[AT] Tractor OEM filters/Eco Diesel

Stephen Offiler soffiler at gmail.com
Wed Jul 29 12:00:06 PDT 2015


Boy, you really gotta love Cummins and hate Dodge to go thru all that...

How is that we have avoided any discussion of the Duramax?

SO

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Rob Wilson <ro.wilson at att.net> wrote:

> Currently the only way to get a Cummins in a ford is to order it in a F650
> or do like most guys, have someone do the swap into your ford. A shop in
> Plain City Ohio does a number of Fummins 😄 Lots of happy customers.
>
>
>
> On Jul 29, 2015, at 11:44 AM, Dean VP <deanvp at att.net> wrote:
>
> I don't know why Ford would change from their now reasonably good Ford
> designed 6.7L Diesel Engine to
> an outside supplier.  I'm not aware of major issues with the 6.7L Ford
> diesel engine currently being
> used in Ford trucks.  The Cummins rumor seems to come and go yearly.
>
>
> Dean VP
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
> "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the
> gospel of envy, its inherent
> virtue is the equal sharing of misery."  . Sir Winston Churchill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:
> at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
> Richard Fink Sr
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 4:54 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Tractor OEM filters/Eco Diesel
>
> From what i heard Dodge has a contract that will run out in 2017 and it
> will be open to others models to get the engines.
> R Fink
> PA
>
> > On 7/28/2015 6:41 PM, Rob Wilson wrote:
> > I toured the Cummins mid range plant a couple weeks ago and they are
> always dispelling rumors like
> putting a Cummins in a ford.  It's prettying much just wishful thinking by
> ford owners hoping for a
> good diesel. And on a side note they will help you with your spelling by
> correcting and letting you
> know there is no "g" in Cummins. Stock torque this year is 900 ft lbs with
> a pretty good rumor that
> next year it will be 1000 ft lbs! And U.S. dodge owners thought we had
> problems with the transmissions
> now.
> > Rob
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jul 28, 2015, at 10:57 AM, Thomas Mehrkam <tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > I have been hearing that for a while. Cummings is a good engine but
> Cummings had some problems a few
> years ago.  Remember the cracked blocks on the Dodge.  They cracked right
> across the freeze plugs.
> > Cummins 53 Block Casting Information
> >
> > |   |
> > |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |
> > | Cummins 53 Block Casting Information5.9L Cummins 53 block casting
> history, identification, and
> repair. The Brazlian cast #53 engine block, common for 1999 to 2001 model
> year 24v Cummins, is
> notoriou... |
> > |  |
> > | View on cumminshub.com | Preview by Yahoo |
> > |  |
> > |   |
> >
> >
> >
> >      From: Richard Fink Sr <rfinksr at verizon.net>
> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 9:38 AM
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Tractor OEM filters/Eco Diesel
> >
> > I heard that in 2017 Ford will be able to put the Cummings Diesel
> > engines in there trucks. ???????????
> > R Fink
> > PA
> >
> >> On 7/28/2015 12:02 AM, Dean VP wrote:
> >> Dave,
> >>
> >> I have a friend in CA who went through a 2003 Ford 6.0L which was
> replaced by Ford for a 2004 6.0L
> >> which was replaced by Ford with a 2005 6.0L and that one he didn't even
> make it out of the dealer's
> >> lot before the fan went through the radiator.  He traded it in on a
> Chevrolet Duramax and hasn't
> >> looked back.  I own a 2003 7.3 Liter Ford Diesel engine in my truck and
> it has been trouble free
> for
> >> 160,000 miles. The Ford 6.4L wasn't all that much better but the Ford
> 6.7 L Diesel engine seems to
> the
> >> best of the bunch so far other than the 7.3L. Consider yourself lucky
> if your 6.0 hasn't had major
> >
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