Robobrainiac
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You are correct about the tank. The early GM used a 7 gallon tank and the later GM used an 11 gallon tank. I would assume other makes would be similar.
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I have all of ours set to not smoke. Slight puff on take off and in between gears, set up good. Seems to be the magic number for power and fuel economy too. If I want smoke just bump up a gear or two too high and stand on it.
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I got a call this morning from the transmission shop and they are finally ready for the truck! I dropped it off this afternoon and now I just have to wait. 
I called the guy on November 22 to get a time-line update and he apologized that a job he had took longer than anticipated and he had forgotten about Thanksgiving. He asked for a couple more weeks and I told him that was fine. Now I just have to be patient which is always the hardest part.
I called the guy on November 22 to get a time-line update and he apologized that a job he had took longer than anticipated and he had forgotten about Thanksgiving. He asked for a couple more weeks and I told him that was fine. Now I just have to be patient which is always the hardest part.
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I got the truck back today courtesy of my Amazing Wife taking care of everything! Picking it up and handling the bill. I am very excited to have it back. The guy wanted to see me in person so my wife and I went over and he basically bragged about it was pretty happy to get to build it up. Now I have to take it easy thru the break in period then I can start playing again!
then I can start playing again!
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I’m excited for you. It’s a good truck. Keep going man, it’s worth it😉I got the truck back today courtesy of my Amazing Wife taking care of everything! Picking it up and handling the bill. I am very excited to have it back. The guy wanted to see me in person so my wife and I went over and he basically bragged about it was pretty happy to get to build it up. Now I have to take it easy thru the break in period
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I am excited too. The builder was really excited to show it off too and so it was really nice to see someone proud of their work.
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Are you a member of the cummins forum? I recently signed up and I am going to attempt to gain some knowledge from there.
Are you a member of the cummins forum? I recently signed up and I am going to attempt to gain some knowledge from there.
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Ya I’m on there. A lot of guys just asking how to get black smoke or turn up a stock truck but there’s a few good ones.
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I spent almost 5 years with a Cummins…the catch was it was the gimmick Cummins. I deleted it and put my touches on it, but I worried constantly. Broken cranks were a thing of concern, and I had developed a slight turbo issue that tripped a code. My tech at the dealership said put it back stock and we’d fix it under warranty but then found out that the turbo (among other parts) was on back order. He then said one came in with a broken crank and suggested that I get rid of mine while I still could. It was a great riding truck and for the most part trouble free, but I wasn’t going to risk a $15k long block with no warranty left!
It’s replacement is MUCH more fun to drive with the 6.2!
It’s replacement is MUCH more fun to drive with the 6.2!
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The 6.2 is punchy. Lifters should really be the only thing to worry about on the GM. Otherwise I see alot of annoying service trailer messages with the factory tow packages.
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Had a valve spring break with 200 miles on it but other than that no issues. Got 12k on it now. I do have the Pulsar LT as well with the DFM turned off for summer mower trailer towing. I’ll turn it back on when I’m not towing as much…but I’m my mind it feels stronger when I know I’m running on 8 all the time. It’s also really cool to have the speed limiter set at 140. Sometimes it surprises other Chevy owners…when I run off and leave them!
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The 6.2 is a fun gas truck and typically surprises most people. I am a GM mechanic and don't have alot of "aftermarket" AFM delete experience but I have heard it's the best way to go with these 8 cyl GM products long term. I have seen the lifters go on Silverados being delivered and as high as 200k. Our dealership almost has 1 per week. We have 14 technicians and stay pretty busy. I literally have one I started yesterday. 128k miles and I just did spark plugs and wires 150 miles ago. It was really hard explaining to that customer how his truck was "fine" until "we" touched it. After talking with us he was really understanding tho. I got the head off yesterday and see no damage to the camshaft so that is a relief. I will have it all back together Monday if my schedule isn't too crazy.
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I hope I don’t experience that. I just turned in my 2014 Silverado g-ride with 189,000 on it. When I got it as a hand me down I had TDOT do plugs and wires and a good overall tune up. It ran pretty good for a truck with that many miles on it. You could tell it was tired but it still ran ok for the 25k that I put on it. I got my bosses 2020 Silverado with about 50k on it, but it’s had lifter issues. Happened right after he got it. Runs ok now but I guess you just don’t ever know.
