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    Looking at my first diesel and may buy tomorrow...any input.

    Man these huge repair bills I am reading about are kinda scary though. $4000 if you have the dealer do injectors, read about some poor dude dropping like $8000 in the motor. I was moving toward diesel because I was hoping it was cheaper to just keep a truck for a long time.
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    Newbie to diesel, looking at a Duramax LB7

    Yeah I figured I probably could. I just know nothinggggggggg about regular cars. I can't and don't build my engines, but we build all our chassis. I lash valves, clean injectors on the sprint car, set timing, change oil, I've flipped the motor over and changed bearings and that's about as far as...
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    Looking at my first diesel and may buy tomorrow...any input.

    I just got the carfax and it looks spotless....It was in every 6 mos at least for oil and filters. It also had the diff flushed etc at regular intervals. All signs point to yes, thanks a lot for all the replies guys!!
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    Looking at my first diesel and may buy tomorrow...any input.

    Holy shitballs! 560k....lol. You just tipped the scales man, I shall go for it! I just got off the phone with my good buddy who's a diesel mechanic...he said he will do it for free beer and a night away from the wives in my race shop if they go...I'm in!
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    Looking at my first diesel and may buy tomorrow...any input.

    Any other big problems with them? My buddy has an 02 and he's got 380k and he's STILL on the original injectors. Are the Duramax's common to see them running around with 500k like the 7.3? My plans are to keep it for 3 yrs as my daily driver and then retire it to a race trailer only truck and...
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    Looking at my first diesel and may buy tomorrow...any input.

    I'm looking at a SPOTLESS truck my friend's dealership took on trade. It's a 2wd 2002 Sierra Duramax LB7 with 144xxx. It's in awesome shape and I had my buddy who's a diesel mechanic check it out. It looks to be totally spotless. It's a one owner truck from down south, personal vehicle, I am in...
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    Newbie to diesel, looking at a Duramax LB7

    Can anyone help me out? I'm looking at a SPOTLESS truck my friend's dealership took on trade. It's a 2wd 2002 Sierra Duramax LB7 with 144xxx. It's in awesome shape and I had my buddy who's a diesel mechanic check it out. It looks to be totally spotless. It's a one owner truck from down south...
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