should i trade my 2nd gen for this 1st gen ?
 

my 2nd gen info - 96 4x4 2500 12 valve , 2.5 inch level kit , 35inch tires , 1 inch offset rims , 390,000k ext cab longbox , needs new exhaust , has play in front end , needs wheel allignment , needs new drivers seat , mostly cosmetics

1st gen info- 93 12 valve ext cab long box , not lifted , 4x4 2500 , has 450,000k has gauges , and its STANDARD my 2nd gen is AUTO , so thats the main thing i wanted , this 1st gen has dents to
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I don't know im a sucker for older looking trucks :humm:

Yes. I wish I had a five speed so bad.so much more fun

I would keep the second gen you already know what you have new truck = new can of worms

Or a new bag of goodies :jump:

Preference. I'd rather have a 1st gen than a 2nd. Fewer known issues with a 1st gen.

Either one needs constant tinkering, but the first gen is easier to tinker on.
Parts for the first gen are kind of a PITA to find, though. :w2:

Mark.

i like them both!!!!:tu:

If you can't choose between one or the other, how about a combination of the 2?
Maybe this little guy below with a P-7100 12 valve and say a 5 speed?
Or maybe a 6 speed and Common Rail?

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Love the idea Mark would make an awesome lil red diesel express!!!

That will be 1 short drive shaft with a 6 speed.
LOVE IT!
But you gotta keep it that nice clean unassuming look on the outside.

There is too many nice clean first gen cummins out there for sale with 100,000 +/- miles to bother with a 450k mile truck. The motor may be fine for another 400k, but that truck has got to be beyond worn out.

Not necessarily, depends on how well it was taken care of and not abused. My 91 was just about to roll over 300K and was in perfect mechanical condition until it was wrecked. I worked it hard towing and hauling. But me and the previous owner took good care of it. I've had several vehicle go 300-500K. "worn out" is a rather subjective term with me. If it can be repaired, it is not worn out. Just boils down to how you define maintenance, which to me includes replacing any part that needs it. My transmission was overhauled a month before the wreck. The transmission shop said all it needed was new syncros. It got new bearings and shift forks anyway.
Bottom line is INSPECT THE VEHICLE BEFORE YOU BUY IT. I've bought low mileage vehicles that were a POS due to non use and neglect. And I've bought high mileage vehicles that were in perfect mechanical condition because they were taken care of.