Just Bought 92 W250 LE 4X4...Getrag Concerns???

[Ingoldsby]

Just bought from the widow of the original owner a 1992 Dodge W250 LE 4X4 Cummins 5 speed manual with 69,000 original miles... . been looking for 6 months or so and friends have been harassing be to get a Cummins for a lot longer than that... been towing my old Vintage Power Wagons to shows with a Gas W200 beefed up... I am familiar with the pitfalls of the Getrag and have researched the Advance Adaptors NV4500 conversion but the truck shifts good and I would like to prolong the low mileage Getrag for the time being and was therefor wondering in addition to the reccomendations to over fill by a quart... what specific types of oils TDR members might suggest as an alternative to the 5-30 motor oil stated in the manual. Thanks in advance... Roger in Vermont

 

[Grey Wolf]

Roger welcome I have used Mobil 1 5-30 for the last 310,000 in my '93 and it's doing just fine!



Have fun with your "new" rig, GW

 

[rubberneck]

Just resist the temptation to turn the fuel up. The last getrag truck i turned up lost the transmission about 3k miles after doing it. NV4500 went in and all is good from there on out.

 

[Forrest Nearing]

overfill it by a quart, use quality fluid, and start collecting parts to swap in an NV4500.



turn it up and enjoy!

 

[dpuckett]

Overfill by 1-1. 5qts, and enjoy. I have BOMBed 3 trucks with Getrags, and have had no ill effects. Just be careful how you use the power. If you decide to ditch the Getrag, let me know .



Daniel

 

[KSears]

I had a 90 w250 with 5 speed Getrag ,, changed fluid about every 50k , had the fuel turned up a bit , put over 270000 ,miles on it , still had original cluch and working just fine when I sold it