Last but certainly not least is the Cummins history lesson series. After completing the Duramax(LINK) and Powerstroke(LINK) history lessons, we finally get to the first direct injected turbo diesel in a pickup, the Cummins 12V 5.9L.CUMMINS HISTORY, LESSON 1: ’89-’93 5.9LCUMMINS HISTORY, LESSON 2: ’94-’98 5.9LCUMMINS HISTORY, LESSON 3: ’98.5-’02 5.9LCUMMINS HISTORY, LESSON 4: ’03-‘07 5.9LCUMMINS HISTORY, LESSON 5: ’07.5-’18 6.7LI will update as the rest become available.

Wow, 20 years since they started sticking them in Dodge/Ram trucks. And it started life as an engine option Cummins offered for agricultural equipment.....

I got to drive a Dodge truck with the cummins to put on display at a county fair in 1988.

thomasmnile wrote:Wow, 20 years since they started sticking them in Dodge/Ram trucks. And it started life as an engine option Cummins offered for agricultural equipment.....We had a large combine on our family farm when I was a kid that had the same International/Navistar diesel in it that was in the F-series pickups around that time. Probably early to mid 1990s time frame, although the combine may have dated back a few years earlier.

ShinerBock wrote:Last but certainly not least is the Cummins history lesson series. After completing the Duramax(LINK) and Powerstroke(LINK) history lessons, we finally get to the first direct injected turbo diesel in a pickup, the Cummins 12V 5.9L.CUMMINS HISTORY, LESSON 1: ’89-’93 5.9LI will update as the rest become available.Not exactly new technology it was introduced in European cars much earlier. Cummins have not made an impression in Pickups outside NAThe first passenger car to be powered by direct injection was the 1986 Fiat Croma 2.0 TD i.d. , The Turbo Diesel iniezione diretta pump was developed by Bosch in accordance with Fiat's engine requirements

RobertRyan wrote:Not exactly new technology it was introduced in European cars much earlier. Cummins have not made an impression in Pickups outside NASeriously?!? Why do you always have to out of your way to piss on our trucks? I never said it wasn't new tech, I just said it was the first in the HD pickups.

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thomasmnile
Explorer
Feb 01, 2019
Wow, 20 years since they started sticking them in Dodge/Ram trucks. And it started life as an engine option Cummins offered for agricultural equipment.....
FishOnOne
Nomad
Feb 01, 2019
I got to drive a Dodge truck with the cummins to put on display at a county fair in 1988.
IdaD
Explorer
Feb 01, 2019
thomasmnile wrote:
Wow, 20 years since they started sticking them in Dodge/Ram trucks. And it started life as an engine option Cummins offered for agricultural equipment.....

We had a large combine on our family farm when I was a kid that had the same International/Navistar diesel in it that was in the F-series pickups around that time. Probably early to mid 1990s time frame, although the combine may have dated back a few years earlier.
RobertRyan
Explorer
Feb 01, 2019
ShinerBock wrote:
Last but certainly not least is the Cummins history lesson series. After completing the Duramax(LINK) and Powerstroke(LINK) history lessons, we finally get to the first direct injected turbo diesel in a pickup, the Cummins 12V 5.9L.

CUMMINS HISTORY, LESSON 1: ’89-’93 5.9L

I will update as the rest become available.

Not exactly new technology it was introduced in European cars much earlier. Cummins have not made an impression in Pickups outside NA
The first passenger car to be powered by direct injection was the 1986 Fiat Croma 2.0 TD i.d. , The Turbo Diesel iniezione diretta pump was developed by Bosch in accordance with Fiat's engine requirements
ShinerBock
Explorer
Feb 01, 2019
RobertRyan wrote:

Not exactly new technology it was introduced in European cars much earlier. Cummins have not made an impression in Pickups outside NA

Seriously?!? Why do you always have to out of your way to piss on our trucks?

I never said it wasn't new tech, I just said it was the first in the HD pickups.
RobertRyan
Explorer
Feb 01, 2019
ShinerBock wrote:
RobertRyan wrote:

Not exactly new technology it was introduced in European cars much earlier. Cummins have not made an impression in Pickups outside NA

Seriously?!? Why do you always have to out of your way to piss on our trucks?

I never said it wasn't new tech, I just said it was the first in the HD pickups.

Problem is they are very much a niche product outside NA, but I do LIKE the fact they are now introducing more variety into the US offerings
mich800
Explorer
Feb 01, 2019
ShinerBock wrote:

Seriously?!? Why do you always have to out of your way to piss on our trucks?

I never said it wasn't new tech, I just said it was the first in the HD pickups.

Give credit where credit is due. At least he is consistent. Although he did leave out how much tougher the Cummins would need to be to survive outside of the North American market.
ShinerBock
Explorer
Feb 01, 2019
Marty, can you please delete this thread before it starts between him and I.
wnjj
Explorer II
Feb 01, 2019
ShinerBock wrote:
Marty, can you please delete this thread before it starts between him and I.

Please keep the thread but delete the posts or the user instead.
jerem0621
Explorer II
Feb 01, 2019
thomasmnile wrote:
Wow, 20 years since they started sticking them in Dodge/Ram trucks. And it started life as an engine option Cummins offered for agricultural equipment.....

I think it’s 30 years this year. Man, do I feel old now.

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