I just bought a 1999 2500 Cummins with 218,000 miles from a retired man who used it to pull an enclosed trailer to transport his MG to the track. He had a 5th wheel installed with a Tekonsha P3 brake control. He expected it to be with him until he died; but plans changed as he told me. Fortunately for me he did a lot of work to it, to make it reliable not fast, and I was looking for a reliable rust free truck.
He owned it since 2005 and only put 90000 miles on it in 13 years and rarely drove it in the winter. He had a truck bed shipped up to Wisconsin from Texas and then had it painted. While the bed was off he applied POR-15 to most of the frame, replaced the leaf spring, and installed a Load Lifter 5000.
So far I've replaced the 2 batteries and will be putting in a 190* thermostat instead of the 180 that likely is in it as it never gets above 176 according to my Actron scanner,
He owned it since 2005 and only put 90000 miles on it in 13 years and rarely drove it in the winter. He had a truck bed shipped up to Wisconsin from Texas and then had it painted. While the bed was off he applied POR-15 to most of the frame, replaced the leaf spring, and installed a Load Lifter 5000.
So far I've replaced the 2 batteries and will be putting in a 190* thermostat instead of the 180 that likely is in it as it never gets above 176 according to my Actron scanner,
