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Jan 14, 2019Explorer II
Me Again wrote:news.pickuptrucks.com does say all the 3500 diesels get the Aisin:
About time "all 3500's SRW and DRW" get the Aisin tranny. And manual tranny is gone!
New: Twice the learning capability on the Aisin tranny. Surprise, everyone has said the current Aisin has no learning ability? Twice zero is still zero!
All diesel Ram 3500s will get the electronically controlled Aisin AS69RC six-speed transmission, which we're told now has twice as much learning capability than before to deliver faster, more precise shifts under all driving conditions, loaded and unloaded. That was one of our complaints about the Ram 3500 during our 2018 One-Ton Heavy-Duty Truck Challenge.
However, tlftruck.com says an "updated" 68RFE is still being used with the "standard output" 850 ft. lb. Cummins engine. One would assume the standard output Cummins is still the base engine for the 3500. So, is the updated 68RFE only available on the 2500 Cummins? Or did news.pickuptrucks.com get it wrong?:
Next up is a standard output new 6.7L straight-six Cummins turbo-diesel. The engine has the same displacement as before, but the block is made out of Compacted Graphite Iron (CGI) to handle higher output and also reduce overall weight. The standard power output is 370 hp @ 2,800 rpm and 850 lb-ft of torque @ 1,700 rpm. The new standard Cummins diesel gets 50 lb-ft more torque than before. This engine is hooked up to an updated but familiar 68RFE 6-speed automatic transmission.
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