I am an Inliner and have some nice older trucks we drive also. We have a
1998 Cummnins powered Dodge and have a friend whose wife rolled their Dodge
diesel so they put the motor in their Chevy Crew Cab Dually and it looks
factory and creates lots of interest in their travels. It has turned out to
be a great truck and this might be a solution for others in the future.
Dave Shier
Trinidad, Colorado
>From: "Bob KNOTTS" <raknotts@qwest.net>
>Reply-To: "Bob KNOTTS" <raknotts@qwest.net>
>To: "mark" <ccpanel@jps.net>, oletrucks@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [oletrucks] diesel conversion
>Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 20:34:40 -0700
>
>The Cummins 5.9 is a true diesel. It should be good for AT LEAST 300,000
>miles before any major rework, such as rebuilding the head, etc. That's one
>thing which sets it apart from the F---, and GM 6.2 and 6.5 diesels. The
>fairly new GM Duramax is too new to know much abt it's durability. One of
>the guys I used to work with was a diesel mechanic in our quasi state
>organization. He told me that when Cummins and Dodge were adapting the 5.9
>to the pick-up (it was originally used in small road graders) , the engine
>had to be detuned three times; it kept tearing up drive trains. I think
>they
>settled on hybrid Dana 70 and 80 axles. The 80 for manual transmissions,
>and
>the 70 for those with auto transmissions. The Cummins 5.9 and 8.3 are used
>in motor homes; the 5.9 I know is often coupled with the Allison 1000
>transmission, which is what GM uses as a transmission behind the Duramax
>6.6
>diesel. I'd love to have a newer GM 4X4 pick up with the 5.9 engine and
>Allison transmission. You can have the engine conversion done here in Mesa,
>but it's abt $12,000. And I don't know what drivetrain they use. I've been
>researching this diesel idea for quite awhile. While I was still working, I
>was going up a pretty steep grade from PHX to Payson AZ. in a Chrysler
>minivan, with the 3.3 V-6. An older Cummins equipped p-u passed me doing
>abt
>45. All my mini-van could do was 35 mph. The pick-up was towing a 35 foot
>fifth-wheel travel trailer. That's why a diesel is nice. Plus they get abt
>50-75 % better mileage. Bob K in PHX, AZ.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "mark" <ccpanel@jps.net>
>To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 5:22 PM
>Subject: [oletrucks] diesel conversion
>
>
> > the guy i bought my 55 camper from has a 58 TF with a full dodge cummins
> > diesel frame and drivetrain uner his truck its a 58 flatbed. i guess he
>uses
> > it all the time and it has performed great. i do believe it may have
>been
> > the newere dodge ram diesel setup.. whatever it is-its done well, and a
> > whole frame swap-not to bad.
> > mark
> >
> > BTW-i drive a 95 isuzu cabover BIG box truck for work and its a 6cyl
>turbo
> > diesel and i love it. reliable, powerful, and real strong.
> >
> > http://customclassics.org
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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