Cummins History Lesson

[ShinerBock]

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

CUMMINS HISTORY, LESSON 2: ’94-’98 5.9L

CUMMINS HISTORY, LESSON 3: ’98.5-’02 5.9L

CUMMINS HISTORY, LESSON 4: ’03-‘07 5.9L

CUMMINS HISTORY, LESSON 5: ’07.5-’18 6.7L

I will update as the rest become available.

[blofgren]

Bionic Man wrote:

RobertRyan wrote:

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

Give it a rest. You are probably one of the only people on this site that cares what the pick up truck market is like outside of the US. And that isn’t what this thread is about.

Enough is enough.

Hey, don't forget about us here in Canada! In fact, the Ram/Cummins is the top selling diesel pickup here! :B

[Cummins12V98]

I took the Cummins CMEP plant tour where they make all the 6.7's for the RAM trucks. It was a great tour and well worth the time.


Here is the FIRST Dodge RAM truck with a Cummins engine. A couple other cool pics.

[Cummins12V98]

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.....

30 years

2019 is also Cummins 100 year anniversary.

[ScottG]

I bought a brand new 93 back in the day. It was a gorgeous truck that was something like 23 years old in design and it showed it. It was a 2wd - buddy had a 4WD with its leaf front suspension and rode like the little red wagon you had as a kid. Seriously, it could loosen fillings and leave a bruise on your shoulder where the seat belt would keep jerking you back down in the seat - and that was on a smooth highway.
Also, I couldn't believe a brand new truck wouldn't have a lock up TC when my previous truck, an 82 Chev. did! Another thing most don't know about that auto was that it had an aluminum planetary! It was doomed from the start.
Still, I got 106K of trouble free service out of it.

[thomasmnile]

Grit dog wrote:

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.....

Try 30.
Dmax is approaching 20.
Powerstroke is umm 5+4+5+3+8.......lol

I never was good at ciphering....:B

[Grit_dog]

Agreed 1st Gens were pretty much complete bags of c rap with a Cummins engine.
If Dodge hadn’t exploded on the market with the 2nd Gens like they did, they’d have been dead!
I wasn’t even brnad loyal and in hi school I had a fleet of trucks to repair and maintain and them POS 80s Dodges were absolute chit!

[Grit_dog]

Old crocodile RR.......stirring the chit pot!
Isn’t it summer down there? Go outside, catch some rays and stop the keyboard drivel. It’s not very becoming.....

[Me_Again]

We bought a year old 93 in 1994. It had a lot of turbo lag, so I switch out the turbo exhaust housing for a waste gated 12 CM housing. That made the truck drive much better. It suffered from lack of a lock up torque converter, exhaust was not effective and caused a lot of tranny temp issues, along with weak service brakes. Other than that we enjoy the truck until the summer of 2001, when we purchased a new 2001.5 RAM Cummins.

Before you ask, yes Banks sold me an exhaust brake for it, without telling me it would be basically useless.

[Grit_dog]

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.....

Try 30.
Dmax is approaching 20.
Powerstroke is umm 5+4+5+3+8.......lol

[Bionic_Man]

RobertRyan wrote:

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

Give it a rest. You are probably one of the only people on this site that cares what the pick up truck market is like outside of the US. And that isn’t what this thread is about.

Enough is enough.

[jerem0621]

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.

[wnjj]

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.

[ShinerBock]

Marty, can you please delete this thread before it starts between him and I.

[mich800]

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.

[RobertRyan]

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