im looking to buy my first diesel and am looking at a 97 dodge 2500 cummins with a 12 valve for 7000 it has a 186000 miles and 3in lift with 17 inc rims and 33 inch tires. claims he has done maintence regularly and is just starting to see a little rust on the door sills. he also claims that he has had some tuneing done and is at about 300 horse. im wondering if this would be a good truck to buy or am i gonna run in to some major problems with it down the road because of the milage(ex. like are things gonna start to fail because it has over 160,000). i wanna spend under 10,000 if i could. thinkin about going to look at it this weekend so the more adivise on what to look for and ask him the better, its a sharp lookin truck for a 97

 

the 12v dodge is the way to go as far im concearned its all around great and thats a good price post some pics of it to if you can
also ask if it had the killer dowel pin tabbed

 

this is what it looks like

 

Def ask about the dowel pin! Also see what "tuning" he has done to it. If it has been hot rodded you should be able to tell right off. is it auto or 5spd? see what kind of clutch or if there has been any trans work done.

 

he said that he has had some computer tuning at he estimates that its close to 300hp its an auto and he siad its been rebuilt abut 30,000 miles ago and has had no problems what is the dowel pin i have no idea what that is?

 

Theres no way you can computer tune a 12v... He's not to knowledgeable there! As for the pin just ask him if he's done the killer dowl pin fix yet. If he asks whats that I'm 99% sure its not done since I'm guessing hes not the original owner? Its nothing to worry about as far as not purchasing the truck though. My 95 wasnt tabbed till I got it and it has 251k on it. Where abouts are you located?

 

what about the death wobble does it have the steering stabilizer

 

k that was just my inexpierence ,isunderstanding what he said i think he said he tuned it by putting diff injectors in something with the injection, me be a new breed tuner i thought he ment just comp stuff cuz thats what a think of when i here tuned. he also said it does have the stabilizers