Crossing my fingers

[Anakonda69]

hopefully after thurs/fri i will be driving duramax instead of my beater. if all goes well put hold money down on a '04.5 lly duramax k2500hd chevy. it's at ewald in ocnomowoc. it's on there site. blue metallic ext. cab short box. nice truck and nice price.

[WickedSix]

Good looking rig!! :thumbsup

[GTSLOW]

Sounds nice!! I love that blue.

[Anakonda69]

with a duramax purchase i'm one step closer to the typhoon pat. lol

[Breecher_7]

Just so you know, you can pick up a BRAND NEW extended cab 2500 Dmax 4x4 right now for abou 30K. GM is sucking **** for beer money.

Either way, nice truck. Welcome to Dieselville and duramax fuel filter hell. :stare

[Monstr913]

i never have trouble with my filter, lol

[Breecher_7]

i never have trouble with my filter, lol

On the LMM trucks its a pain in the ass to get at, you have to pull the damn fender liner out to change it.

[Anakonda69]

yeah i don't want a lmm either lb7 or lly.....lbz is kinda iffy.

[DirtyMax]

On the LMM trucks its a pain in the ass to get at, you have to pull the damn fender liner out to change it.

Took me 15-20 mins start to finish. While I agree that it's a PITA, it's not the worst thing in the world.

[Yeehaw]

yea hopefully you will get it only big issue i have heard so far is make sure the harness to #7 and #2 injectors are ok they like to break. fuel filters arent bad kinda pricey but it is a deisel. good luck with your new purchase!

[Breecher_7]

Well the filter is in the same place on all duramax engines so that story dont change regardless of LMM, LBZ, LLY. The filters cost $47.50 from GM, that is list price. Even at my cost I pay $27.00 for them. Oh, and if you dont change that bitch every 10-15K miles your truck will run like ass. Dogs down, shifts funny.... The fuel fiters on them are very tempermental.

As far as the engines go though, the LMM's are the most responsive and most powerful. Followed by the LBZ. If I were you, id be looking for a LBZ truck. Well actually, with the way prices are right now, id be looking at a brand new LMM truck! I paid employee price for mine with 0% interest and the deals im seeing on them right now make me sick... About 4K less then I paid seems to be what there getting right now because of the employee pricing + rebates + cant sell trucks to save our lives.

[Breecher_7]

Took me 15-20 mins start to finish. While I agree that it's a PITA, it's not the worst thing in the world.

There is a company that is going to be making a access cover that goes in your fender liner very soon. There are already prototypes out there, slick setup.

[WickedSix]

with a duramax purchase i'm one step closer to the typhoon pat. lol

bastard all i'll have is a lowly v8 s-blazer :rolf.....and maybe a real diesel where all the cylinders site in a straight line :thumbsup

[Reverend Cooper]

When you go to Ewalds see if Brent Ewald is in,tell him Mike Cooper said hi from Andrew Toyota. Then tell him I said take more money off that truck for you!!!!.

[Anakonda69]

heading out there now. thanks coop. i'll see if it helps.

[Breecher_7]

http://www.ewaldauto.com/Preowned-Inventory.aspx?InventoryId=23934833

If this is the truck id tell em you want it for 15K or less. Considering you can buy a brand new one right now for 30K with most likely a better interest rate and a warranty.

Id recommend full fluids change on it when you get it though, odds are it wasnt done because the guy traded it at the time most that stuff is due. Differentials, t-case, transmission, engine oil, fuel filter.

If you decide to go Amsoil let me know, ill get you a great deal on it.

[BadAzzGTA89]

Nice truck Brandon!
What are you gonna do to it or you gonna leave it stock??

[Lash]

I hope you're not paying sticker price.


Nice truck though!

[Breecher_7]

I hope you're not paying sticker price.


Nice truck though!

Like I said, with the prices of new trucks, 15K is about all its worth, On a good day... I mean its got 100K on it and its 5 years old....

It does look very clean though, should serve you well for a long time if you take care of it.

[Yeehaw]

Like I said, with the prices of new trucks, 15K is about all its worth, On a good day... I mean its got 100K on it and its 5 years old....

It does look very clean though, should serve you well for a long time if you take care of it.

20k a year is pretty avg on a diesel truck these days

[Breecher_7]

20k a year is pretty avg on a diesel truck these days

So? It has 100K on it... I dont care how long it took... Its not worth more then 15K with current new prices..

