Sorry if I put this in the wrong spot!

I am looking to see if the following truck was available from the factory and all of my searches have come up with nothing...

- 1998-2003
- Ram 2500 or 3500
- 5.9 Magnum GAS / 360ci
- NV4500 manual transmission

Thank you for the help!

 

Yes, that truck exist, but only as the 2500. 5.9 gas was not on option on the 3500.

 

Great thanks! Now I just need to find one...

 

Any 1994-2002 Dodge Ram 2500 with the v8 and the manual tranny will match the specs you are looking for.

 

The 5.9 was standard on the 3500 with an optional CTD or 8.0 V10. Likewise, the NV4500 was standard equipment with an optional 47RH/RE auto. You can even find a Hemi/NV5600 or G56 until late 00s. Even the Power Wagon had a stick with Hemi.

 

Never seen a power wagon with a stick.

 

When I bought in 98... gas engines had auto as stock, and manual was an optional downgrade (-$600)... and I seem to remember there not being a manual for a 5.9 gas... maybe that was just the SST.

 

That's becuase for the 1500 it wasn't an option. Plenty of 2500s came with the NV4500 though.

 

Bingo^^^ It all depends on trim and model. For instance, my ST came standard with the 5.2 and NV3500 with an optional 46RE, and an optional 5.9. An SLT came standard with the 5.9 (auto) but could be "downgraded" to a stick and 5.2. The NV3500 was only rated for 300 lb/ft whereas the 5.9 offered 330 lb/ft which is why the 5.9 was never offered with a stick in the 1500 frame.

Since the 5.9 was the baby engine for the heavy duties (98-03), it was standard with stick as well (NV4500) but for a different reason. Back then, autos were actually weaker than sticks for heavy duties and were more of a convenience/luxury option (all three manufacturers offered sticks). All three engines in the 2500 and 3500 came standard with sticks (NV4500, NV4500HD, NV5600) but were available with autos as a trim upgrade except the 5.9 Cummins H.O. (2000-01) which only was mated to the NV5600. Light Duty 2500s were standard with the 5.2 and NV3500 until discontinued in 98.

Sadly, or rather tragically, as of 2015, the only new trucks you can order with a manual transmission are Chevy Colorado (2wd), Nissan Frontier, Toyota Tacoma, and the Ram 2500-3500 with the "low output" Cummins 610 lb/ft (G56). So autos have become better, but America got wimpier. There is no V8 gas engine mated with a manual in any new showroom in America.

 

Well not for trucks. Can still get a challenger with the manual

It's less that standards are inherently weaker, just that the public doesn't care for sticks at all anymore so the manufacturers don't design them. It's amazing the Cummins still has an option. I've actually seen a few brand new ones on craigslisy witht the stick.

I think it's just a G56. So it's not even new or special.