Year old truck with 535 miles on it

Year old truck with 535 miles on it

03-19-2008, 09:13 PM

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Year old truck with 535 miles on it

I bought my truck in Nov while still in Germany and have driven it a couple times when I was back in the States TDY. Other than a couple of weekends, it's been sitting. Brand new with original oil and fuel filter. When I left to go back to Germany, the last think I did was top off the fuel tank.

Truck (3500 SRW, 6.7, G56, SLT in case sig doesn't work again) was built in May 2007. Delivered to me Nov 2007. Driven 535 miles gently over two weekends I was TDY back to Florida. Stored under a tarp at my brother's house and started every few weeks.

The end of May, we move back to CONUS and I will be driving the truck about 5,000 miles in a move which takes my wife to Louisiana and me to California for a year. 3,000 miles of this move will involve towing a 26' TT.

Question is: is the original oil and fuel filter ok or should I change the oil and fuel filter before setting out on this epic journey? Anything else I should do for the truck before I wake it up from it's long sleep?

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