1992 Dodge W350 4x4 Cummins Dually

Description for Dodge Ram 3500 1992

**Update** I am listing the truck again with an “undisclosed reserve” That means please don’t email me asking how much I would sell the truck outright for as I won’t reply to you. Bid what you feel is fair for it.

Also if you place a bid and retract it you will be reported to Ebay and blocked.

Sorry for being a hard nose about it but I am tired of dealing with flakey bidders and the emails asking how much I want for it/will sell it for.

Up for auction is my 1992 Dodge W350 LE 1-ton Dually 4x4 club cab truck. It has the 5.9 Cummins engine and the Getrag 5 speed manual transmission.

The truck is a local truck and was originally purchased new at Dodge of Bellevue and it currently has 165k miles on it.I have owned it for about five years now and have put just under 13k miles on it.

The body is straight for the most part. There are no rust issues/problems with it but it does have the normal paint chips door dings bumps and bruises that a 23 year old truck would have and it has been repainted one time that I know of. More info below.

The interior is gray and it originally had a bench seat. I swapped the bench seat with a guy that had the same color bucket seats and console. I also installed the large factory under-floor bracket required for the bucket seats to attach to the floor to keep the floor from flexing.

The carpet is original its sun faded and showing its age. The Passenger seat is nice and the driver seat has a wear pattern on the base from sliding on and off the seat. I have another lower seat cover that goes with the truck.

All the gauges work. The AC blows cold and the cruise control works. The windows and door locks are electric and also work. It still has the factory radio and it works as well.

The engine runs and drives great and the prior owner had a reman transmission put in at the Dodge Dealer shortly before I bought it. He didn’t have any paperwork to show me but did point out the reman tag on the transmission. The Red pull-up button on the shifter is for the Pac Brake Exhaust Brake. The 29 spline NP 205 transfer case works as it should in high and low range and the locking hubs were serviced when I had the front brakes/steering knuckles apart.

It rides as nice as an all leaf spring 4x4 Dually can. It has been very dependable for us and there is nothing majorly wrong with it. I like the looks of the 1stGen trucks more than the newer trucks and I’m really sitting on the fence about selling it but the truck just sits.

My connection with this truck is that I originally bought it to use as a donor parts truck for a crewcab build I was doing. It was a nice clean truck and it had everything I wanted for the crew cab. I was building a 1985 Dodge 4-door Crewcab W350 4x4 long bed Dually. (see last picture below) Dodge never made a Crewcab Dually 4X4 and I wanted one. In the mean time I added a few mods to it to wake it up and did the basic maintenance (under 13k miles ago) while driving it and working on my project truck. Here is the build thread for the crewcab project.http://www.1stgen.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=9405

When I first bought the truck I primarily used it to pull a 25’ travel trailer and 12’ fishing boat. Long story short life changed for me over the last few years. The Crewcab project travel trailer and small fishing boat got sold. Once life settled back down again I bought a 27’ boat than a 28 footer and most recently a 30 footer and the total curb weights became an issue. I upgraded to a Medium duty truck and the Dually just sits for the most part now with the exception of using it for some landscape projects.

I pulled the 27’ boat back from New York and the 28’ up from California with the Dually. Hooked to the bumper the trucks combined total curb weights were 21k (and some change) pounds. The truck pulled both boats home without any issues and the gear oils got changed after each trip. I used the Medium Duty Truck to pull the 30ftr but had I pulled it with the dually it would have tipped the scale at over 25k pounds. Yes it would have pulled it but that’s not the point. It’s too much weight for my comfort!

A person could drive it as is or take it to the next steps. It has the gauge package and it’s ready for more mods if a person so desires. Bigger intercooler larger single turbo or a twin turbo setup or p-pump it to give it more fuel whatever you like. I’m just ready to move on. I’m converting the medium duty truck into a crewcab toy hauler and it’s time to focus on that project.

I have done the following maintenance work and mild mods to it:

H1C Turbo with GDS 60mm cold side and 16cm exhaust housing (Originally had the 21cm exhaust housing)

Extrude honed injectors (2 passes)

¾ turn on fuel screw

KDP (killer dowel pin)

Pac Brake Exhaust Brake

60 lb. Exhaust Valve springs

Stans 4” Exhaust with free flow Donaldson muffler Resonator and chrome tip

BHAF Air Filter

Autometer gauge package with Tach

Front Brake pads and Calipers

Wheel bearings and Seals

Front axle u-joints

Factory installed Dana 70 with 3:54 gears and a Sure-grip (posi) differential

Upgraded to 12x3 rear brake shoes and 1 1/8 wheel cylinders

Wheel Bearings and Seals

Brake Booster and Master Cylinder

New Emergency brake cables

Rear drive line (Balanced and replaced all u-joints)

Prior owner rebuilt the Transmission (Over filled by one qt.)