We are having a great deal of problems getting replacement vehicles so I went with the bird in the hand 2020 used instead of the bird in the bush 2023 new Silverado that I got to order. Who knows if it will ever even come in…with my luck it would but it would be a stripped work truck with the 2.7 instead of the decent loaded LT with the 5.3 that we normally get!
We are having a great deal of problems getting replacement vehicles so I went with the bird in the hand 2020 used instead of the bird in the bush 2023 new Silverado that I got to order. Who knows if it will ever even come in…with my luck it would but it would be a stripped work truck with the 2.7 instead of the decent loaded LT with the 5.3 that we normally get!
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You are spot on. The availability of vehicles is ridiculous. We have been servicing FedEx fleet vehicles with almost 500k miles because they can't get replacements.
The easiest way to describe the lifters is that they just decide on their own one day to not wake up.
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Our last get for fleet purchases from Chevrolet was a mess of crew cab 4x4 white with black bumpers, steel wheels, and vinyl floor and seats. I hate to turn down a free truck but hell no that’s the last thing I want. It’s hard to be stealth in the hood driving something like that. If I have to keep this 2020 over a new one I’ll survive. Heck, ida kept the 2014 but as old as it was we were afraid the state wouldn’t fix it if it developed and issue.
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Always been a Cummins fan and always will be! Seeing how Cummins HQ is about 80 minutes away from me you tend to see a bunch of Dodge and Ram trucks running around here all the time! Just with bad diesel fuel and junk injection pumps these days got me away from diesel all together. I got me a 6.4 Hemi and I have no regrets.
Hey Robobrainiac- I've read through your post here and wanted to add something to watch for- a co-worker and fellow riding group member just experienced a catastrophic drive-train failure on his 2004 3500 Cummins truck. He was traveling from Michigan to South Dakota and in the middle of Wisconsin, at 75 MPH the front drive shaft came apart and busted the front output off the transfer case, taking out the brake lines, fuel lines and wiring harness.
Tow truck driver told him that he pulls at least 2 Dodge trucks a month off the road with this same failure. He is repairing it, but the hold up is the wire harness- no longer available from Dodge/FCA/Stellantis and used are hard to come by.
I have a 2001 2500 Cummins truck, basically, same transfer case as an 2004. Therefore, I did some research and what I found was the double-cardan joint at the transfer case is what fails. Since the front axle is turning the front drive shaft all the time the truck is moving. I found the claim is that there is an almost hidden grease Zerk on the joint, despite no Zerk's on the actual U-joints.
Now my friend's failure I am going to point at the transfer case out-put shaft bearing, for 2 months before his trip, a rebuilt front drive shaft was installed because he had his auto trans rebuilt and beefed-up. At that time the front shaft was found to have play in it.
So I would recommend to you to do a really good inspection of your front drive shaft and transfer case front out-put to hopefully avoid a similar failure.
Tow truck driver told him that he pulls at least 2 Dodge trucks a month off the road with this same failure. He is repairing it, but the hold up is the wire harness- no longer available from Dodge/FCA/Stellantis and used are hard to come by.
I have a 2001 2500 Cummins truck, basically, same transfer case as an 2004. Therefore, I did some research and what I found was the double-cardan joint at the transfer case is what fails. Since the front axle is turning the front drive shaft all the time the truck is moving. I found the claim is that there is an almost hidden grease Zerk on the joint, despite no Zerk's on the actual U-joints.
Now my friend's failure I am going to point at the transfer case out-put shaft bearing, for 2 months before his trip, a rebuilt front drive shaft was installed because he had his auto trans rebuilt and beefed-up. At that time the front shaft was found to have play in it.
So I would recommend to you to do a really good inspection of your front drive shaft and transfer case front out-put to hopefully avoid a similar failure.
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You are on point with the front driveshaft failure. I have heard of a few. I check mine over well every oil change. I change oil 3500-4000 miles.
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