well, my wife works in the service dept. at Cummins Midsouth, LLC and she
said the mechanics love the Dodge Cummins engines.... they keep them in
business! LOL.
My father in law has a 00 Dually that has been in the shop 3 times. Once for
putting gas in the tank (he realized before he started it up!)
Not dissing them, they are bad ass engines, I am just saying what the
mechanics say to the wife =)
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Krawdaddy - New Orleans, La.
www.krawdaddy.net
ICQ# 2325710
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Will Coughlin" <willcoughlin@hotmail.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: yanked an 18-wheeler-Reaction
> The Duramax is a freakin' joke in my opinion! Come on, aluminum heads on a
> diesel?? Really, what were they thinking? When are GM and Ford going to
wise
> up and realize that real diesels come in one configuration-inline
6-cyl's!!
> The powerchokes eat themselves from the inside out with the cylinder liner
> cavitation problems. I'm not even going to mention that peice of crap 6.5L
> oil burner GM called a truck engine. Now that was a joke! I don't think
the
> Duramax is going to fare much better for too long! Oh sure, they're
popular
> now, but what's going to happen in 2 year when they find out where the
real
> problems are? I wish I sold headgaskets and/or head assemblies to GM for
> that Duramax engine, I'd be sitting on a goldmine waiting to happen! I'm
not
> sure what posseses people to buy a diesel truck other than a Dodge w/ the
> Cummins. I mean would you rather have a V8 diesel with internal injectors,
> known cylinder liner pitting and cavitation problems(Ford/International
> Powerstroke 7.3L 444 CI), a new, unproven design with aluminum heads,
> 32-valves, etc. (GM/Isuzu Duramax 6.6L), or an Inline 6-cyl that is an
> actual truck engine(the ISB is used in bus/motorhome applications as well
as
> FORD'S F650+ line,as well as other large GVWR chassis) with a proven track
> record, uncompromised reliability, very simplistic design, and the
> advantages go on! (Dodge/Cummins 5.9L 359 CI) I just find it hard to
believe
> that Ford or GM sell even near the # of diesel powered pickups/chassis
that
> Dodge does! Why don't you call Ford and ask them why the Cummins ISB
> engine(actually rated at less HP than the standard 24-valve ram version)
is
> standard in their F-650+ line of trucks and not their wonderful
Powerstroke?
> I'd like to see somebody with a Dodge/standard Cummins ISB pull up next to
> somebody in an F-850 and say, hey, you know we have the exact same engine?
> How about that?? In my 3/4 ton too! I don't think this Dodge is
> underpowered!
>
> Will Coughlin willcoughlin@hotmail.com
> '00 reg.cab,2wd,4.7L/NV-3500HD5-spd/3.92sg(9.25")
> http://www.geocities.com/willcoughlin/index.html
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: NVMYDakota@aol.com
>
> Get one of those new CUmmins Red Heads (from Cummins) for the RV can't
argue
> with 1200 Ft Lb of torque (eat that Duramax!)
>
> Greg
>
>
>
>
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