[WickedSix]

congratulations brandon! Finally a truck that suites you and much better looking than the crappy looking new trucks :thumbsup

[Yeehaw]

So? It has 100K on it... I dont care how long it took... Its not worth more then 15K with current new prices..

im with you on that just for some reason diesel truck prices at some dealers seem to stay really fricken high reason i jumped on buying mine for cheap cause i found the same year truck with almost same miles with same amount of rust for 6500-7000 ya know

should be a cool ride duramaxs make good power and can make great power if you know what ya doin with them :thumbsup

[Breecher_7]

im with you on that just for some reason diesel truck prices at some dealers seem to stay really fricken high reason i jumped on buying mine for cheap cause i found the same year truck with almost same miles with same amount of rust for 6500-7000 ya know

should be a cool ride duramaxs make good power and can make great power if you know what ya doin with them :thumbsup

Ive seen almost 500rwhp with just a lift pump, exhaust, and a tune on a LMM truck.

[Yeehaw]

www.thedieselplace.com

forum for duramaxs should help ya out a ton

[Breecher_7]

www.thedieselplace.com

forum for duramaxs should help ya out a ton

Great forum, ive been on there for quite some time. Very informative.

[Anakonda69]

well she's mine. i am already a member of dieselplace. i will get pics up soon. they threw in the winter cover free cuz the truck didn't come with one. know those are fairly expensive.

[Breecher_7]

Nice Buy! The engine covers are about $50 so good move!

[DirtyMax]

Congrats! I'd have negotiated a new fuel filter installed into the deal.

That or teach yourself pronto. If you don't know how long that one's been on there, you don't want to take too many chances with Ol' Man Winter upon us.

[Breecher_7]

I agree, not to mention the truck drives funky as hell when the filter is getting used up...

And stick with delco filters....

[Yeehaw]

congrats! i cant wait to see some pics

[Reverend Cooper]

congratz

[Anakonda69]

yeah i plan on doing full fluid changes shortly. needs some buffing out of scratches and maybe a lil touch-up paint but it is a pick-up. lol i did squeeze out roadside tire service for the duration of the loan and the winter covers. so overall not bad. my camera has been acting weird lately so pics will be up asap.

[WickedSix]

ill bring my camera tonight :thumbsup

[Anakonda69]

got some just gotta upload them will have them up tomorrow for sure.

[Monstr913]

crap man mine is making 425 at the wheels with exhaust intake and double stack programmers, stock turbo, injectors, trans and no lift pump... i think you got it at a good price lower is always better but not a bad price

[Anakonda69]

no time for pics yet will get them up soon.

[That_Guy]

yea hopefully you will get it only big issue i have heard so far is make sure the harness to #7 and #2 injectors are ok they like to break. fuel filters arent bad kinda pricey but it is a deisel. good luck with your new purchase!


my dad had this happen to him the covered it under warranty

[That_Guy]

yeah i plan on doing full fluid changes shortly. needs some buffing out of scratches and maybe a lil touch-up paint but it is a pick-up. lol i did squeeze out roadside tire service for the duration of the loan and the winter covers. so overall not bad. my camera has been acting weird lately so pics will be up asap.

rotella t is the best oil you can use for a diesel

[Breecher_7]

rotella t is the best oil you can use for a diesel

Says the Cobalt owner.... :rolf

Amsoil Premium Diesel 15-40 FTW!!!!!

Or Mobil Delvac 1 Synthetic.

[DirtyMax]

Rotella Dino Oil works for me. I net mid 20's for mpg on the highway so I'll stick with the old crappy technology. Not much of a fan of synthetic motor oil period. I don't like how it finds its way out of engines so easily.

[Breecher_7]

Rotella Dino Oil works for me. I net mid 20's for mpg on the highway so I'll stick with the old crappy technology. Not much of a fan of synthetic motor oil period. I don't like how it finds its way out of engines so easily.


Does rotella even make a CJ4 compliant Dino? I wasnt aware they did....

[DirtyMax]

yessireebob.. they were a lil slow on the synth but the dino was out before I had my truck.

[Breecher_7]

hmmmm

Ill still stick with Amsoil.... I bought my truck last winter and when it had the factory fill dino in it it was really loud. When i switched to amsoil it got alot quiter... I think the synthetic is better all around but defnitly in the winter as it doesnt get really thick with cold temps.

[Anakonda69]

yeah i have run amsoil in my blazer since i had it. loved it. will most likely put it in the diesel.

[Yeehaw]

id go broke if i put in synthetic...my truck has 300k it dont care get the cheap ass 15w40 napa shit or else if i owned a nice truck rotella t is all i would go with easy on the wallet and the truck will love it