Tekonsha Prodigy P3 Brake controller

New Headlight switch and Headlight Relay Mod/upgrade

Battery is two years old

Heavy duty trailer hitch

Swapped out bench seat for buckets and a console

Tires were just put on when I bought the truck easily 90% tread left (BFGoodrich All-Terrain)

Probably lots of other things I haveforgottenabout.

The known issues that it does have are as follows:

It has a small exhaust leak in the exhaust manifold in port one. (Needs the gasket replaced) The Pac Brake exhaust brake is fully functional but it has not been set yet because of the exhaust leak. I installed the 60 pound exhaust valve springs but never got around to fixing the leak so I could set the exhaust gate. Boat trailers have hydraulic surge brakes on them so I never got around to finishing it. (Yea somebody should have reminded me of that one “before” I thrashed for two days to get it installed before I drove to New York. LOL!)

I don’t believe (have not tried yet) the truck will pass the emission test here in Pierce County because of the injectors and fuel screw adjustment. The tags are currently expired and when I do drive it any significant distance I just get a trip permit. It's not a fire sale or a must sell situation I just don't drive it a lot.

As a side note and for full discloser the truck has a rebuilt title. The prior owner explained to me that he forgot to set the parking brake or leave it in gear and it rolled down the driveway backwards and hit a parked tree damaging the truck in the right rear. It damaged the right bed corner bumper and the right frame rail was bent aft of the axle.

In a crazy twist the prior owner actually purchased the rear frame clip and bed from one of my parts trucks that I had for my crewcab conversion and had it repaired at a collision shop. A few years after the truck was repaired I happened to find it for sale when I discovered that my 318 gas engine truck struggled to pull my travel trailer. The paint is not original. The whole truck was repainted during the collision repair. With the exception of the inside of the bed the prior owner was going to Rhino line it but didn’t get it done before he sold it. It’s not a show quality paint job but it looks nice and shiny when it’s all washed up and the worry about the early 90’s peeling/flaking paint is gone.

That being said I was not afraid of the title status or the frame repair then or now. The prior owner used the truck tohaula camper in the back and I have loaded it with yards (usually 3 yards at a time) of rock gravel dirt scrap iron and full pallets of concrete blocks. I have towed a combined weight of 20k plus pounds with it two different times for several thousand miles and a trailer full of concrete at 19k pounds (see pic below). It’s done everything I have asked of it and more. It’s been a great truck for me; it’s just time to move on.

Again I am listing the truck with an “undisclosed reserve” Please don’t email me asking how much Iwouldsell the truck for as I won’t reply to you. Bid what you feel is fair for it. Any other questions please ask me.

Shipping:Truck will be paid for before it leaves or the title is released to the buyer. I can store it here for two weeks until logistics get figured out.

The current family. The Bayliner was towed up from Vallejo California. The Searay was towed back from Brewerton New York. Taken in Montana brought cab back from Spencer Iowa. The Crewcab Dually Project. It was sold several years ago. Keywords:First Gen First Generation 1st Gen 1989 Crewcab crew cab Dually Dualy 4x4 4WD coined W350 W250 Cummins Cummings 12 Valve Turbo Diesel Dodge Ram 1-ton 1 ton ¾ ton Club Cab LE SE Long Bed Getrag G360 1990 1991 1992 1993 89 90 91 92 93

On Jun-13-15 at 01:42:05 PDT seller added the following information:

More information on the truck:

I went looking for paperwork or any receipts I had on the truck and I actually found more information.

I could just as easily not mention any of this and sweep it under the carpet and nobody would be any wiser but in an effort to be transparent I have proof of the miles and dates. Some might be saying who cares? Blah blah blah…… If that’s the case skip the next few sentences.

First off I discovered that I actually bought the truck in March of 2009 (6 years and 3 months ago not 5 years as I had originally thought) and it had 137xxxk miles on it when I bought it not 150ish. So the AS Purchased miles info is off in the beginning of the ad and I can’t edit it now because the auction has already started.

The current total mileage driven of 165174 is correct and that breaks down into 28k total miles I have driven the truck.

Going by the receipts and putting things into a timeline I did all the maintenance work and engine upgrades in the summer of 2011 just before I left on the New York trip in September.

In May of 2011 I had a shop diagnose and install the new extrude honed injectors and the mileage was 150055 at the time. That breaks down into 15119 miles driven since I have done all the work to it. We have since driven the truck to Vallejo California twice Brewerton New York Spencer Iowa and Bend Oregon. I will include the receipts that I have with the sale of the truck.

Also if you look at the picture of the gauges the odometer shows 1612xx. The pictures were taken June 2014 just before leaving for Spencer Iowa. Add 3200 miles round trip and it bumps the mileage to 164400 leaving 774 miles driven locally since returning from Iowa last June.

Yea fun with numbers! LOL!

In other news I have found the installation manual for the Pacbrake and the Tekonsha Prodigy P3 Brake controller. I have also found a few other receipts as well including the driveline work done. Along with the three u-joints that got replaced it also got a new carrier bearing installed.

