Well guys the powerstroke was getting a little big and was actually real picky on the maintenence. I traded my baby yesterday for a 2001 Dodge 2500 w/Cummins 4x4. I really want to thank each and every person who ever helped me with a problem and I will still be on here every now and then to give my 2 cents. Lastly all I have to say is wow on the Cummins? Oh yea why is everything so much cheaper? Take care and Happy New Year To ALL!

______________________
Aaron
New: 2001 Dodge 2500 Cummins,auto,4x4 (Bad Machine)
Sold: 99 CC F250 PSD auto, custom, 225,000 miles (of love)
Houston

 

Aaron, I'm probably one of the very few that will say kind things about that buy. I bought one last month. 01 2500 4x4 8' box ext cab, 6 speed Cummins.

And I do agree with what you said.

Oh yeah, a Mod will nail you for the Ram in your sig.

 

:-staun ...you did what???? well, if I had to drive a truck other than a ford (which I would try not to ) it would have to be a dodge

 

As long as it is a diesel with Iron heads I'm OK
But boo on DairyMax

 

What kind of Fuel mileage are you getting with the Cummings?
And do you guys know any good web sites?
What is the big deal about Duramax, it's better then a damn RICE Burner.
Don't get me wrong I'm a Die Hard Ford man, but damn the price of a PSD is crazy, that I'm going have to look hard to find one that I can afford.
Tnanks Stampede

 

I do not like the DuraMax because it has aluminum heads on a very high compression engine. In a cas that I am aware of locally, the engine jettisoned the heads. It blew them off around the head bolts. This is my experience with them and why I am biased against them.

I am going to end this before we are reprimanded for brand talk in a tech forum

PS It is an IZUZU engine, made by the japanese

 

Well, I didn't know alot people know that the duramax was or is an Izuzu motor, ah ah ah Ricer burner, I mean.
BE AMERICAN and BUY AMERICAN.
STAMPEDE.

 

Well Sorry for not replying sooner! One here asked the miles per gallon I am getting. First of all I have a 2001 2500 Cummins, Auto, Shortbed, 4x4, and drove from inner city Houston to Schulenburg,TX a round trip of 235 miles that I clocked. The fuel usage was to 1/4 of a Tank, and a Tank is 34 gallons, so roughly 8.5-9 gallons. I was driving 70-75 the whole way and surprisingly, with my calculation it comes out to around 26 miles per gallon. In the city I have been getting about 19, and my Powerstroke couldn't get this on its best day. All I can say is it isn't as roomy as a crew cab F250 but the performance and gas mileage is incredible!! I will be keeping it for a long time. Thanks Aaron

 

Oh yea last thing everybody always says CUMMINGS! Its not it is a Cummins.

 

Duramax isnt an isuzu, its a duramax made by Duramax Ltd

UAW employees in Moraine Ohio build the duramax...........and Duramax Ltd is the sole proprietor

and honestly I cant believe 2 years after introduction people are still trying to say the heads blow off, from what I see here they run a heckuva lot better than this 6.0 pos cornbinder

 

Fitzydog, sorry about the misprint. Do you know any web sites for the Cummins, I like to keep in touch with you about your truck.
I bleed Ford Blue, my Grand-Father was a Ford Man, but the price for one is out of this world. I really looking for Fuel mileage, and the cummins seems to fit.
A friend of mine has one, he says he's getting about 17-18 in town, I drove his, I liked it but I just don't like the interior.
Thanks Stampede


Otto, do you know any web sites for the Duramax?
From what I have heard, that the duramax was worping the heads.

Thanks Stampede

 

Fitzydog,
Congrats on your new truck. I for one think you made a good choice and I am disappointed to say I am right now selling my '97 Ram 2500 (300 hp, 700 ft/lbs@1800 rpm, 21 mpg with 1000 lbs in the bed) with the 12V Cummins because my father-in-law gave me his '95 250 for free. Hey, at least it's got an International engine. I'm also a Cornbinder nut.

Anyway, despite their generic name the best resource for Cummins Rams is easily the Turbo Diesel Register, you can get to the main page at www.turbodieselregister.com and access the discussion forums from there. I also highly recommend a subscription, it seems expensive at first but when you get your first BOOK in the mail you'll see why. Having a 24V, I would recommend very quickly installing a fuel pressure gauge because the lift pumps fail quite often.

Good luck!

Darel

 

Stampede, here is a good sight for Duramax

dieselplace.com/forum

 

http://www.duramaxdiesel.com/01_features/index.htm

Otto, According to this, Duramax Was developed by IZUZU. Please show me otherwise if this site is wrong.

 

GM-Ford Deal Seems OK
However daunting, the transmission development deal that unites the world's two largest auto makers does not appear to cross the line into anti-trust territory,

Had the auto makers developed transmissions independently, they would have incurred costs “in the hundreds of millions,” says Tom Stephens, group vice president-GM Powertrain.

The deal was about 10 months in the making. GM made the first move: Stephens reportedly contacted Ford President and COO Nick Scheele directly. The two sides had been working on 6-speed transmissions of their own, but settled on a GM-inspired design because the No.1 auto maker “was a couple of months ahead,” Stephens tells reporters.

The transmission will debut by late-decade in large front-wheel-drive passenger cars and cross/utility vehicles or SUVs. Each auto maker will build the transmission in its own plants.

So Ford building a GM tranny in their own plant still leaves it as GM tranny, GM uses a diesel designed by Isuzu, but built in america by UAW workers

So we have alot of cross breeds here, Gm uses a jap diesel, dang ricer, Fords gonna use a hydramatic tranny, dang chevies

I dont dispute the durajap was designed by Isuzu I merely pointed out it is built in the USA by UAW autoworkers in Ohio........I heard Fords diesel was designed by Navistar............uh oh nooooooo

Im not sure but I think most GM trucks are built in Pontiac Michigan, while ford and dodge "Hecho en Mexico", course I know they all use imported parts