Detailed the truck yesterday... had a shop do exterior & interior. The technical aspect was the green stuff & sap was removed

 

Half a million miles??????

 

+2967!! -> 502967! Yes, have owned this truck since March of 2006 with 13k on it, so 20 years now. Still on the same block, trans went from an AT to MT at 225k & has been rebuilt 1x, then swapped for the current one (just installed in last 3 months). Rock solid truck, would not hesitate to drive cross country.

If I knew 10 years ago what I know now (how to keep it rock solid), I'd expect another 500k out of it but... motor has taken a couple of hits but is still holding compression. I expect at least another 100k out of it.

For diesel owners... 3 things I'd suggest, hot shots stiction eliminator in the oil, 8-12 oz of Dex/Merc ATF mixed with 20-24 oz of TW3C 2 stroke oil in the fuel and clean the CC filter/screen on the valve cover every 50k miles.

 

I have less than 200K miles on my truck, (though getting close) and it doesn't look nearly so clean as yours. Yes, I am suitably jealous. I live in the rust belt though.... and that most certainly takes its toll on the sheet metal.

 

google my user name & this... "Deep Cleaning/Winter Prep of the Ram" (not sure what forum rules are these days for posting links to other forums), it is what I do to keep the sights un-seen clean. A guy named Bullhorn Diesel got me going on it when I was back in Minn for 1 winter. Did my first deep clean then & was shocked at how much junk came out. Took me several days since I was limited on what I had access to for cleaning (was doing a contract job at the time so was in an apt)