about trucks that age is you can buy a lot of new trim stuff out of a catalog. At this point the 93s that are still on the road probably look better on average than the 94s...
agree on that last bit, other than the color being terrible, it's a great looking truck. Certainly won't have the following of a c10 or f100- but those things have gotten crazy. Thanks for the motor experience, I'd imagine a little refresh should do it good.
As a note, a 150 would never have had a Cummins, only the 250 and 350. The 150 is a half ton, so it would typically be a 318 or 360. The Magnum 318 isn't bad for power. And the transmissions shouldn't be dying like that. If the thing has gone through that many, it's the owner's fault. Either bad maintenance, working it too hard without enough cooling or something along those lines. And possibly poor work on it after the first one went (re-using a contaminated cooler or torque converter can put junk into the new trans and kill it).
rslifkin said:As a note, a 150 would never have had a Cummins, only the 250 and 350. The 150 is a half ton, so it would typically be a 318 or 360. The Magnum 318 isn't bad for power. And the transmissions shouldn't be dying like that. If the thing has gone through that many, it's the owner's fault. Either bad maintenance, working it too hard without enough cooling or something along those lines. And possibly poor work on it after the first one went (re-using a contaminated cooler or torque converter can put junk into the new trans and kill it).
Had no ideal about the Cummins, thanks for that. I thought the same on the transmission, it was rebuilt so I'm assuming it was done poorly. Truck interior looks good/very good so we'll see.
The Cummins is also extremely heavy like 1100 pounds.
Properly built and not abused those transmissions should be good for 100k miles plus. By properly built I don't mean modified, just put together correctly.
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