‘03 Duramax.

Injectors twice ... once at 114K-ish, covered by dealer for $500, and once at 170K done by yours truly for $1600 in (upgraded) parts and a long weekend-plus of labor.

Front end upgraded as stock parts wore out, Pittman, idler, tie rods, upper controls, bushings, ball joints ...

Approaching 220K now and runs like a raped ape ... no plans to buy new here at current prices and with current DEF/EGR crap.

All in all, great hunting truck that’s seen hard use and continues to roll. No regrets. Knowing what I know almost 18 years after I took delivery, would do it again, no question.


"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." Thomas Paine