80k mi? Either save up now or just give up on that idea. That's a damn long time you're expecting out of it. lol

 

'95 1500 5.9L, just got 205K 2 days ago. Rebuilt tranny at 187K and motor at 196K.

 

Yep,putting a little away each paycheck. With a little tlc well get there,lol even if the engine is wrapped in duck tape and Rope. As far as the transmission,well might lose a little funding there....

 

207,394 ummmm i just bought it 3 weeks ago , and it needs a lot of work , but I assumed that when i bought it.

 

171,000 and feeling a little uncomfortable, just a lot of little things like dying on me every now and then, not really trusting for long trip.

 

What things have you replaced so far? It'll give me some idea of what to look out for and what to except when I get near that kind of mileage.

 

I got a post on something I am trying to figure out now, title, My truck just dies sometimes. https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...sometimes.html

Since I have had the truck I have replaced all the ball joints, both front seals, plugs, wires, rotor, dist cap, A/C compressor, transmission filter and fluid (put in a plug and drain and refilled 3 times), replaced the transmission check valve hose (I know I should have deleted), check plemum and it is clean, cleaned TB, cleaned IAC, cleaned MAP, cleaned TBS. The gas sending unit need replace, it act a little crazy until I get down to about half a tank. And that is just within the last year, I bought it with 159,000.

 

Keep fixing it until it just gets to be really bad. These trucks (depending on the truck) will just start breaking stuff at a certain age. Then it goes away for a while.

 

You ain't seen nothing yet, at about 160 was when my truck started its " I need new parts" thing. It was almost a weekly thing for a while, from stupid little things too big things. In the cab stuff is still fine just bulbs and switches, but the drivetrain has been mostly replaced at least once, I think the only three org parts left are the steering box, rad, PS pump. DD is right it will come and go as it pleases.

 

I will keep after it for awhile, the truck don't have any rust which is unusual for Kansas and I know this truck has always been in Kansas. Not a tear in the inside, all switches work, actually everything on the truck works. But the last month has been a number of pita. I don't want anything newer, but I would like to go back to something in the 70s. None of this electronic crap and easy to get to...... Oh yes and when the nuclear bombs hit, the EMP will not bother, my truck would just keep running. I just really liked my old 75 Blazer, roof come off top, even over the driver, they did that a couple of years, but wife was embarrassed of all the rust and it wouldn't fit in garage- too wide. I think what I really did wrong was after retiring, we sold the farm (and at an auction sold all my manly toys) and moved into town. Town folks don't like all that junk in the yard.