Matt Ranum
Junior Member
Hi guys, I haven't run much for Dodge over the years except for a '98 dually Cummins for years as my work truck. Aside from the body rusting away it was an amazing 400,000 mile truck. Now I have some friends that have a farm and are doing some serious downsizing and a ton of stuff goes on an auction later this month. One of which is a 2004 Ram 2500 4x4, regular cab long bed with a 5.7 Hemi and an automatic tranny. Nice truck with minimal rust. Its actually had very little use as it was the work truck for one of the patriarchs of the family and she simply didnt use it much. 58,000 miles.
Its had all the ball joints changed and a few other things. They think it needs an o2 sensor but other than that no known issues. I know next to nothing about these Hemi's so I was doing a little searching and came up with horror stories about either intake valve issues or the cam rollers wiping out the cams.
I was seriously thinking about trying to pick it up especially since I've known its history since new, but can someone tell me with some accuracy just how prevalent these issues are? Its easy to be made to believe that everyone on the road is gonna blow at some point.
Its had all the ball joints changed and a few other things. They think it needs an o2 sensor but other than that no known issues. I know next to nothing about these Hemi's so I was doing a little searching and came up with horror stories about either intake valve issues or the cam rollers wiping out the cams.
I was seriously thinking about trying to pick it up especially since I've known its history since new, but can someone tell me with some accuracy just how prevalent these issues are? Its easy to be made to believe that everyone on the road is gonna blow at some point.
