Hello, I'm new here and just wanted to say hello. Just got a 1995 Dodge Ram 1500 4X4 automatic 5.9 V8 yesterday for, you are not going to believe this, $100. Yes that's right, $100. I put a battery in it, stopped at the gas station and pumped $10 worth of gas in it and drove it home. I got it from a Marine @ Camp Lejeune that was being relocated to Va. and he had to get rid of it. He actually called my son and told him to just come and get it, that he didn't want to see it go to a scrap yard. He said that a friend of his had borrowed it one time and had popped a transmission line off while using it and that the tranny would slip sometimes. He said he put the line back on and filled it with fluid and had been using it to go back and forth to work. Well, I followed my son home at 60 MPH and it seemed to be doing pretty well, he said it would shift kind of hard sometimes. I've been looking around the forum some to get some ideas on what we have so as to try and get some fine tuning done on the truck before any real usage. My son said he was doing about 2400 RPM's at about 60 MPH, so I'd like to check and see if that is right, I don't think she is going into overdrive, maybe didn't engage it, I haven't driven it yet. Going to do a fluid and filter change on it today using the ATF+4 tranny fluid and see if that might assist at all. The truck runs so good, unbelievably good, and just needed someone to breath some new life into it. I'll take some pics today so those that would like to see it can. I'll try to load them up later. Anyway, any advice, tips, tricks or insight is greatly appreciated. Looking forward to getting in to working on this truck with my son. Thanks in advance, Marty

 

dude- this is kinda creepy..

I live in Cape Carteret.. I just joined the forum too..

I'll give you $500 for the truck in the a.m.!!!!! heheheheheee...

seriously, good job on the find.. it doesn't sound too serious on the tranny- likely that critter needs the lines cleaned and cleared in addition to what you're already doing.. but if it does cause you issue:

There is a guy on 258 that rebuilds trannies, and does the best job of anyone in the area... he'll surely do yours too- it will cost around $1200, but will include beefier bands and such.. I'm getting him to do mine in the next couple of weeks..

oh- and by the way, I've a friend down in wilmington with a direct line on parts before any of the middle men get involved.. ridiculously cheap OEM and branded aftermarket..

I bought rear rotors for $12 apiece, and fronts for $17 apiece for an idea of how cheap.. I use her sparingly so as not to give her the impression I'm taking advantage- but if you run into a high $$ part you gotta have, let me know and I better a $ to a donut you'll save a ton..

drew out.

 

If the truck still has the stock gears/tires in/on it, you aren't getting overdrive. Should be around 1500-1700rpm at 60mph.

Awesome deal though. Congrats!

And, welcome to DF!

 

Yeah x2 on not going into overdrive, do you have a check engine light if not check the codes on it, might be one for the tranny

 

Hey man,
Maybe we'll run into each other sometime.

 

 

welcome nice steal ! !

 

Ok I posted a few pics of my ride

 

were at dont see any pics

 

^They're in his profile.

I'm usally really picky about my vehicles, but even I would drive that for $100.
Good steel man. Hope it serves you well and doesn't show the fact that its a $100 truck. (engine wise anyway).