is this diesel worth trading for?

[gold84gmc]

so i went and looked at the truck today...it starts and runs fine, sounds good, probably the worst part is the passengers rocker panel, its not bad so i can put bondo on it and call it good but the problem is that this weekend is going to be about 0 degrees so itd be kinda hard to to that especially when i dont have heat in our garage. if i trade it would be this weekend that way i could fix the stuff over the weekend and get it stickered and registrated on monday...it needs the water pump but a new one is included, so i was wondering if you guys think i should trade

[Captkaos]

If your runs and doesn't need work, I say no.  But I am not sure why you are wanting to trade yet.  To get a 4x4?

Oh, and are you getting cash in addition on this trade?  What do you mean by "stickered"

[gold84gmc]

i want to trade because i want 4x4 and its newer, better on gas, and just because its a diesel...because i have always wanted a diesel, my truck runs but it can use some work, a little bit of body work and some other stuff...no im not getting any cash in the trade and i mean stickered as in inspection sticker

[Captkaos]

Safety inspection?
I would say if it looks like something you want and it has want you desire.  I would get it.
With a diesel you can expect about 22mpgs on the city even on the 4x4.

[Jim Rockford]

Hes real impressed with the volkswagen jetta TDI they just bought awhile back..I was real impressed with it when i got to ride in it. 50+ mpg at 80+ mph.

He better unload that really quick, VW is having alot of problems with the fuel systems in those cars and its a ton of money to fix em and VW isn't covering it under warrenties.
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[gold84gmc]

it pretty much is what im looking for...i would rather have a duramax but its gonna be a long time before i get one of those and i just want to make sure itd be worth it because this is going to be my daily driver

[Captkaos]

If it has been taken care of I think you will like it.

[gold84gmc]

i dont know about the previous owner but this guy that has it now didnt abuse it because he doesnt even use it (he has 3 other diesels)...and the engine was changed and it only has about 126k miles which is nothing for a diesel

[gold84gmc]

so i did the trade and the guy brought the truck over today....here are some pics

[gold84gmc]

are diesels 12 volt or 24 volt?

[Layne]

Generally 24 v. Truck looks good! How many batteries does it have?

[gold84gmc]

Generally 24 v. Truck looks good! How many batteries does it have?

it has 2 just like every other diesel so thats why i was wondering if it was 12 or 24 volt

[Layne]

I'm almost 100% it's a 24

[Captkaos]

It is 12Volt.  Only Military trucks were 24V.

[Torque454]

Yep, 12v system. As mentioned, 24v was only for military trucks. There are two batteries but due to the way they are connected (pos to pos, neg to neg), they boost the amps and leave the voltage the same.

But, if they were wired where one pos was connected to the other neg, and then the other pos to starter and the other neg to ground, then it would be 24V with the same amount of amps.

Say two 900 amp batteries were wired together pos to neg for 24 volts, they would put out 900 amps at 24v where as two 900 amp batteries wired pos to pos and neg to neg would put out 1800 amps at 12v.