badfish888
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jun 27, 2010
- Posts
- 1,092
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- Location
- Va beach
- Ram Year
- 2012 hemi express
- Engine
- 5.7L Hemi
---Best dilemma ever. What truck should i buy!!!!. Heres the deal. My current truck will be paid off by the end of january. Thats a extra $320 a month. My wife and i have 1, 3 year old daughter and a son due in march. We only have one vehicle. ( my 04) Shes got 84k on the clock, no major problems other then 1 electrical, and ive done all maintenance by the book since i bought her with 15k. My wife loves it. now. Our original plan was she wanted another ram like mine, So start all over again with a $300+ payment and have a newer reliable truck or get a beater for me to drive to work. ( i stand 48hr duty and 68 hr duty). when im at work she barley leaves the house anyway. and when im off its normally walk to the beach or take the boat out. My other option came upon me yester day. One of the guys i work with last year bought for $6500 a 1997 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 with the 5.9l Body had 100k, guy he bought it off off said the tranny is new with less then 500 miles on it. Engine was replaced 60k ago. its has an 8" suspension lift and a 3' bodylift.........Yeah..........and is on 38" **** cepek's that need to be replaced. As it sits after my buddy bought it the guy told him the torque converter was goin, and it did a month later, front drive shaft was never put back on, but he has it, and the tires are almost gone (right rear has a slow leak. Truck has been sitting for almost 8 months. I was talking to him yesterday about helping him fix it and he said for 3500 i can have it, Im fairly mechanicly inclined, but i know nothing about
2nd gens, their drive trains, or their common problems. what should i do. And ive never heard off a Torque converter goin? is their a way to tell, Replacing 37" tires will hurt but driving 7 miles to work and the occasional beach ride, the new ones should last a wile. How bout the 5.9l goods bads. or am i in a work of hurt with this monster. body looks clean and my buddy started it about a mont ago and put a new battery in it. Please help. pics to follow i need to get them off of face book.
2nd gens, their drive trains, or their common problems. what should i do. And ive never heard off a Torque converter goin? is their a way to tell, Replacing 37" tires will hurt but driving 7 miles to work and the occasional beach ride, the new ones should last a wile. How bout the 5.9l goods bads. or am i in a work of hurt with this monster. body looks clean and my buddy started it about a mont ago and put a new battery in it. Please help. pics to follow i need to get them off of face book.