As the title says, I bought me a first gen Dodge Cummins.

 

It's a 1991.5 D250, regular cab, with a getrag 5 speed. The odometer stopped at 154,000, but the PO said it has about 160,000 on it.

 

Dad and I drove nearly 500 miles up to Arkansas to pick it up.

 

The rust is just surface, it's not bad yet.

 

 

 

Video link:

http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t488/WillM1/My%20Truck/th_HDV_1212_zps5b9e2ac9.mp4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It has some electrical problems. The most important one was to get the turn signals, head lights, tail lights, and brake lights to work. I feared the worst, and thought it might be a bad grimlin. After an hour or so of checking the obvious things out, I reattached a ground wire, and the headlights worked.

With dad's help, and a test light, the signals were getting power, and so were the park lights, but one would signal, but the park light wouldn't work, and the other light was just the opposite. Turns out 1 bulb's signal filament was out, while the park light filament was good, and the other was just the opposite.

One rear tail light worked great, and the other did nothing. After chasing some wires, we found that the wiring harness going to that light was pinched between the frame and the recently installed rear bumper, nearly cutting it in two. Re-wired that and it's good to go. Now I can pass the state inspection.

 

The other issue is the gauge lights don't work... Haven't looked at that yet.

Also the key ring light stays on, and eventually drains the battery. I just pull the #10 fuse and it fixes that. (for now)

 

It needs a little front end work, and new tires, and I need to fix the E brake, and install new door hinge bushings.

 

The interior is clean. The dash is not cracked, along with the windshield. The seat is not ripped, the headliner scores a 9.9 out of 10. It's missing the carpet, but I'm fine with that - I'll put down some good floor mats and call it a day.

 

For $2,400, I'm happy.

Edited October 12, 201410 yr by Texas CTD

Geez, no updates in forever. I guess there's not a whole lot to update though.

 

I did get the S362 rebuilt under warranty, and it has been fine.

 

In December I dyno'd the truck. Best numbers were 434HP / 901TQ.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukJJ43plgIU

 

Other than regular maintenance, and a water pump, I haven't done anything to it. Been working 70-75 hours a week, so that doesn't leave much time for truck shenanigans.

 

Sounds like you are still enjoying it though.

That thing has to scoot right on down the road!

11 hours ago, jlbayes said:

That thing has to scoot right on down the road!

It does, for what it is. 

If my speedo worked, it would wrap around pretty fast. 

 

GPS doesn't respond fast enough to look cool. 

 

It would be really fun with a 47RH, but that's another problem for another time.

11 hours ago, Texas CTD said:

It does, for what it is. 

If my speedo worked, it would wrap around pretty fast. 

 

GPS doesn't respond fast enough to look cool. 

 

It would be really fun with a 47RH, but that's another problem for another time.

 

I've had a similar issue with the gps in my green truck. Actually speedo does the same thing, jumps lol. I really would like to put together a first gen but they bring stupid money up here in the rust.

awesome. you did a great work on this first gen

Curios about this intercooler from a psd aswell as the 3rd gen turbo.. 

 

Wake up 1st gen crowd.

 

This is a baddass build.