Towing in the real world. gas or diesel
I've been down the gas road in 04 and the diesel in 09. Looking to buy again. I had a lighter trailer in 04 but my siverado 6+ liter gas would just scream in a head wind. 4000 rpm was common. Bigge...
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SweetLou wrote:Grit dog wrote:SweetLou wrote:blofgren wrote:
OP, don't let your 6.4L PSD experience jade you on all diesels. I can relate; my last truck was a 6.0L PSD and I was a sour man for a while too. I made a change (see sig) almost 4 years ago and am a very happy camper! :B
All good there except that G56. Horrible experience with my previous 2005
What was wrong with it? Besides the junk OE clutch.
Dual mass fly wheel went out. With all the fixes out there to go to a single, I lost complete faith in it. Also heard a lot of ticking noises when in neutral. My opinion is that it is a weak trans for that Cummins.
Agree, and same junk clutch over 10 years later. Fortunately it’s an easy 1 and done upgrade. My only regret is not going dual disk right away, on my second single because I was too cheap to buy another new flywheel.
Trans itself is pretty bulletproof except in high torque applications like drags or sled pulls, but it is a noisy, growling trans. After 160k miles though, mine makes the same noises and shift s the same as the day I put a solid flywheel in it.
I’m actually very happy with the trans other than it’s low gearing. It needs a 7th gear. After 10 years I still go for 7th when it’s screaming down the highway. Brain assumes I’m in 5th still for a moment....lol.
