338,000. Finally replaced the front brakes.
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338,000. Finally replaced the front brakes.
96000 miles on my '06 and it's the best one yet.
176000 on my '03
My 2001 has 283,000Miles on her. That would be like 490,000 Kms! Still goes like Hell!!!!
my '02' has 123,000 on her and i have the cyl. heads sitting the bench. (blown head gasket) sure do love that truck, every part i buy seems to have a duramax tax on it! hope to get it running soon.
238,000 miles, 6800 hours, one set of injectors at 125,000. Still running great. No transmission problems. What should I expect to go wrong??? May have a 2009 coming my way, but not sure if I want it. Any advice.
ChestnutCanoe
If you have the ZF6... watch out for the clutch/pressure plate and dualmass flywheel. They just can't take the DuraMax beating. If you have the 4x4, watch out for the x-fer case leak. There's a known problem with a little 4 bit clip that rubbs a hole in the bottom of the case and all of a suden... lots of noise.
Just keep it clean and talk nicely to it. It will carry you all the way home.
Mike
With 360,000 miles, should I start looking for someone to do a valve job?
Mike
Mike, Thanks for the information. I live in Northern Michigan and will start the truck and let it warm up. I have noticed a transfer case leak under the truck if it idles more than 5 minutes or so, but no noise. I just assumed a bad seal at the yoke. I did replace the yoke around 100,000 miles. I understand the head gaskets can also be a problem. If so, is this typical for engines over 200,000? By the way, my truck is a 4 X 4.
Thanks, Scott
I have 325,000 miles on my 2006 crew cab dually, 99% of those miles were pulling my 34 foot enclosed trailer, still runs strong and nothing but the normal things I have changed.
MRE now has ~600K miles since summer 2004 on the combined operation of a 2005 (~80K miles), 2001 (~100K miles), 2002 (~150K miles), 2004 Kodiak (~110K miles), and two 2006 Duramaxes (~160K) .
Highest single truck mileage attained was on the 2002 K3500 - purchased with 130K and sold with 280K. By operating the trucks mainly inside their warranty periods before trading, we have minimized high dollar out-of-pocket repairs to:
'Wearable' parts we have replaced:
- 2006 K3500 smoked one Allison torque converter, taking the transmission with it in the process ($3000 total cost of parts/labor)
- 2002 K2500 grenaded one transfer case ($1800 total cost of parts/labor)
- 2001 K2500 blew a head gasket, was sold with problem disclosed, at a discounted price of ~$2000.
... we have received 4 sets of 'free' injectors under GM warranty, valued at over $15K.
- 12 sets (of 4) Michelin tires;
- 3 pairs of Delco replacement batteries, 1 pair of Optima red tops;
- 5 sets (of 4) replacement shocks;
- 5 brake jobs;
- >60 oil changes;
- >40 transmission drain and fills with spin-on filter
- 2 rear pinion seals
- 2 axle bearing seals (C4500 Eaton rear)
- 3 front wheel bearings
- 1 starter
- 1 water pump
I have an 01 with 288,000 miles on it
It would have been great if all had told what engine oil was used. 47K on our 05 makes me feel like it is new, it does drive better than new and is a great towing truck.
chevman
My 2005 Sierra 2500HD, crew cab, long bed, 4x4, has 318000 miles. Only 3k of them are from me. Yep... I bought it with 315K on the odometer.
I only have 248,789 miles but have 9700 hours due to my dog who enjoys the air conditioning...I have since built my dog an office and no longer idle the truck near as much...
237,000 miles on my 02. The only parts that failed so far are the injectors (190,000), fuel pressure regulator (90,000), Crank position sensor (140,000), and water pump (237,000). Not too bad, IMHO
David
I just bought a 2002 3500 with 314000!
I have a 02 2500 hd with 208000 and just now all the injectors went out...the truck ran awesome until then.... haven't even done the brakes yet...
370,000 miles and my smile muscles still hurt.
I have an '07 Classic LB/CC w/165,000. Doesn't use a quart between oil changes. :cool: