@@snappytom2447 I think he's referring to general quality of life. It's like a "first world problem" although what people neglect to realize is that everyone has their own struggles that affect them differently and it shouldn't be a bragging right how shitty your life is. Obviously there are starving children in Africa and it makes me want to cry when I think about it but that doesn't make what is going on in my life any easier or any less bad because I compare it to starvation.
@@snappytom2447 it’s almost $6 in Kentucky, it’s normally $4.5. Standard gas is $4.3…. $4.3 PER FUCKING GALLON, ECO CAR FILL UPS ARE DIESEL PRICE REEEEEEEE
@@Chris_L034 This an old folk saying that no longer works. Disc brakes and pads freeze up very rarely and when they do it doesn't take much to separate them. This *used to be* a problem with drum brakes where the entirety of the brake would be in contact on the inside of the drum. In older cars, rear brakes used to still be drum brakes sometimes, and your E brake would engage those ones. When they froze up, they were a nightmare, but drum brakes, outside of some bigger utility vehicles sometimes, are basically never used in regular cars anymore.
467k and counting on my 2001 3500 with 90% of those miles hooked to a trailer. I should take a video as it's been damn cold lately. Still fires right up and runs like it did 400k miles ago. Nice job man, hope it hits 1 million.
lol I have a goal of 300k km's with my 2006 Ford Escape v6... Currently at 222,650 km's. Frame probably gonna rot away before the motor and trans go. I have had it plugged in most of the winter... But the block heater cord got melted so it went like 3 weeks of cold starts in -20-30c....lol Took it like a champ. I'm no Ford fan but the fucking 3.0l 06 Duratec is one fuck of a motor.
@Nagato is better than Punk Naruto nv5600 6sp manual. Still on the same OEM replacement clutch I installed after losing the first one a couple months after buying the truck used. Roughly 650k on it. Knowing how to drive a manual sure helps and the truck isn't a hot rod, just well maintained.
@Nagato is better than Punk Naruto but I will add the 47re auto in my 01 2500 went 230k with a heavily built engine. Adjust the bands and change the fluid like the manufacturer suggests and it's amazing what will happen
Also, that truck will be retired next month with just under 700k on it now. It's being used as a donor for my 98 quad cab 12 valve 5sp truck I scored a few years ago that new england winters destroyed.
Reliable engine. Id say the trans and lots of other dodge crap has been replaced on that truck. I love my cummins but i hate how bad the dodge parts of the truck are garbage.
Just under 350k on mine. Absolute Mad Max interior, but it's been extremely reliable, and I can fix it myself almost anywhere. It's not the best truck by any stretch of the imagination, but it's the best truck for me. :3
I have the same year 24 valve, it's got 288k miles on it, I usually plug it in in those temps, for whatever reason I did not last night and it was quite chilly; I was very pleased when it started first attempt. This video makes me happy though to see what I have to look forward to down the road, I'll take it! This is the second diesel truck I've had and I couldn't be happier with it. 👍
I’d check your grid heater. Should start easier than that. I’ve seen my dads 24valve start right up at -15F not plugged in. Wasn’t happy at all but it poped right off
Got 388k on my 94 12V. Starts like a champ first 1-2 cranks in any weather. Love the cummins even though its inside of the worst auto manufacturers truck
A million miles is a major accomplishment for any light/medium duty Diesel engine. Even 500k is a damn good achievement. Anyone who says “ high miles for a Diesel engine ain’t nuthin, it’s just gettin broke in” has obviously never owned a high mileage Diesel engine in a pickup.
You treat a truck with respect it will respect you back I got a 5.3 v8 1999 chevy silverado it's got 210k its not quite as high up but it runs like a dream as well I had a ford come in it had it barely made it 200k with the transmission going out
@@thekingofnoobs8362 that’s right, my truck has mostly interstate miles and it had decent maintenance so that’s why it’s still running strong with original engine, transmission, etc.
Iam original owner of a 2001 ram 3500 5.9 Ho. Almost 410,000 miles. Ole truck still going like I bought it yesterday. Have to keep eye on oil level tho. But that's ok. Never fails to start and gets me down the road. Love the truck.
Especially with that many miles, haha. For real though, a cold start like that has to overcome a lot of initial friction which is putting unnecessary wear on engine components.
