How I Did an Amazing Budget Restoration On My 1994 Dodge Ram Cummins To Make It Look Like New!
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2024
- On this episode Kase takes us through this incredibly cool restoration on a 1994 Dodge Ram 2500. After buying this truck earlier this year a lot of work went into both the body work and the mechanical components that transformed the vehicle.
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More videos with kase plz, hes doing his job really well
Agreed
i have a 96 with 450k miles ill be looking forward to ur progress!
Great old Dodge, I’m not sure if anyone else remembers how radical of a design this truck’s looks were when it hit the road . Seeing one on the road was like seeing a space ship. Beautiful old gal!!!
I remember when they came out. They were so much bigger looking than the more square Chevy and fords
They were comparing it to the new Kenworth class 8 semi.
Aerodynamics.
It was a dramatic change aftee coming of the 1972-1993 Dodge D seires truck line
The first time I saw one, I was like oh look, a mini semi-truck.
They rust worse than 70s chevy squarebodies
We need to see more of this truck on TFL Off Road
Well its not exactly a truck you'd want to take off roading 😂😂
@@WW-wf8tu not what its designed for. Its for towing lol They weigh too much and since it's a diesel it won't have as much clearance. Something u do with a jeep, Tacoma or 4runner
@@danielfish101 Forst of all dodge rams if they aren’t duallys and have some decent tyres on em are good off-roaders. Perhaps not as good as a jeep but still capable. You don’t need a fancy jeep to do off-roading all u need is a pair of balls and a good attitude.
yeah buddy! powerful cummins without the "Bro" look
This is a truck V-belt & Sons would be proud of!
I was thinking the same thing
I would have to agree.
Does Roman know you took his cassette tapes?
Idk about anyone else, but this is basically my dream truck, second gen 5.9 Cummins, 5speed manual, 4wd
I don’t know. I’d love to have this truck, but if someone converted a Eddie Bauer Bronco with a 5.9, nv4500 5 speed, 4x4 with some 35’s, I’d marry them for the truck.
Kase is a unique young person. He's kind of an old soul...with a young feel. This was a great video, and it gets you motivated to take on a resto project.
This is so true.
the Truly impressive thing about this truck is the lack of rust on the underbody and how sanitary the interior is! I'd argue how insanely hard it is to not have at least the driver's seat edge worn through and the dash not rattling like crazy.
That underbody...jesus... was this truck in climate-controlled storage for 25 of it's 26 years?!?
Could be south of the rust belt?
great truck, it's nice that the radio is classic and that someone else is listening to such music on cassettes, greetings from Poland 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱 Jeep Wrangler TJ Poland
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Love the truck Kase , you really have done a great job fixing it up.
I especially like your attention to deTails like headlights and taillights, trim etc.
Your truck is my favorite truck on TFL.
No doubt the best sounding trucks ever made. Love hearing that beast run.
Keep up the great work.
Great video, Kase! I'm gonna love watching you build this. The interior took me back. I owned a '96 Dodge Ram 1500 SWB 4x4 in white.
A friend of mine has one of those, a white Cummins from the same era and literally has 600K miles. His truck looks fantastic as yours does. He is a little older, and at one time was on the board at Pennzoil. You’re in good company.
Living my passion for trucks through some kid in Colorado. Good work Kase.
Kases truck looks great, I am a huge fan of the "Classics" myself. I have a 1994 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 4x4 that I plan on doing a budget restoration on myself, the truck has been in the family since 1997 so she has a special place in my heart. Keep up the good work!
I love these good old Dodges 😍 such good work horses!
Great job! It looks fantastic! That 12v is one of the best engines Cummins ever made and from what I have heard and read they love to be built.
Please, please dyno it now before and after mods and maybe take it on a few trips on a couple of your local trails before and after to do comparisons of the changes and to give us more content of the truck. Please!!!!!!!
You did a great job bud, I've been restoring my 1981 Chevy Silverado long bed going on almost 4 years. I've done all the work myself. Getting closer to finishing it and I'm so ready to get behind the wheel again
Great video! I had a super clean 1997 F350 std. cab 5spd with
Great series to watch the changes and plans! Had a '95 and loved it; road so much better than my '92!
