The engine is NOT an International! It is a V-8 555 cu. in. CUMMINS. Commonly known as the "Triple Nickel" Much of the engine was made in England and it generally has a VERY poor reputation as a truck engine....as do several other versions of CUMMINS V-8 engines in trucks. The in-line 6-cylinders are a completly diferent story.
yes they are not the best engines when i did my apprenticship I had to rebuild one of these engines out of a coles crane 40 tonne it lasted two years and then cracked a head and hydraulicd so i rebulit it again and it did the exact same thing on the other head and everything was recond in the end we pissd it off and put a straight 6 turbo isuzu in her
Good memories. Had a 81 model 1950C with the VT190, tandem, 13 sp RR. Very similar note. Tough sound. The 555 wasn't always so reliable though. Had a the nick name 'trouble 5'. Many of them did a powerful job pulling semis up and down with only around 200hp. Turbo one's had about 225. Not much by todays standards. Thanks for the memories.
The engine is NOT an International! It is a V-8 555 cu. in. CUMMINS. Commonly known as the "Triple Nickel" Much of the engine was made in England and it generally has a VERY poor reputation as a truck engine....as do several other versions of CUMMINS V-8 engines in trucks. The in-line 6-cylinders are a completly diferent story.
jgmagoo1 3 months ago
Drove a box truck with a V8 international.... not much power there.
Dayberry 8 months ago
hes sitting on the WRONG side of the truck, lol jk
huckster78 9 months ago
The words V-8 and Cummins do NOT go together too well in the same sentence.
V-555......V-8-265......V-903
JGMagoo 1 year ago 2
yes they are not the best engines when i did my apprenticship I had to rebuild one of these engines out of a coles crane 40 tonne it lasted two years and then cracked a head and hydraulicd so i rebulit it again and it did the exact same thing on the other head and everything was recond in the end we pissd it off and put a straight 6 turbo isuzu in her
geta8pac 1 year ago
Good memories. Had a 81 model 1950C with the VT190, tandem, 13 sp RR. Very similar note. Tough sound. The 555 wasn't always so reliable though. Had a the nick name 'trouble 5'. Many of them did a powerful job pulling semis up and down with only around 200hp. Turbo one's had about 225. Not much by todays standards. Thanks for the memories.
baimbo1 1 year ago
Ahh, the triple-nickel (V555). How's she held up?? Not Cummins best diesel, but all diesel are worth something.
Xx69roadrunnerxX 1 year ago