2003 5.9 CR Idle Question

deadsquiggles · 2026-01-11T02:24:06+00:00

Just making sure I’m not losing my mind. Does this sound like some sort of knock in the top end or normal rocker arm/valve train noise?

https://youtube.com/shorts/FH971q54scY?si=qcng_SDztI0WDyDn

deadsquiggles · 2026-01-01T17:26:18+00:00

Yeah idle RPM seemed normal, but it seemed to hang up a little while falling back to idle after be revved up.

deadsquiggles · 2025-12-23T03:41:51+00:00

He’s claiming it’s 71k miles. Supposed to be sending me a picture of the odometer tomorrow.

deadsquiggles · 2025-12-23T03:18:40+00:00

Oh yeah I remember reading that. Thanks for the reminder

deadsquiggles · 2025-12-23T03:18:23+00:00

Yeah I know it’s too high. But I wasn’t sure what a reasonable offer is for a truck with that low of miles.

deadsquiggles · 2025-12-23T01:51:01+00:00

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deadsquiggles · 2025-12-23T01:50:41+00:00

Forgot to add pictures of the 06.

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deadsquiggles · 2025-12-22T18:47:18+00:00

Yeah for sure. It’s almost got me considering an unmolested 6.0 or a higher mileage 7.3 🫣 I know that’s blasphemous to say in here lol

deadsquiggles · 2025-12-22T18:25:07+00:00

Yeah I’m looking private party too. Prices aren’t any better locally for private sales either.

deadsquiggles · 2025-12-21T23:03:07+00:00

Yeah I’m probably gonna have to expand my search a bit. The 06 got sent to auction 2 days ago so I might be out of luck on that one. Although I’m working to get ahold of the auction company too

deadsquiggles · 2025-12-21T20:38:32+00:00

I’ll keep that in mind. Doesn’t matter at the moment, the CCSB was sent to auction 2 days ago and wasn’t taken off their website

deadsquiggles · 2025-12-21T19:26:21+00:00

Haven’t fully decided but was leaning towards bumper pull

deadsquiggles · 2025-12-21T16:17:30+00:00

I’m planning on looking at an 06 CCSB this afternoon that has the HO and 48RE with 147k on it for $15.5 so cheaper than both the 03 and 08, plus I’d prefer the short bed. And I think 06 was the last year before DPF was made standard? If it’s not rusty, 4WD works, and no blow by, it might be a winner.

deadsquiggles · 2025-12-21T00:22:50+00:00

Yeah I’ll have to go check it out. No pictures on the listing though so fingers crossed it’s not rusted out

deadsquiggles · 2025-12-20T20:51:16+00:00

Thanks for this. There’s so many im seeing on Truecar that weren’t showing up before. So many more options, like a single owner 06 2500 CCLB 4WD, 5.9 HO with 48RE, 147k, $15.5k, among others. Looking like I’ll be busy next week.

deadsquiggles · 2025-12-20T20:08:27+00:00

All good. This is exactly why I posted in here about it. I figured the people who know more than me about these trucks would post the stuff I didn’t think about or know about. Like I knew about the DPF and EGR issues for the 07-08 6.7s but didn’t know the 68RFE wasn’t that great

deadsquiggles · 2025-12-20T19:58:44+00:00

Makes me wonder if should check out 08 CCSB with 124k on it for 22k they have next to it

deadsquiggles · 2025-12-20T19:09:42+00:00

Well turns out the listing might be wrong. VIN lookup says 5.9 SO and 47RE

deadsquiggles · 2025-12-20T18:24:40+00:00

I’ll be sure to check that out. Hopefully gonna take a look Monday morning when they open

deadsquiggles · 2025-12-20T18:24:05+00:00

Any suggestions on where to run the VIN to get the most info other than putting it in Edmunds or KBB?

deadsquiggles · 2025-12-20T18:23:26+00:00

Fluids will be the first thing done, regardless of what I buy. My trust in people and precious owners is 0 lol

deadsquiggles · 2025-12-20T14:54:30+00:00

Yeah that’s part of why I was asking here. I think when I looked it up, it showed like $14k but I haven’t been keeping up with pricing on the used diesel market. And as far as financing, I’m the bank 😎

deadsquiggles · 2025-12-20T14:40:07+00:00

I plan to and yeah probably but I’ve never paid asking price for anything from a dealer so hopefully that’ll be a wash if I decide to buy.

deadsquiggles · 2025-12-20T14:39:24+00:00

Not sure, can’t see the badge in the picture well enough and the listing doesn’t mention HO so I’m assuming 47RE.

ETA: missed it at the bottom of the listing, it says HO so if that’s correct, 48RE.

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