Love what you did man. Bravo for keeping the chrome and making it look period correct (but better).
Nice job, Kace. That’s a beautiful truck updated just right to where you can drive it daily and not panic over things like scratching an expensive paint job.
Clean. I have a 2001. Installed the BD track bar many years ago, my bracket fits the same. No issues. Upgrade the steering to the later model "T" style from 03-08.
Super happy to see someone building on what they love. Rock on
Growing up with a father who worked on diesels for a living, I think there's nothing better than the smell of unfiltered diesel exhaust... It's bad for your lungs and will kill polar bears, but it smells great.
Def bad for the lungs, but it puts them hairs on the chests.
Ugh... The exhaust smoke and smell are the only cons of a Diesel. Else nothing comes close to the not so silent aura of these torque monsters.
@@abhinandanb To you. To those with testis, the smell is a drug.
@@abhinandanb If you don't like the smell run biodiesel it smells like french fries and who doesn't like fries.
@@mangravy2000 the smell isn't much of an issue unless stuck in traffic, in which case it doesn't matter who is burning the diesel. French fries smell great, but a truck smelling of French fries will encourage too frequent snack break. 😀
I’m restoring my work truck little by little as well. It’s a 99 ram 1500 with the 360 V-8 and 294,000 miles, about 50k on the transmission. I’ve already went back to the original front bumper, headlights and grille, as well as painted and installed a new tailgate, quieter exhaust, and so much other stuff. I had always wanted one of these trucks but never found one quite good enough to fix up. Most were already too far gone.
Man beautiful job, total dream truck. Single cab, cummins with a manual and 4x4. Hoping to find one of those one day!!
I have a near showroom condition 94' 2500 4X4 in my shop I am in the middle of an engine swap. The truck was my aunts and is near perfect Laramie. Dropping in a 12 V into a V10 truck. Nice truck you have there. I like you are mindful of old school tech. Hope to see more videos of future progress on your truck.
*Look! A truck that was made when this guy was an infant / toddler or didn't even exist yet!*
These truck were The BOMB that beat up Phord & Shivvy when they came out in late 1993 as the 1994 model replacing the boxy, rakish old-man D/W series trucks from 1972...I know as I wanted _The NEW 2nd Generation RAM_ when I was about to ship off to the military when I was 21 y.o. + BTW~nice 12v Cummins RAM there, Kase!
Hey TFL this is a great video. Love to see more builds like this.
The first parts store I worked in, all of us on the counter had project cars and trucks. We spent all of our money on them. I had an 93 F150. There was 3 Cummins trucks that owners worked at the store too. We all helped each other build our projects.
This kid has his head on straight and he works on his own stuff, knows his parts too! He's also good on camera. Keep this guy around.
I second that, it’s so nice having a guy like Kase on the channel , who knows something about how a vehicle works.
Andre is good too, Kase is rapidly becoming my Favorite TFL reporter.
Great truck, bonus points for listening to Pink Floyd! You're the man!
Need an update on this Case. Your truck has been my favorite one to follow on this channel to date
THIS is the kind of videos i love!
I wanna see way more stuff like this pleeeease!!!
I love seeing second-gen dodge trucks in good condition like this. You see so many Ram 1500, 2500, 3500, and Dodge Dakota (“baby ram”) trucks that are beat like red-headed step children. I’ve got an second gen Dakota with 211k miles on it, and it’s in pretty much the same shape as this here 2500, and it started my love for 90s and 2000s dodge trucks. ❤️
I miss my Gen 1 Ram 150, wish I never sold it. Your Gen 2 is looking great, keep us updated on your progress with this.
Thats a really nice truck. Im glad to see some interest in factory like restore. Custom has been so over done, it just makes me sick. Im working on a very similar truck. Mine is a 2001 3/4 ton dodge. 4x4. Making slow but steady progress.
It's awesome, can't wait to see future modifications
Nice job, Kase. I'm looking forward to more updates.
Man!!! You really know what a real truck is all about. Real men own and drive trucks with a manual transmission and not automatic. I like that you said : you only need AC , heater and a good working radio in your truck. You do not need all the fancy crap that car companies push on people. I own older trucks with a manual transmission. I hope to see more videos of your cool truck, keep up the good work!