I have also found the rear jump seats and the plastic filler floor pieces that go below them. I had removed the carpet to install the bucket seat floor bracket and I installed a bunch of jute padding (sound deadener) and never reinstalled the seats. I used the extra space gained for storage.

Questions that have been asked:

I have received questions about the truck and some of the answers are listed in the information. Please read the long drawn out boring info before you email me. If I don’t respond to you the answer is in the listing.

For the questions not covered I will try to answer them.

Starting with No I’m not interested in selling the name plaque on the tailgate or trading a bag of weed err I mean Medical Marijuana for it. Really!!!

I don’t have a video of the truck running.

Yes the engine is dusty. I hauled a bunch of dirt away from my yard project last summer and the engine fan kicked up dust every time I drove back into the yard. I was originally going to pressure wash it but then I thought I would just leave it as it’s too easy to wash away any signs of issues. I would be more than willing to pressure wash it after the winner bidder inspects it to his/her satisfaction.

I did not do any mods to the fuel pump other than ¾ of a turn on the fuel screw. It still has the factory governor spring and factory mechanical lift pump. I did have to bump the timing to match the new injectors though. Some people are into making smoke or “Roaling Coal” as they say or squeezing every ounce of horsepower out of it that they can. I’m just not into it like that.

Hot-rodding this truck was never in the plan because I was building a project truck. It came with the huge 21cm exhaust housing and I swear the truck couldn’t get out of its own way while waiting for the turbo to light. It had terrible turbo-lag and I just wanted to wake it up a lil bit. There are better turbo’s out there and more could be done with the fuel system but it wasn’t in the plan. Had I kept throwing speed parts at it it would have turned into a project all of its own. I just wanted something dependable with a little bit of pep to it and I was more than pleased.

The compressor side (Boost side) is not affected by the exhaust leak. It will push 30 pounds of boost and kick the backend out sideways on a damp ground. Yea I wasn’t expecting it to do that either :-D

For those that don’t know let me see if I can explain this another way. The exhaust brake slows the engine down because exhaust gasses are trapped in the engine and exhaust manifold. Kinda like putting a potato or a banana in your buddy’s tail pipe. If the exhaust manifold has a leak in it (such as a leaking gasket) the exhaust gasses will escape and not slow the engine down. I did not discover that it had a leak until after I put the Pacbrake on. If I have failed at explaining it here are a couple links that should help.

http://pacbrake.com/exhaust-brakes-how-do-they-work-and-what-benefits-do-they-bring/

http://www.bankspower.com/techarticles/show/17-How-An-Exhaust-Brake-Works

All the extra truck parts I had went with the crewcab project when it was sold. I do know where there is another 2wd shortbed crewcab that has been sitting for about 5 years that I know of but the winner bidder gets first dibs on it.

It has a 32 gallon fuel tank. Lightly loaded I have gotten a high of 17 mpg out of it and towing the boats back the lowest of 9.4 mpg. And that’s towing non-aerodynamic bricks over 20k pounds with lots of hills and flats with side/head winds.

I have always used Delo 15w40 oil in my diesel engines and Wix Filters. Have you ever cut a Fram filter apart and compared it to other brands? You should try it sometime.

I use mobile 1 Synthetic 5w-30 oil for the transmission and over filled by 1qt.

In the rear axle I use 75w-140 with an additive for the L.S.Diff. It’s Napa’s brand I would have to call and ask them. I think it’s Pennzoil but don’t remember. I ran it thicker because of the heavy loads and changed it when I got home whether it needed it or not. Ditto for trans oil. Oil is cheap comparatively.

The engine or trans does not leak any fluids on the ground and I replaced the front crank seal when I did the dowel pin update. The rear transfer case output shaft yoke area has wetness to it but it doesn’t drip on the ground. My guess is that there is a little seepage between the output shaft splines and the driveline yoke.

It does not have a spare tire carrier under the bed/frame or the factory floor jack. They weren’t there when I bought the truck. I just threw the tire and a 2-ton floor jack in the bed when I went on road trips. The lug wrench and handle are there though.

The yellow warning/beacon light on the bed goes with truck.

The black brackets on the front bumper were used to hang the wide load sign on. They also go with the truck but the sign does not.

The trailer plug on the rear bumper is a combo 8 blade RV style and 4 pin flat.

The windshield does have a crack in it and it was there when I bought the truck. It’s on the lower side in the middle and extends towards the driver’s side. It does not block the view of the driver and I have never been hassled by the Troopers or local Police about it. The rear cab windows tilt out as factory and the rear window is a lockable slider. No aftermarket tint.

The truck originally came with electric mirrors. The door pods all the wiring and switch is still in place so a person could convert it back if they so desire. I could not see around my camp trailer so I pulled the tripod mirrors off of one of my Dodge parts trucks.

If you still have questions and it’s not listed please ask me.

On Jun-14-15 at 18:10:22 PDT seller added the following information:

A couple of more pictures asked for.