SeeYaLater5.9
Farmer of the year!!
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- May 22, 2011
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99 3500 red ex cab dually with a black flatbed 235,xxx miles
Picked it up for $3200 cash, with not a single oil leak on it, and a tad over 200k on the clock at purchase :rockwoot: Its a fix-er-up, but has been reliable so far. Have always owned a diesel, however this is my first cummins so im here to learn.
What i do with the truck: Its daily driven roughly 80 miles round trip to work each day, and seeing as i work for a custom farming operation, the need to pull a round baler, disc's, goosenecking, etc can arise at any moment. Right now, its loud, rough riding, bad handling, overall just uncomfortable to drive. It "runs" good, but seems a little tired. Transmission also searches for gears quite a bit
Im wanting to start turning this thing into an enjoyable, comfortable, "peppy" daily driver thats somewhat easy on the eye (and wallet) with ability to tow anything (sometimes heavy) on tap at any time. Im not searching for any "set" amount of HP at this moment. I cant afford a full built tranny and really dont want to go that route anyway, so minor mods is all that will be done to that side of things.
Here's what ive been kicking around in my head:
-Pulling the bed off and repainting gloss black, all new LED clearence and brake lights. Also have Air compressor,100 gal transfer tank, and black chest style toolbox to mount
-Get the frame all cleaned up and hit it with a coat or 2 of black frame coating while the bed is off (up to the cab for now)
-Remove rear blocks to slightly drop the ass end down
-New shocks out back, add bags or helper springs for towing, still unsure on that
-Install new simulators all around
-Tow mirrors
-HID lights
-Full replacement front end bullbar style bumper
-New set of nice looking tires. Would like to shove a 285 or so in there if possible
-Quad pod on the pillar w/ matching ISSPROS
-Fass or Raptor Lift Pump and build my own CAI system
What should i do to the tranny? Front end needs rebuilt but i have no idea where to start so ill need some help there. What engine mods should i add? Which tuner/programmer?
My gosh thats a long post, and probably makes ZERO sense. I just needed to get my thoughts on paper so please work with me guys. Thank you for your time
Picked it up for $3200 cash, with not a single oil leak on it, and a tad over 200k on the clock at purchase :rockwoot: Its a fix-er-up, but has been reliable so far. Have always owned a diesel, however this is my first cummins so im here to learn.
What i do with the truck: Its daily driven roughly 80 miles round trip to work each day, and seeing as i work for a custom farming operation, the need to pull a round baler, disc's, goosenecking, etc can arise at any moment. Right now, its loud, rough riding, bad handling, overall just uncomfortable to drive. It "runs" good, but seems a little tired. Transmission also searches for gears quite a bit
Im wanting to start turning this thing into an enjoyable, comfortable, "peppy" daily driver thats somewhat easy on the eye (and wallet) with ability to tow anything (sometimes heavy) on tap at any time. Im not searching for any "set" amount of HP at this moment. I cant afford a full built tranny and really dont want to go that route anyway, so minor mods is all that will be done to that side of things.
Here's what ive been kicking around in my head:
-Pulling the bed off and repainting gloss black, all new LED clearence and brake lights. Also have Air compressor,100 gal transfer tank, and black chest style toolbox to mount
-Get the frame all cleaned up and hit it with a coat or 2 of black frame coating while the bed is off (up to the cab for now)
-Remove rear blocks to slightly drop the ass end down
-New shocks out back, add bags or helper springs for towing, still unsure on that
-Install new simulators all around
-Tow mirrors
-HID lights
-Full replacement front end bullbar style bumper
-New set of nice looking tires. Would like to shove a 285 or so in there if possible
-Quad pod on the pillar w/ matching ISSPROS
-Fass or Raptor Lift Pump and build my own CAI system
What should i do to the tranny? Front end needs rebuilt but i have no idea where to start so ill need some help there. What engine mods should i add? Which tuner/programmer?
My gosh thats a long post, and probably makes ZERO sense. I just needed to get my thoughts on paper so please work with me guys. Thank you for your time
