Yank coal blower

[Yeti]

Well little blue wonder truck has gone bang,cracked the head and overheated the turbo .Died in style racing(and whupping) an emasculated track suit wearing fairy in a Saxo vts.

Time has come to replace it with Somthing bigger and nastier and with more displacement and more room so I'm going down the American route

I know Billy on here rolls coal in his yank derv devil,and was wondering where to start looking.Had an eBay search and didn't return any older cummins powered dodges.

What faults to check for,best models etc any advice appreciated.

Cheers chaps and chapettes

[tommer9]

I am sorry, but I have understood less about this post than almost any other since i have been on arbtalk........

[Yeti]

L200 gone bang seeking advice on best Place to find a secondhand 4x4 dodge cummins pickup or other large yank diesel and what are the common faults to look for when purchasing said vehicle lol.

[tommer9]

Haha thanks....Did you give the fairy what he/she/it deserved?

[Yeti]

Aye he cut me up on roundabout onto bypass so whipped out along side him gave him the single fingered how's ya father and gunned her,lots black smoke as usual and bye bye saxo couldn't keep up in slightest,The truck was running less than Stella as idled round second roundabout slowly then spluttered gave out puffs white smoke it started coughing and spluttering then oil pressure went and temp went thru roof.Shut her off and then inspected damage.It's second engine I'd put in her and this one had been tuned to reasonably lairy standard.I'll keep her for farm vehicle as she's an old 2door mk2 with sunroof . And swb chassis so fairly rare and I'd hate to scrap it.

However being a power junky I settled on the big six litre American brutes.

[Taupotreeman]

I hope the aformentioned Saxo fairy didn't pass you and stranded dead duck laughing gleefully? Could have been a tad embarressing unfortunately.

[Yeti]

Haha luckily not.I managed to limp her off round the corner lucky I'd put some good distance between me and the Saxo haha.

[Billy]

I got mine off ebay, there was a very shiny 2nd gen cummins on thre a few weeks ago...too shiny for work did have a nice single stack onit though! They don't really have faults not alot stops them to be hoest good old in line mechanical pump pretty bombproof, on stock ish power the trnasmission wont give you any problems, axles are huge Dana 90 and 70, they're not gonna give out in a hurry and the manual tells me the engine may need inspecting for a rebuild at 1,000,000 miles so no worries there. Mine had a alternator just before i got it, and a steering box. I've replaced the water pump and the starter motor, starter motor was my fault due to some adventurious alternative fuels inthe cold weather earlier in the year. my trucks got 280k on it at the moment