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I have a 1998 Dodge Ram pickup that I have finally decided to sell so I am seeing if anyone in the Black Hills area is interested. This was my first "car" that I ever owned. I bought it as a bone stock pickup with about 70k miles on it and slowly built it up over the years. I spent many hours maintaining it - it was my pride and joy for a lot of years and I can't think of a better place for it than the Black Hills, or better people to take it over and keep it in the rocks!

Anyway please take a look and let me know if you have any questions. I took the blue book value of the truck and added ~62.5% of the cost of the modifications that have been performed on it.

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The Listing

1998 Dodge Ram 1500 Sport w/ 1-ton Axles

I have owned this truck since it was bone stock in 2002. As a mechanical engineer I have performed all of the work myself -
modifications and fabrication work. It has been to Moab, UT and all over Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming.

It has been very well taken care of - I have always kept up with fluid changes. It starts and runs very well. The only issues are that it has a slight detonation under high RPM, high load conditions. It seems to go away if you run 91 or higher octane. Also, the truck tends to pull left slightly when driving down the road which I believe to be a sticky brake caliper but have not taken the time to solve the problem. There is also a crack in the dashboard and the factory speakers have some issues - they work intermittently.

I hate to see it go but it is time as I do not seem to make time to use it anymore. It is an extremely capable truck and works well as a rockcrawler, family adventure vehicle, or for hunting and other outdoor pursuits.

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Mileage: 160,000 mi

Front axle:
1998 Dodge Dana 60
4.10 gears
ARB Air Locker with fully pneumatic/mechanical switch
Disc brakes
Unit (hub) bearings were replaced and have very few miles on them

Rear Axle:
2001 Dodge Dana 70
4.10 gears
Power-Lok limited slip (works very well offroad; always locked)
Disc brakes

Tires & Wheels:
(Quantity 5 of each)
37x13.5R17 Cooper STT tires
Hummer H2 wheels

Front Suspension:
3" Skyjacker coil springs
3" Rancho coil spacers
Custom lower links w/ adjustable/rebuildable Johnny Joint rod ends, 1.75x.250w DOM tube
Skyjacker shocks

Steering:
Custom "T-Link" 1-ton steering linkage with additional outer sleeve made of 1.5x.120w DOM
Thuren Fabrications heavy duty track/panhard bar
Steering sector shaft support bearing

Rear Suspension:
Factory Dodge leaves (very flat and flexible) with add-a-leaf
Shackle flip
Custom offset shackles built from 1/2" plate steel
U-bolt flip
Factory lift blocks removed
Axle shim to correct driveshaft angle
Skyjacker shocks

Drivetrain:
360 cu in engine, fuel injected
K&N air intake
Hypertech Power Programmer
Flowmaster 40-series Delta Flow muffler
46RE automatic transmission (replaced with rebuilt trans at ~100k miles)
Transmission fluid temperature gauge with steering column mount
NP235 transfer case
Tom Woods rear driveshaft
Includes spare rear driveshaft

Body Armor:
Custom front winch bumper built with 1.75x.120w tube
4x4 Iron rear bumper with trailer hitch and d-ring tabs
Custom rock sliders
Custom tube fenders
1/4" plate t-case skid plate
Dana 70 Blue Torch Fabworks diff cover (1/4" plate with 3/8" plate bolt ring)

Miscellaneous:
Raider topper with carpet headliner
DIY paint-on bedliner
Mile Marker 12,000 lbs electric winch
Rockstomper 3/8" synthetic winch rope
Removable mud flaps
Hella 500 offroad lights
Optima Yellow Top battery

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