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07-01-2010, 05:26 PM
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07-01-2010, 06:05 PM
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...I have a 12 valve Cummins turbodiesel, a 6cyl Merz turbodiesel and two 5 cyl Merz turbodiesels...
...The Cummins is in a '97 Dodge Ram 4x4 extra cab...I have no complaints about the Dodge truck itself or the Cummins engine although at 170K miles the trans does do some strange things... ...The '87 6 cyl Merz is another story...At a couple of hundred K, it's lifters are pumping down and this set only has 50K on them... What's up with that???... ...It definately has more power than my 5cyl's but I just dont trust it from a reliability standpoint???...I've got to think my '79 and '80 300SD's are better overall cars than my '87 300D...
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07-01-2010, 06:41 PM
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Found a cure for the engine outlasting the truck thing. F-700 93' cummins 12 valve and a Eaton 5 speed.
Both it and my 240D have about the same takeoff speed and top end. Both in my opinion are about the same durability wise . They both haul my tools , but I have to say for comfort and wow factor I gotta go with the 240D. As for the fuel mileage 12 on the cummins and 26 on the 616. But then again 4000# compared to 19000# .
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