Fun video, excellent job Kase but you could have shared that video of the work getting done also. Nice easy to hear good camera work no loud music, just a nice video. I hope you get your truck dreams sooner than later and we get to watch you do the work, would be fun to watch! Stay safe and have fun with the big girl she looks great.
Great video Kase, that's a sweet rruck, and the stock look is definitely the way to go, would've been nice to see some of the work in progress, I hope you include more of that when you get into the power mods with it
Nice work Case. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks, Kase, good review. Nice restoration and not modification. Who remembers when Dodge began putting Cummins diesel in their pickups? Fords and Chevys had their own. Every review said the Cummins diesel (good for 500k miles) would outlive the body by 300k.
Kase was such a good addition to the team! Love the old second gen videos!
What a cool project truck, Kase! Great job!
Awesome video! Keep up the great work. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent job on your truck! I'd like to see more of this kind of stuff.
I'm in love with this truck, congratulations on the restoration
I made little slide show and idle video of my 94 dodge 6bt12vcummins. Awesome work, nice to see another 94 6 in a row and ready to tow... I think carli and synergy make some of the best suspension/steering geometry components for our trucks. I dont use mine as my daily, its more my tow rig when i need it. Its funny how i just got done restoring my 94 body/frame like 4 weeks ago with new suspension, brakes system, steering linkage, bumpers, grill, and all the lights. My interior needs attention. I know a guy who has a 55 stepside body i been wanting to swap on my 94 frame some day down the road.
Nice restoration! Would love to hear more about how that OEM looking radio head unit had Bluetooth added in like that.
The mechanical and body work is outdone only by the classic rock cassette tape collection!
It looks good, but the paint should be wet sanded, and buffed out to help get rid of the Orange peel. It would look great.
Then you would really notice the imperfections in the body and as was said,it would add extensive time to the job.
I'm out here in Colorado as well. Great classic build! I have a 98 gasser
Nice truck man, good job on those updates!! Great series!
Wow you did a great job fixing up this truck. It looks really good!
This is beautiful, you guys are putting out some seriously interesting content, between the f150 and this clean cummins, I'm staying subbed
Oh please video the full body change and other upgrades, I think its going to be very cool and unique. Its a really nice truck for sure! Great job on it getting it to this point. Since I have a white '19 Ram also on 35's we should do a new vs old.
the truck is looking great. that is an ambitious project to put that old body on the dodge frame. i think you can definitely handle it. good luck
Very nice truck! Good job and thanks for sharing!
Perfect level of "restoration" for this everyday driver, nice job
Great video Kase, can’t wait to see the power wagon body on that chassis.
WOW! Great job! That looks fantastic!
My dream truck! Great job on fixing it up!
i got a 95 ram 2500 nv4500 single cab long bed brilliant blue in color i bought it in march with 45xxx truck has about 46900 mils now 12 valve 4x4 3.55 gear ratio. gardge kept its entire life. truck is in mint condition.
Turned out really nice. Great job.
The stock Tonka-truck look just oozes class and is way more handsome than your typical bro truck with wide wheels and tasteless aftermarket. Awesome job!!
Oh.. I upgraded to rear break cylinder to one ton 3500. Did a video on the swap. No stops way better. Especially when you tow.
Case man, I love that truck and what you did with it. I hope I can come down to Colorado from Ontario Canada and see it in person some time!
Great job. Nice you didn't black out all the chrome. My 18 6.7 is the same white and chrome.
Great truck I rode in a quad cab version that was a 1500 dodge ram
Keep up the good work, looking forward to the rest!
This is along the lines of what I want to do with my 03 ram 1500 offroad as far as making it like new, though a new engine and a 6 speed swap (because I hate its and automatic and it has 210k) are a big part of the list
What an awesome truck congrats on a great job!! Looking forward to more videos
Oh man I love this truck! We don't have cool stuff like that here in the UK 😒
Move here then, wayy cheaper too
@@danielfish101 I wish it were that easy!!
@@johnbertram right 😂 covid doesn't help either
Very nice. Always liked these trucks.
