duramax purchasing

[buffblazer]

well my dad called me and said he found a chevy withe a duramax in it, has the old style interior and the rounded front end so im assuming early 2000's

work truck package 2wd with 80k on it

truck needs an alignment and maybe some other front end work, and has a throttle position sensor light on.

it was used as an old lawn sevice truck and the junkyard its sitting in wants 1200 for it.

is it worth it? and did the duramax have the allison that early on? if not what tranny does it have.

also what problems did the early duramax trucks have?

 

[dfl701]

For 1200 I would jump on that. A friend has a 02 and has no problems. They do have the Allison they just don't have the torque the newer trucks have. He can easily get over 20mpg to

 

[blowedupmotor87]

$1200!? WOW! I'd check it out thoroughly, that seems like a VERY low price for a DMAX with only 80k on it to me. I've seen totalled ones priced higher than that. What all's wrong with it? IIRC all the DMAX trucks have Allisons, the vans were the only ones that ran 4L80E's. It's gonna be a 5 speed Allison, the 6 speed didn't come out 'til 2006 or so. It's actually the same trans, a 5 speed Alli can be converted to be a 6 speed, I think the valve body and the PCM are all that are different.

 

[buffblazer]

$1200!? WOW! I'd check it out thoroughly, that seems like a VERY low price for a DMAX with only 80k on it to me. I've seen totalled ones priced higher than that. What all's wrong with it? IIRC all the DMAX trucks have Allisons, the vans were the only ones that ran 4L80E's. It's gonna be a 5 speed Allison, the 6 speed didn't come out 'til 2006 or so. It's actually the same trans, a 5 speed Alli can be converted to be a 6 speed, I think the valve body and the PCM are all that are different.

yeah my dad drove it and he said it fired right up and ran great, just a hesitation problem intermittently im guessing caused by the tps

 

[dfl701]

I wish I could find a deal like that. I would put that right into the blazer

 

[Avery4jc]

I wish I could find a deal like that. I would put that right into the blazer

X2 that's a smokin' deal...


I've cruised sites that have wrecked trucks and even trucks with complete front end damage are still going for $5k+...

 

[dfl701]

Yea maybe one day I'll find a deal like that LOL. You need to jump on it. What do you want to do with it?

 

[GsxrMike]

That is a horrible deal! $1200? 80K miles is way to much for a dmax. Tell me exactly where it is so I can go and tell the guy off.

 

[Russell]

Make sure you check for liens, out of province registrations or salvage markers on the registration. Make sure it isn't stolen too! $1200 is way too cheap for that truck.

BTW, the first year of those trucks still had a 6.5L diesel in them, it is possible you've found one.

 

[buffblazer]

Yea maybe one day I'll find a deal like that LOL. You need to jump on it. What do you want to do with it?

dad wants it as a tow rig and another farm truck, and just for the price it would be nice to have another truck around the house

 

[buffblazer]

Make sure you check for liens, out of province registrations or salvage markers on the registration. Make sure it isn't stolen too! $1200 is way too cheap for that truck.

BTW, the first year of those trucks still had a 6.5L diesel in them, it is possible you've found one.

well i asked him that and he said it was the duramax

 

[dfl701]

what are you wanting to do with the truck?

edit: nevermind i just saw