Looked at a 1997 Chevrolet 3500 crew cab dually today. It has the 6.5L Turbo engine. 141,000 miles. Anyone know anything about these truckks? Towing capacities?

stay away from the 6.5 turbo diesel lots of problems get a 454 or a ford with a powerstroke they are better and more powerful i tow my boats with a 00 gmc 4 door 4x4 dually it does pretty good with a 454

I was thinking the old 6.5's had less power/tq than the gas 454's.......GM needed to ditch that platform right after it hit the market.

I bought mine off the side of the road on a Sunday afternoon, in virginia, drove to CT, picked up my boat, turned around and drove home with it - had 286,000 on it when I bought it - sold it to buy something newer with 294,000 on it.

I towed my Cafe Racer with it on a fully boxed steel Manning - I bet fully loaded it was 15000. Wasn't real fast away from the lights but good enough - it had drums in the back and that was a noticeable difference when I moved up to my current F350.

3rd gear Syncro's are a problem (if manual)....

Thanks for the quick response. I was going to offer the guy 5k tomarrow. He was asking 6000. Hey t500 do you know Noise Pollution?

It has a automatic. Really clean.

I've got a 1998 3500 454 4x4 crew cab dually, I think the weakest part is the brakes. At least compared to the Fords and Dodges I've been in......

Mine has 175k and needs a couple of fuel injectors, other than that all seems fine.

Yeah, my rear brakes suck! The front always lock up. I was thinking of putting a dif proportioning valve on it.

gm had a recall on the abs part of the brakes,i had a 1998 3500 daully

I have been towing my 32 with a gas 454, 90 Dually , since 03. I have had good service out this old truck. I did install a new motor last year @ 213,000 miles.