Awesome classic rock cassette album collection!! And I also want to retain my 2000 dodge ram laramie slt quad cab long bed 1500 gloss black with most of a white pinstripe and factory black bumpers and grille..,it has the premium infinity by chrysler am fm cd player cassette tape player stereo system with the Factory tweeters 6 speaker sound system with the Factory amplifier filters crap lol... I love the infinity system when it is like new after that well it sounds like the speakers have holes drilled in them at times and you can always build a gas v10 5spd 4x4 once you swap the m37 kase sir, and my truck also drves straight as an arrow it's front suspension is completely rebuilt.. which honestly shows how worn out some of my friends and family's dodge ram trucks and Dakota trucks are.
Great restoration! Truck looks extremely clean.
truck looks great!! should change the steering linkage for the "T" style as opposed to the "Y" style that you currently have.
Wet sand with 1200 or higher grit sandpaper and polish with a dual action polisher and it will remove the orange peel and make the paint really shine
Could paint the old gray bumper to match, nice truck.
Leave the stock body on it Kasey. This truck was a milestone and a trendsetter for the full size truck market for years to come. In fact this generation Dodge Ram set design trends that we’re still seeing today in 2021! The fact that yours is almost a time capsule makes it that much better as so many of these were bought to be work trucks and beat to death. And a wise Auto Mechanic teacher in high school once told me “ don’t mess with your daily driver”. Leave your daily driver as original as possible so that it’s as reliable as possible. And when you do need parts they don’t have to be custom made.
Bad ass Truck young man ! Great job
Wow. You're 100% on-point with the way you've brought this truck back - particularly the stealth Bluetooth in the stereo. I love simple controls in vehicles, and the very OEM and period correct appearance here is perfect. Kudos, sir, great job.
Looks Great man awesome job! Love 2nd Generation Rams
I daily drive a 99 Ram 2500 with the V10 Magnum. It is in great shape, runs well, fast and loud, beast off road, and drinks more gas than any vehicle I have every seen haha.
Awesome truck, great job Kase 👍
Nice job, especially on a budget. Looks like new.
What about spraying on bed liner. I have some bad rust and will blast it off and spray. Beside I like to go 4x4 and hate to put a good paint on and a small weed or runs down the side.
When you do the tappet cover gasket. Do not mess around and get a billet one
GSK Governor Spring Kit. Right now your power tops out at 2400rpm. 3K GSK allows it to pull all the way to 3000rpms. Also, cup holder From Genos Garage. I call the factory cup holders a soda launcher.
You have done grate job. Out come is really good, thumbs up :)
Awesome work, the truck turned out great!! The urge to go crazy with the horsepower is strong once you add a little, but I personally recommend stay around 500-600hp (which it sounds like you are) on a street driven 12-valve. A clean quick spooling snappy 500-600hp is WAY more fun on the street than a smoky laggy 1000hp pig.
Also, from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU for not diesel broing this thing out with awful 24x14 wheels, rubber band tires, and a 4th gen bumper swap. Seriously, thank you. If you want to take your suspension to the next level look into a Carli suspension system- they are amazing.
600hp is the plan once I can afford compound turbos (and Carli eventually too). Street drivability is a must, and thanks I also hate trucks that have no sidewall and no functionality
I recommend getting the "Adjuster" by Attitude for the AFC instead of "AFC Live. I've owned both and the "Adjuster" is way better in my opinion. Easy to install and easy to adjust.
Love this video and the truck looks pretty darn good
That’s a beautiful truck. I have a Single cab white 2nd Gen 4x4 as my daily driver, too (but a Sport). Actually have the same wheels and tires on mine. I love your Power Wagon, but man that would sure be a shame to take apart this super clean classic truck for that when there are so many other potential donors out there with beat up old bodies.
The dashboard looks so much better on a 94, and love the cassette player
Great truck keep up the good work it is looking amazing.
Where did you guys find that radio? Mine recently broke and have been looking for a replacement.
great looking truck! i would be very proud to own it! Someday i want a 5.9 cummins manual
Any chance you would be willing to share where you found that radio? Just inherited a 94 2500, and would like to replace the existing aftermarket unit with one that looks more stock but with Bluetooth. Thanks in advance