Well after the hassle I've had recently with my diesel and the mobile wrench, I bought a quad cab 3/4 ton dodge. this time a gas truck. Pretty good price I felt but its still a used truck so going through and getting little things fixed it. looks like it needs O2 sensors and 2 coil packs.
pulled the codes and checked out the packs today.
Hopefully this truck works out for you. What year did you get?
In 98' after I recovered from breaking my back we were working on moving out of the city. I knew we would need a full size truck to live on acreage in the country. I wanted to buy the last truck I would ever need. The first job I had after recovering was at a large RV dealership moving trucks, trailers and motorhomes around. I was able to test drive all of the recent full size trucks and made my choice.
At a GMC dealer I found a 93' F-250 diesel 4x4 with the super cab and long bed. 93' was the last year of the mechanical injected non-turbo 7.3L V8 diesel. It only had 61k miles on it and was all stock.
Now it has 141k miles and has a full Banks turbocharger kit, a 4" Skyjacker soft ride lift kit with Firestone air bags on the rear, Super Runner center link steering linkage, a Detroit Locker and a stage 2 towing transmission with a double clutch torque converter.
Compared to new diesel trucks it's down on power at 280hp and 500lbft of torque. On the other hand it is very simple, reliable and affordable to maintain compared to late model diesel trucks.