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Should I Sell My 6.4L

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Cashewluna

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Trying to decide if I should keep my newly acquired 2020 Ram 2500 2WD 6.4L Tradesman. I bought it from a roofing company. It has 100k miles and needed lots of work done to it, I deep cleaned the whole thing, put on a new grill, Thuren lift kit, hood, windshield, window tint and lots more.

Reading about long term reliability of the 6.4L has got me scared, I now have 111K miles, my truck runs great no tick. I’m told maintenance was done at the dealer but I have no proof.

1366 idle hours, 2500 drive hours.

Considering selling for about what I have in it ($25k), and getting an older 5.9L Cummins. My main fear is a catastrophic expensive engine/transmission repair before I’m done paying it off in the next 56 months when it will have ~220k miles at the rate I drive.

Thoughts? Am i worrying for nothing?
 
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Rockcrawlindude said:
What “reading about long term reliability” are you talking about?

Why didn’t you do this reading before you bought the truck?

Why did you sign up for long term financing on a well used vehicle with a lot of miles on it? Surely you didn’t get a good interest rate on that.
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I’m curious what it says about you that you feel the need to be a d*ck to a stranger online genuinely asking for advise.

In any case, i’ll answer

1.) The hemi lifter tick and/or potential transmission issues with the 8 Speed ZF

2.) 60 months is actually a below average term length for a car loan today. My interest rate is just fine at 5% promo through my credit union. Thanks for your super valuable input
 
Cashewluna said:
I’m curious what it says about you that you feel the need to be a d*ck to a stranger online genuinely asking for advise.

In any case, i’ll answer

1.) The hemi lifter tick and/or potential transmission issues with the 8 Speed ZF

2.) 60 months is actually a below average term length for a car loan today. My interest rate is just fine at 5% promo through my credit union. Thanks for your super valuable input
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I don't think he was trying to be a d*ck, more so just speaking frankly.

My opinion which means nothing, is that there isn't anything wrong with some buyers remorse. It sucks but it happens. My worry with the truck would be with where it came from. Fleet vehicles aren't treated the best, I work white collar and even our fleets are abused and often late on maintenance. If the maintenance was really done at a dealer, it should show on a CarFax. If you need an HD, I don't think you'll do much better for the price. If you could get away without having an HD, I'd be grabbing an older Tundra 5.7 and putting some bags or sumos on the back. I personally wouldn't trade it for an older diesel, at least around here, people drive the sh*t out of those like they are sports cars or something, rednecks lol.
 
Cashewluna said:
I’m curious what it says about you that you feel the need to be a d*ck to a stranger online genuinely asking for advise.

In any case, i’ll answer

1.) The hemi lifter tick and/or potential transmission issues with the 8 Speed ZF

2.) 60 months is actually a below average term length for a car loan today. My interest rate is just fine at 5% promo through my credit union. Thanks for your super valuable input
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No need to be sensitive…. There is no potential trans issue the ZF 8 speed is a solid trans. Not all hemis have lifter issues its not as wide spread of an issue as the internet makes it seem otherwise a recall would have been forced….

If dealer did maintain it then then any dealer will have records of it, if you give them the VIN they should be able to tell you
 
Cashewluna said:
I’m curious what it says about you that you feel the need to be a d*ck to a stranger online genuinely asking for advise.

In any case, i’ll answer

1.) The hemi lifter tick and/or potential transmission issues with the 8 Speed ZF

2.) 60 months is actually a below average term length for a car loan today. My interest rate is just fine at 5% promo through my credit union. Thanks for your super valuable input
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if you get your feelings hurt by someone being direct, asking questions and not sugar coating things, then you’re gonna want to go ahead and block me.

Thank you for clarifying the issues you’re worried about. The zf is the best automatic transmission on the planet and the lifter issue shouldn’t be an issue if you keep up with the oil changes

You said you were still going to be paying on the truck after 200,000 miles so I hope that loan feels short for you
 
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What problems is the 8 speed auto having? I have heard of virtually no problems with it . There have been a few 6.4 lifters issues, but in the overall picture it is a very remote problem.
 
I'd keep driving it with regular maintenance and stash some cash away for any emergency repairs.

I'd love to have a mega hemi, myself.
 
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