My grandpa passed and the family gave me his 91 cummins, red and white exterior on red interior. So much better of a first car than a beater accord or something.
Take care of it and I'm glad you are driving your grandpa's rig, R.I.P. to him. I'm fixing one a 91 first gen for my dad right now. They are excellent!
Yea I love mine too I just got done replacing the steering linkage. It was all factory from 92 mine is a d series extended cab though and I just hit 126k miles on the odometer. It just hit its 30th birthday was manufactured in January of 92. Cool video 👍 truck looks really good.
Whenever people talk about their diesels and I tell them about my 1990 1st Gen, the Messiah Complex just goes to my head: "Yes, you may worship me now"...
My Speedo doesn’t work on my first gen.🤷♂️. You’re right about it being a tractor that’s street legal. Mine rides like one. It has a flatbed on the back that’s heavy which helps a little bit. Those old first gens rode better with 1500 pounds on the bed
@@madmax24v I’ve been daily driving mine now with the higher fuel prices. It’s tuned hot with a giant turbo which actually helps the mpg. 17 in town and 20-25 on the highway depending on how heavy my foot is
Have had my 1st gen w250 for twenty years now. 425,000 km and still going strong. I have moved 90 ton passenger coaches around at the rail yard with it. My daily driver when I need 4 wheels instead of 2. I still get notes left under the wipers " do you want to sell this truck".
I have the same setup but in 2nd gen platform, 96 5spd 4x4 Cummins single cab long bed half painted white. I think it’ll be worth swapping a 6 speed into it. Much better gearing.
@@jessicamcconnell5903 Definitely better for towing, I use it to tow my skid steer around, 6 speed 24v swapped currently, I’m thinking of going dually since it is a 1 ton frame.
Well considering my stock gasser 89 w100 318ci with np435 4speed stick barely gets 10mpg on the highway, your still saving with the higher diesel prices.
Hell yeah man I'm in the market for a truck to haul a bunch of cars, and I'm dead set on a 1st gen cummins. Ideally it would be exactly like yours, w250, manual, intercooled. Not sure if you looked into it but these things run great on black diesel, and if you get good at making it pretty much costs you nothing.
We had one that I replaced the speedometer sensor and hacked a dakota clock spring for it. Grandpa gave it to a relative who didn't appreciate it and the glass got smashed out by crackheads. That relative sold it for$6000 to a military kid. I really wanted it though because it was possible to do things and itwas more durable than the Toyota but whatever. I got a v8 at least for the highway. But i like long beds.
If you put new leaf springs and shocks on it would it ride better? Like fox shocks and maybe sky jacker leaf spring in the front and back would it make much more comfortable ride? I’ve got a gasser w150 and I’m thinking about doing that because of how shitty the ride is
I have to admit I actually had local springworks do their magic on my 4 inch lifted W250 and it has a much better ride and actually has a little better payload capacity.... they use more spring leafs to make that happen but they have the geometry figured out, pretty slick...not cheap😬🤗
I know exactly what it's like, well I did until a drunken idiot ran red light and totaled it. Was a beautifully restored dually, 5 speed. It looked new, 2 tone brown and tan.
I just made another comment here before I realized I could actually respond to this you wrote. Spring Works is a company here locally that have the details figured out on how to make these first GEN trucks write a lot better.They do it for all of them, Ford Chevy international everyone. A little bit expensive but definitely worth it if you’d like these trucks it’s worth the investment. They are still not like brand new trucks but they are far better than what Dodge did from the factory
@@madmax24v Great price, they are only going up in value now, if you have one with no rust, I don't think they use salt in WA, don't in Oregon but they want to change that. Want to see some salt damage, go to Watch Wes Work (funny guy) and you will see what salt does. These trucks would not be around at all if there was salt in the NW