Bizket Butt judging by the level of your intellect you seem like one to replace the junk parts that failed early with the same ones. You know, instead of putting a higher quality part in and being done the first time
Just out of curiosity I was wondering if you have had any modifications to this truck engine or if it is stock. If you have had any mods I'm wondering what they are to get the most out of a cummings.
I have a very early model edge ez tuner on it. No screen or monitoring. Just a 3 way flip switch. I also have the waste gate restrictor turned all the way in. Hits 26ish psi boost on highest mode. Not a major power house but she runs strong. I tow a car trailer loaded 3-4+ times a week. 10,000lbs +
Used to drive one of these trucks for an electrical company. I delivered material to jobsites with it, including 4"+ rigid pipe. Sometimes over 200 ft. of it which is a decent load. This truck hauled it no problem. I loved it. The cold start was a bitch though. I was always the last one to leave the warehouse in the winter because the truck took a while to start.
Hi. Impressive mileage. An old school trucker's trick in Europe to facilitate winter starting and avoiding diesel to freeze in the fuel lines, is to add a little gasoline to your diesel when you fill up. A 2% mixture is more than sufficient, meaning ½gal. gas plus a full tank of diesel. Furthermore, that little gas burns with flame when diesel detonates so it actually helps the engine to warm up.
based. I bought a 97 Olds 88 with about 350k miles, when I sold it, it was still running just fine and had roughly half a million miles. That's insane to tell someone and still sounds crazy. Thats further away than the moon.
@@Wheelin_Dealin I don’t think will ever buy a new vehicle again after the 2016 incident I had. I’m staying old school. New vehicles are awesome until it breaks. I tend to keep mine a long time just bc I know them and can fix anything that goes bad.
People always hate on the 5.3 v8 and they are pretty reliable and plus my transmission still running perfectly right now as well not saying much considering that's its only at 210,000 miles but people thought that transmission would go out by now you just to take care of the transmission
@@thekingofnoobs8362 I don't know why mine is still going. I bought it with 130,000 on the clock. I give it no slack either. I'm very hard on it. One thing I do is oil changes on time with a flush. When I get a vehicle, I put Lucas transmission slip fix in it and have no problems. Beats me why it works.
Ronnie Black lmao, im definitely not broke. Im just the type of person who doesn't blow my money on pointless shit. It tested good for now. it was a little low 480 in one cylinder. but the rest were in the mid 500s.
chandler1289 that's incredibly high for even a brand new Cummins engine. Though Cummins doesnt publish compression numbers as they use blow by testing instead, I've never seen a healthy Cummins read over 450psi on a cylinder. They can all be at 300psi and as long as the difference between any two cylinders is 5% or less then your engine is healthy in that sense.
Mine has 510,xxx miles. She still running like a champ. Kdp came out at 491 miles. Jb weld and dry wall tape she still my daily. Feed her oil and fuel she just can’t stop going.
Sometimes when its stupid cold I bump the key to trigger lift pump to give fuel a good stir, seems to help when its negative 10 outside! I have same truck with 335k been amazing all year his grid heater didn't seem to work as well as it should.
Awesome to see that many miles. My 1999 24V has a bit over 218,000. What weight oil do you run? Ive been running 15W-40 and thought about switching out 5W-40 this winter but I am still like 3,000 miles shy of being due for an oil change. She still builds oil pressure quick with the 15W-40.
The owners manual calls for 5w40 for temps below +32 F 15w 40 +32 and up . Heavier weight oil voids engine warranty which means nothing on an old vehicle but it also takes more to turn over due the how heavy that oil gets in the cold . I use 5w40 Rotella t6 and recently due to the lack of availability of most heavy duty diesel oil I switched to AMSOIL . I park my 2009 6.7 outside all year long it has seen many days at below 32 and every night below zero and it will start right away it will miss a little the first few seconds but that's it but that at 9000k feet below zero no block heater . A good battery and a little fuel additive and the right kind of oil and these trucks shouldn't have any issue starting in temps like +23 here ...lol....that's not even cold .
I have a 99 5.9 24v with 280k i run rotella t6 15w-40 all the time i live in texas dosent get very cold for a long time for me to use 5w-40 , builds pressure right up and it runs like champ !
+Cummins Kyle Yup same engine almost! Thanks, the cab is rusty so I've been looking for a donor cab to swap. I've put another hard 5K miles of towing and hauling since this video. Doing great. Finally replaced the tappet cover gasket so it's not dumping oil everywhere I go.
