Re: 1994 Dodge 2500 diesel

Posted by Maple Springs on September 05, 2006 at 06:25:16 from (149.152.191.253):

In Reply to: 1994 Dodge 2500 diesel posted by Rich Iowa on September 04, 2006 at 18:37:57:

I have a '94 Dodge 2500 with the Cummins and the automatic transmission ,with now 170,00. The engine has been flawless.

The transmission, however, is another matter. I bought it from a friend, who used it to pull round bales from the field to the barn. The truck had 75,000 when I bought it from him, and the transmission crapped out at 95,000. When the dealer rebuilt it [for over $2000], he said that '94 was the first year for that transmission and it didn't have the guts to withstand the diesel's torque; the standard transmission, he said, would be fine. A couple of years later they redesigned the automatic and have apparently been OK for hauling.

I've been leary about the whole thing, though, and never pull anything very heavy. If I do decide to pull a trailer of some size fairly regularly, I think I'll trade trucks, perhaps keeping with the Cummins but going for another transmission.

Oh, with my truck -- the auto has O/D -- I get right at 20 mpg on the road.

Mark

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