My name is Trent, I'm 25 from northwest, ok. I have three dodge diesels a 95 reg cab long bed 5speed with hydraulic butler bale bed, straight exhaust dumped in front of rear diff. And new firestone destination mt's, 1998 ext cab short bed with new rev max automatic tranny don't know much about the tranny I was told it's a replacement that can hold up to anything after market guess we will see it's virtually stock, then I have my 05 4door 3500 6 speed with smarty jr, straight pipe with hydraulic dueez bale bed, tranny has 20k, engine has 50k new turbo it's the same it came with and new heavier clutch. My dad and I take care of our 2500 acres of farm and ranch land I work hard and play even harder my 3 trucks plus my dad's 04.5 5.9 4door short bed have become my hobbies. I love doing the work on them my self but I'm inexperienced, I was hoping to get as much no how and money saving tips as possible in order to my '95 and '98 pushing big horse and torque... I can't wait to see what everyone has in mind!

 

Regarding maintenance and helpful information about your truck, I would recommend you check out Turbo Diesel Registry – TDR.

Since the late 90s TDR has compiled information on the Dodge/Cummins Turbo Diesel truck. Each year TDR updates the book. The TDR calls their manual the Turbo Diesel Buyers Guide which is free to down load, and the Buyers Guide allows you to do topic or word searches to help guide you to information and answers quickly.

Over the years there have been many changes to the Dodge truck and Cummins engine. For detailed information, I would suggest that you download the 300+ page PDF file “Turbo Diesel Buyers Guide” from the Turbo Diesel Register website (Turbo Diesel Register). Keep in mind that the information in TDR is written by Cummins parts and tech service personnel.

In this document you will find that they give you a concise answer to each question and often referenced detailed (often four to six page articles) where you can get more information. I think you’ll find the TDR answers and references helpful in this Buyers Guide. I did.

Hope this helps.