Thoughts on buying this truck...

[captaincaveman]

Well looks like insurance co. is totaling my 08 2500.

Going to look at this one tomorrow. Any thoughts?

Talking to him on the phone, interior is perfect and zero rust under the fender flares. My biggest concern is the stock 68RFE with a smarty and 37s.

Also will the 68RFE be OK on 37s after I put my Revmax valve body and DRD MM3 on it or are they still too much?

He never personally changed gear ratios but he has no idea what the PO did.

He's kinda clueless actually...bought it because it was pretty and its been living in his garage for a few years.

https://charlestonwv.craigslist.org/...940262066.html

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[IGOTACUMMINS]

What system did he delete it with?

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[captaincaveman]

What system did he delete it with?

No clue...haven't seen it yet...going tomorrow...he doesn't know anything...guy he bought it from gave him a smarty jr programmer but, he's never used it...Whatever is in the ECM/TCM will be replaced with Ray's tunes real quick

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[RamIt]

37s on 3.42s is a horrible combination. Throwing a hot tune at that combo is a recipe for a wrecked transmission.

Truck has 180k on what's likely a stock transmission, 37s without gearing is bad news bears, CL ad says the truck is deleted & tuned but you're saying it's not tuned at all.

0/10 would not buy.

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[captaincaveman]

37s on 3.42s is a horrible combination. Throwing a hot tune at that combo is a recipe for a wrecked transmission.

Truck has 180k on what's likely a stock transmission, 37s without gearing is bad news bears, CL ad says the truck is deleted & tuned but you're saying it's not tuned at all.

0/10 would not buy.

Just a Smarty Jr...No Trans tuning. Was 2008 3500 3.42 or 3.73?

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[RamIt]

Just a Smarty Jr...No Trans tuning. Was 2008 3500 3.42 or 3.73?

No trans tuning is reason enough to move on. I have no idea what the gear ratio will be, looks like 3.73 or 4.10 were the options for that year according to Google. But I can't speak to the accuracy of that information.

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[TexNeck]

I’d pass- stock trans with 37s is no good.

if your not afraid of high mileage and like 3rd gen body style look for a 5.9 vs 6.7

if you like 6.7 then I’d look for a stock 4th gen. Interiors are way more roomy and quite from wind noise etc 3rd gens were known for

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[captaincaveman]

This one's kinda growing on me...100k more miles, but it's a stick, so that doesn't scare me as much...I can throw a DD clutch at a G56 and be good for a loooong time a lot cheaper than building a 68RFE. Plus its a long bed...price just seems kinda high for the miles https://www.route22autos.net/details...-2500/56118470

I’d pass- stock trans with 37s is no good.

if your not afraid of high mileage and like 3rd gen body style look for a 5.9 vs 6.7

if you like 6.7 then I’d look for a stock 4th gen. Interiors are way more roomy and quite from wind noise etc 3rd gens were known for

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[DIESELWRKS]

Just a Smarty Jr...No Trans tuning. Was 2008 3500 3.42 or 3.73?

Not sure when dodge stopped putting a decal in the glove box, this showed the gear ratio on this decal. could check that.

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[TexNeck]

This one's kinda growing on me...100k more miles, but it's a stick, so that doesn't scare me as much...I can throw a DD clutch at a G56 and be good for a loooong time a lot cheaper than building a 68RFE. Plus its a long bed...price just seems kinda high for the miles https://www.route22autos.net/details...-2500/56118470

$10k-12k truck to me depending on condition. That kinda mileage get ready to do fuel pump and injectors. Check the Front end good. Usually about 180-200k is when ball joints and steering components wear for pavement/light duty rigs

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