Preston from Kansas!
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Preston from Kansas!
Hey everyone, I don't usually participate with introductory posts but I will make an exception and explain why I chose to be a member here.
I have been looking to purchase a Ram/Cummins and found this forum to have excellent information. I will make a post on that soon.
What brings me here today is quite frankly bad news. My daily driver, a 95 Dodge Dakota, is suffering from low oil pressure, I made a thread here: Low Oil Pressure, Pulling FWD, Tips?
I would like to fix this vehicle, at the same time I am looking for a replacement daily driver and highly considering a Ram 2500 4x4 cummins.
As silly as this may sound, a hail storm just totaled my 2500 V10 and the Dakota like I said, has no oil pressure which is forcing me to take a loaner from my parents.
Since introductory posts are often boring, I will spice it up with some of my vehicles achievements, if anything this could even serve as a memorandum to my two vehicles.
1995 Dodge Dakota CC V8 4x4,
My father purchased this new in 95, since then it has put to work on our farm.
-We installed 2000lb overloads from an old 3/4 ton Dodge.
-It has towed our 11,300lb hay bale trailer on many occasions.
-broken plenty of chains for which the tailgate is all dinged up.
-Has towed a fully loaded Tandem, 25ft, Toy hauler trailer to Oklahoma and back (est. over 5 tons)
-Has out hauled other similarly equipped Dakotas without any squatting.
-Recently pulled the heads and found not even a LIP in the cylinder after 260k miles, compression checks between 155-170 every cylinder, Always Mobil 1!
-Nothing except routine maintenance, only issue is blown radiator @ 160k, and this is the second time I have replaced the timing gear/chain cover.
1997 Dodge Ram 2500 CC V10 4x4 5sp,
-Has gone over the scales at 17 tons!
-Didn't even wimper when we were hauling 14 tons and the trailer brake froze catching the trailer on fire (we never noticed it)
-only issue we have ever had was losing 5th gear which turned out to be a 5 minute adjustment inside the cab.
I have been looking to purchase a Ram/Cummins and found this forum to have excellent information. I will make a post on that soon.
What brings me here today is quite frankly bad news. My daily driver, a 95 Dodge Dakota, is suffering from low oil pressure, I made a thread here: Low Oil Pressure, Pulling FWD, Tips?
I would like to fix this vehicle, at the same time I am looking for a replacement daily driver and highly considering a Ram 2500 4x4 cummins.
As silly as this may sound, a hail storm just totaled my 2500 V10 and the Dakota like I said, has no oil pressure which is forcing me to take a loaner from my parents.
Since introductory posts are often boring, I will spice it up with some of my vehicles achievements, if anything this could even serve as a memorandum to my two vehicles.
1995 Dodge Dakota CC V8 4x4,
My father purchased this new in 95, since then it has put to work on our farm.
-We installed 2000lb overloads from an old 3/4 ton Dodge.
-It has towed our 11,300lb hay bale trailer on many occasions.
-broken plenty of chains for which the tailgate is all dinged up.
-Has towed a fully loaded Tandem, 25ft, Toy hauler trailer to Oklahoma and back (est. over 5 tons)
-Has out hauled other similarly equipped Dakotas without any squatting.
-Recently pulled the heads and found not even a LIP in the cylinder after 260k miles, compression checks between 155-170 every cylinder, Always Mobil 1!
-Nothing except routine maintenance, only issue is blown radiator @ 160k, and this is the second time I have replaced the timing gear/chain cover.
1997 Dodge Ram 2500 CC V10 4x4 5sp,
-Has gone over the scales at 17 tons!
-Didn't even wimper when we were hauling 14 tons and the trailer brake froze catching the trailer on fire (we never noticed it)
-only issue we have ever had was losing 5th gear which turned out to be a 5 minute adjustment inside the cab.
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No I havn't, my father believes it would be a waste of money. I have replaced the sender unit with no luck but it could be a bad unit, (or electrical wires to sender unit) I will try another one soon and check wires with a multimeter.
