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Possibly looking at a 2003 1500 tonight

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I contacted this guy earlier today talking to him about the truck, he said he has been the mechanic for the truck for the last 3 years, and last guy sold it to him and he fixed it up a little bit, I believe he said he was the one that installed the new rockers. Anyway I do have a few worries, it does have 160k on it, and it does have a plow.... those 2 go together like peanut butter and spaghetti..... But he said he just used it to plow his own driveway, im sure he would have told me that either way though... From the pictures it looks like it never had a plow even on it. It looks to be in pretty good shape considering the year and the salt belt, but the miles are high like I said. It's also a z71 package from the looks of it. But what do you guys think, good buy?



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I would not buy one that had a plow... but if plowing is what you want it for, it's not a bad deal... Not sure about your area but around here I'd start at $5k.

BlackZ71Silverado Senior Enthusiast

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"No lights on dash"........

"Right manifold replaced"........

 

I am also not a fan of the 1500 trucks running snow plows.

The standard frame, transmission, and entire drivetrain takes a pounding. Seeing it was used for plowing snow, and with no dash lights, it may be an electrical nightmare.

 

If it were me, I'd move on and not take a chance on that truck.

 

 

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"No lights on dash"........

"Right manifold replaced"........

 

I am also not a fan of the 1500 trucks running snow plows.

The standard frame, transmission, and entire drivetrain takes a pounding. Seeing it was used for plowing snow, and with no dash lights, it may be an electrical nightmare.

 

If it were me, I'd move on and not take a chance on that truck.

 

 

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It's unclear what the "no lights on dash" means. It could mean what you're thinking, but the first thing that came to my mind was saying it didn't have any warning lights like "check engine" or anything like that. I believe that's how some or most people say in an ad that there aren't any warning lights on the dash.

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It's unclear what the "no lights on dash" means. It could mean what you're thinking, but the first thing that came to my mind was saying it didn't have any warning lights like "check engine" or anything like that. I believe that's how some or most people say in an ad that there aren't any warning lights on the dash.

That is correct, he meant no lights on dash as in no check engine lights

BlackZ71Silverado Senior Enthusiast

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It's unclear what the "no lights on dash" means. It could mean what you're thinking, but the first thing that came to my mind was saying it didn't have any warning lights like "check engine" or anything like that. I believe that's how some or most people say in an ad that there aren't any warning lights on the dash.

I've never heard that before, that add was the first time I've seen that. I guess it makes sense but my first thought was he was saying he had no dash lights.

 

Thanks for clearing that up.

 

 

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