Adding another CTD to the stable

[JHZR2]

Another 96. My first one is 2wd, regular cab, and 442k miles. Love the thing but it has its limitations (Primarily that my wife and young kids can’t all go in it). And it got into a fender bender (I’m going to fix it) that started me down a path for parts and ended up finding western trucks.

New one is 4x4, club cab (they didn’t have crew cabs back then), and MT. Mostly original paint. VERY clean body and frame. Looks like new. Good interior, not cracked or ripped, just the stereo doesn’t work (will replace with a OE Chrysler unit with bluetooth added).

Despite the crazy truck market I got what I felt was a good deal, and these trucks are getting harder and harder to find. Nice examples are crossing well past the 30k mark, granted with lower miles, but many of those have gotten Chinese or CAPA parts and repaints…

So I’m very pleased with this one. Has all new fluids throughout, MT with low gear shifts great. And it cruises smooth and nice at speed.

 

[Astro14]

Looks great! Congratulations!

 

[Trav]

Good looking truck, congrats.

 

[OVERKILL]

Echoing the comments above, looks great! Excellent find.

 

[Dogman]

Beautiful

 

[UNC200]

long time since i’ve been to jersey but it looks beautiful! i bet the bison hunting is superb.

 

[spasm3]

Nice!

 

[bbhero]

Man.....

That truck looks awesome !

Kind of like my step father's 96 Ford F 250 diesel... That truck was in amazing shape when he sold it.

 

[Dogman]

Man.....

That truck looks awesome !

Kind of like my step father's 96 Ford Focus 250 diesel... That truck was in amazing shape when he sold it.

250 focus diesel. Whoa!

 

[bbhero]

250 focus diesel. Whoa!

That **** autospell garbage....

 

[02SE]

long time since i’ve been to jersey but it looks beautiful! i bet the bison hunting is superb.

That's more like Montana, North Dakota topography.

Congrats, that's a well-preserved example.

I had a '95 Dually, it was in worse shape when I sold it in 2002.

 

[wwillson]

Which transmission and differential in '96?

 

[Sam_Julier]

Beautiful truck. CTD is my favorite.

 

[JHZR2]

Which transmission and differential in '96?

NV4500HD 5-sp with the 5.61 low gear and fully synchronized including reverse, and a Dana 80 LSD 3.54 ratio.

 

[JHZR2]

That's more like Montana, North Dakota topography.

Congrats, that's a well-preserved example.

South Dakota for this one. One of my favorite states to visit.

 

[02SE]

NV4500HD 5-sp with the 5.61 low gear and fully synchronized including reverse, and a Dana 80 LSD 3.54 ratio.

FWIW, the front axle should be the Dana 60, and in the SRW Diesel trucks the rear would be the Dana 70. Dually's had the Dana 80.

 

[JHZR2]

FWIW, the front axle should be the Dana 60, and in the SRW Diesel trucks the rear would be the Dana 70. Dually's had the Dana 80.

Automatic trucks got the Dana 70, while manual trucks and duallies got the 80.

My build sheet:

Elsewhere on the build sheet it lists the anti-spin differential.

 

[zrxkawboy]

South Dakota for this one. One of my favorite states to visit.

Lifelong resident here. Where did you find the truck? Looks like West River.

 

[02SE]

Automatic trucks got the Dana 70, while manual trucks and duallies got the 80.

My build sheet:

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Elsewhere on the build sheet it lists the anti-spin differential.

Where did that spec sheet come from? First time I've heard of a Dana 80 in a SRW Ram application of that era. The gear ratio is also listed as 3.55, whereas Dodge speced it as 3.54. I know, a very slight difference.

I'm just saying that 'build sheet servlet' sounds a bit off.

If I'm wrong, so be it. But the slight difference could effect getting correct parts in the future.

 

[xgmad]

What a nice truck, dang, really nice truck.

One day I shall OWN Dodge ram 1500.