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JG I don’t have an EcoDiesel, couple places I worked had them as shop trucks and they were junk but I’m not sure which generation those were. But by the description of your needs what is the draw to the little diesel over say the V6 gasoline engine that is the base engine? It sounds like for the savings in initial purchase price you could go a long ways before the fuel savings caught up to the price point of the diesel.
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Good point Kid, but I'd keep the very efficient GM V8 before I'd run a 6cyl gasser. The fact that they can be bought for $8K-$13K off got my attention.
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There was a small number made with a small six diesel in Dodges in the early '70s. It wasn't Cummins, some imported brand.
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My friends dad had an 70 something Dodge 3/4 ton with straight 6 Cummins diesel that he used for his landscaping business. He ran that thing for heaven knows how many miles. When the fuel filter went bad his dad just ran it without one. Sold it after many miles of use and the new owner ran that thing till it was a bucket of rust but the engine was still freakin good. He was truly a man before his time.... (Since Dodge didn't put the first Cummins engine in a pickup until 1989.)  As usual, the BS replies in the entire thread have not a thing to do with what the OP asked. Wrong on your part as '79 they had Diesel engines! 243 cu in (3,988 cc) 6DR5 I6 Diesel
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Ive got a 2nd gen 1997 Ram 5spd with the 12 valve Cummins, last year in CA you don't have to smog. I have the Banks on it, and where there are many diesels with a lot more power, I'm afraid to ever get rid of it, it's been too good to me. 120K, she should outlive me, if the rest of the truck will.
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My friends dad had an 70 something Dodge 3/4 ton with straight 6 Cummins diesel that he used for his landscaping business. He ran that thing for heaven knows how many miles. When the fuel filter went bad his dad just ran it without one. Sold it after many miles of use and the new owner ran that thing till it was a bucket of rust but the engine was still freakin good. He was truly a man before his time.... (Since Dodge didn't put the first Cummins engine in a pickup until 1989.) As usual, the BS replies in the entire thread have not a thing to do with what the OP asked. Wrong on your part as '79 they had Diesel engines! 243 cu in (3,988 cc) 6DR5 I6 Diesel Nothing I said was wrong. Not at all. I guess we could go back and forth, but there is really no need since that 78 Dodge had a Mitsubishi diesel engine in it, and you stated that the 70's Dodge 3/4 ton had a straight 6 Cummins. How about you show us anything that shows a Cummins in a Dodge before '89? 
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My friends dad had an 70 something Dodge 3/4 ton with straight 6 Cummins diesel that he used for his landscaping business. He ran that thing for heaven knows how many miles. When the fuel filter went bad his dad just ran it without one. Sold it after many miles of use and the new owner ran that thing till it was a bucket of rust but the engine was still freakin good. He was truly a man before his time.... (Since Dodge didn't put the first Cummins engine in a pickup until 1989.) As usual, the BS replies in the entire thread have not a thing to do with what the OP asked. Wrong on your part as '79 they had Diesel engines! 243 cu in (3,988 cc) 6DR5 I6 Diesel Nothing I said was wrong. Not at all. I guess we could go back and forth, but there is really no need since that 78 Dodge had a Mitsubishi diesel engine in it, and you stated that the 70's Dodge 3/4 ton had a straight 6 Cummins. How about you show us anything that shows a Cummins in a Dodge before '89? I'm may have gotten the engine make wrong but I knew they had a diesel engine regardless. I was a high schooler back then I didn't really care about diesel engines during that time. I was gas kind of guy when it came to engines.
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