Never owned a V10 and a guy is selling a 2002 Ram 2500 V10 6spd swap with original 5 spd for $700 just needs a new bed (at least he says). My questions are these engines reliable? In know some parts are hard to find. How does that play out? Any known issues with them (like the Plenum with the V8s)

Thanks GuysAustin

 

When is was actively searching for trucks, I would find V-10's with north of 250K miles on a regular basis. They still ran/drove good, with the original engine/trans.... and had no major work done on them. One of the reasons I was looking for one.

If it starts/runs/moves down the road under it's own power, 700 bucks is a steal. You could part it out for more than that. (by a good margin....)

 

I am going to look at it Friday and I hope so because kind of always wanted a V10 just to say I have 10 cylinders lol

 

The 02 should have rear disk brakes as well.

 

Yes it does. I have found that anything made after 06/00 had disc brake rears. Not scientific it anything but that's what I have found :b

 

If the cab/frame is in decent shape, and it doesn't have a million miles on it, I would be REAL interested in that.

 

He said the only thing that is bed if the bed and the pictures showed only 95,000 miles.

 

For 700 bucks????? That would be an outright steal.

 

I usually find the deals

 

How’s it going. I need a little help. 99 Ram v10 100,00 miles.
Has knock at first start up. Goes away after oil pressure builds. Knocks again when engine is under load. After reached goes away. Runs smooth no noise. But knocks again when the throttle is let off a little and engine floats between power up and power down.
Has anew oil pump.