Don't Buy a Dodge, There is a Good Reason Why .
This is not really a rant ,rather, it's my duty to prevent others from going down this road. We have been a Chrysler family since the late 30s, in fact I've been driving Chrysler products from when I first got my drivers license. I'm retired now.
The truck is '08 Ram 3500, 4x4, 6.7 Cummins, with the G-56 Mercedes-Benz manual transmission. The truck had it's expected problems, a front end without greaseable joints, but they've been doing that since the 60s. With a solid axel and worn joints you get Death Wobble. A clutch that can't take any grunt, old 4x4ers always changed their clutches, and so I find, so do RVers.
It was the transmission and the factory warranty response is why I suggest you get an Allison. The truck was a lease return, and first owner was pretty rough on 3rd synchromesh. It has pathetic synchromesh, you have to count three steamboats between gears, and he tried to shift it quickly. When I had the clutch changed to a South Bend, I asked them to fix the tranny. The parts are so expensive from Mercedes that it's much cheaper to just change out the tranny to a rebuilt.
Well the rebuilt was howling after 18 months, and 5th gear synchromesh gave up on the trip from Arizona. Bum Rebuilt, as I have been driving stick shifts since I was 11,and I'm 66. The TT is only 20 footer. I took it back to the shop, the supplier of the rebuilt said it's past the 12 months. The Canadian quotes for trannies were now $7,000 for a rebuilt and $11,000 for a Mopar remanufactured. I'm retired, I'm on pension. On to the 'net,High Gear out of TN quoted $2,200 for a rebuilt and $4,000 for a Mopar with a 3year warranty. I imported the Mopar and had the shop install. This one from get go, had no working synchromesh in 2nd. OK, since it was bought in States, I'll get the warranty at a Dodge dealer across the border in Bellingham.
Here is very good reason to avoid Ram. Nathan from Mopar Powertrain cancelled the warranty because the tranny was installed in Canada. It just looks like they were looking to avoid warranty pay outs. So what happens to you if your Mopar 6sp auto replacement is bad ? And they are unproven trannies.
Go with the Allison, they have worked the bugs out. You can guess what I think of the G-56 manual.
If I could afford it, I would trade this truck in on a Chevy. But I can't, so the service manager at the dealer Dodge recommended a good transmission shop that worked on manuals.
Don't Buy a Ram.
The truck is '08 Ram 3500, 4x4, 6.7 Cummins, with the G-56 Mercedes-Benz manual transmission. The truck had it's expected problems, a front end without greaseable joints, but they've been doing that since the 60s. With a solid axel and worn joints you get Death Wobble. A clutch that can't take any grunt, old 4x4ers always changed their clutches, and so I find, so do RVers.
It was the transmission and the factory warranty response is why I suggest you get an Allison. The truck was a lease return, and first owner was pretty rough on 3rd synchromesh. It has pathetic synchromesh, you have to count three steamboats between gears, and he tried to shift it quickly. When I had the clutch changed to a South Bend, I asked them to fix the tranny. The parts are so expensive from Mercedes that it's much cheaper to just change out the tranny to a rebuilt.
Well the rebuilt was howling after 18 months, and 5th gear synchromesh gave up on the trip from Arizona. Bum Rebuilt, as I have been driving stick shifts since I was 11,and I'm 66. The TT is only 20 footer. I took it back to the shop, the supplier of the rebuilt said it's past the 12 months. The Canadian quotes for trannies were now $7,000 for a rebuilt and $11,000 for a Mopar remanufactured. I'm retired, I'm on pension. On to the 'net,High Gear out of TN quoted $2,200 for a rebuilt and $4,000 for a Mopar with a 3year warranty. I imported the Mopar and had the shop install. This one from get go, had no working synchromesh in 2nd. OK, since it was bought in States, I'll get the warranty at a Dodge dealer across the border in Bellingham.
Here is very good reason to avoid Ram. Nathan from Mopar Powertrain cancelled the warranty because the tranny was installed in Canada. It just looks like they were looking to avoid warranty pay outs. So what happens to you if your Mopar 6sp auto replacement is bad ? And they are unproven trannies.
Go with the Allison, they have worked the bugs out. You can guess what I think of the G-56 manual.
If I could afford it, I would trade this truck in on a Chevy. But I can't, so the service manager at the dealer Dodge recommended a good transmission shop that worked on manuals.
Don't Buy a Ram.
