1989 Dodge Ram - Cummins Turbo Diesel

[TheHyperkid97]

@MotorfordToyota, The 04's are nice.

[breezyatv90]

haha "now with anit-lock rear brakes!!!!" ahhh back when these trucks were trucks

[nclark112]

Just imagine how rough that ride was in those old 250s.

[12VDISLMT]

i may not have the old dinosaur like i wanted but i did get the last year of the great 12 valve, 22-24 mpgs, 4x4 5 speed, crew cab long box shes a damn land yacht and ill never sell er

[12VDISLMT]

those old dinosaurs will last longer than any other truck out there

[Seattlecarnut]

Awesome trucks. 

[dodgeisjunk]

@Seattlecarnut shit trucks

[Seattlecarnut]

@dodgeisjunk So you say.

[dodgeisjunk]

@Seattlecarnut so i know, and not only dodge trucks are shit but cars to.

[Mikelaren101]

Love how they beat the trucks into rock filled roads, nowadays you see these commericals and the trucks are either crawling on the rocks, or driving on city streets.

[Ethioness]

Damn thats an ugly truck. Looking back now anyway.

[TheDirtydeak]

LOVE THIS TRUCK!!!! Proud to own one.

[thelonehighlander]

i want it

[ntxguy]

The cool part about this is these were pretty rare to see (until '94) even here in TX back in the late 80's/early 90's. Most trucks were obviously Ford or Chevy but these looked great.

[ColtCobra2002]

@ntxguy I see alot of these early 12V Cummins Dodges, and I live just North of Houston, they were by far and away the best Diesel trucks built at their time, Fords were fuel hogs and GMs were lacking in the power department.

But that being said, I dont see ANY nondiesel powered Dodge of that body style around anymore.....

[alanisgirl2010]

Has anybody bought this Dodge truck before.

[TheDirtydeak]

@alanisgirl2010 I own a 89 2500 LE diesel. I just used it to pull a Bob cat , and a total of 30 pallets of sod. She is 22 yrs old, and pulls better than my brand new Ford F 350. She is a beast! And I get about 28 mpg in her if I dont just romp and stomp the acceleration. But She's been known to burn her tires, and even 'race' a little. Hands down, my favorite truck.

[53zman]

i thought they was gona say when the going get tough..the tough get cummin

[beaslykid321]

@53zman hahahahahahaha'

[TheLackofattack]

Shit then, awesome now.

[Sarcasticscum]

Probably the best Dodge diesel truck ever built... The overall quality of these trucks is unmatched... The '94-'02s are garbage.

[73dieselsmoke]

@Sarcasticscum you probably drive a ranger...

[Sarcasticscum]

@73dieselsmoke

Yeah, well you guessed wrong. I have a '92 250 Cummins.. Single-cab, 5-speed, 88,000 miles.

[73dieselsmoke]

@Sarcasticscum whooo hoo 160 ponies!

[Sarcasticscum]

@73dieselsmoke

Haha, sure, if your assuming it's stock.. The Garret T55s and split-header (with a full dual exhaust) have surely boosted it's power, although I've yet to throw it on a dyno..

[s154x4]

@Sarcasticscum

I dunno I like my dads 96 basically a second gen version of my 90 4x4 5 speed though I hate the power range on it and the body roll on corners some things seem tougher. Dad hit a deer last fall n wrote off his 95 he had Ive seen a first gen after hitting a deer n I'll take the gen 1 I'd take my first gen over the second gen. And I have no plans to sell my dodge anytime soon.

[ponceclovis]

they sure did drive the shit outa those trucks for this commercial

[iwanaGoFast2010]

damn that shit ugly

[LGLG69]

@iwanaGoFast2010 but it's still better looking than a toyota tundra.

[seanavila17]

onacycleracingchampionships

[randytune88]

it isnt a v12 its a 12 valve n it has glow plugs dumb shit

[nm9730]

@randytune88 no glow plugs, intake heater grid

[randytune88]

@nm9730 just means a powerstroke cranks harder in the winter.

[nm9730]

@randytune88 not really. they crank harder bc they have to get the cold oil flowing to the injectors and that can take a sec or two.

[randytune88]

@nm9730 depending on the year a 6.9 n 7.3 takes a while to crank up here in -20 degree weather.

[nm9730]

@randytune88 not really as long as their running right. my 7.3 idi starts good down to about 10-15 cycle the pugs twice

[randytune88]

@nm9730 im just goin off my buds 7.3 maybe hes got somthing wrong with his plugs or injectors. i have a 6.9 and about to invest into a 12v

[nm9730]

@randytune88 the 6.9's and 7.3 idi's were though motors, good economy unless you have the C6 and 4x4 like me lol bit under powered though up top, but very good tq down low, banks or hyper max will solve that :)

[GTASA1969]

My Friend has a 1 Gen 1989 Dodge D-250 160HP 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel 5 speed 4X4. Its got 620,000k & it still runs strong!!!!!! Yeah CUMMINS RULES DON`T MESS WITH A CUMMINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

[Motorfordtoyota]

The last GOOD Dodge truck, After 94, they are shit.

[kingbrad89]

I love how these trucks came with a 3 year 100,000 mile warranty in 1989. That's a killer warranty for that year. Mines got 315,000 miles and still running strong as ever

[bestamerica]

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how come this ram truck do not have 2 amber yellow lights on the rear taillights for turning sign

[josemanuel599]

who is going that fast off road in a own truck??  i think I do that in my friend"s, not mine.

[SuperRobbie1976]

my dad had a 89 dodge turbo diesel. that was a beast, power house

[Motorfordtoyota]

Didnt dodge have the only turbo diesel after Toyota dropped the 2l Turbo diesel?

[bpotts0401]

my truck. 166k miles and going strong.

[50sChevyKING]

@bpotts0401 its journey has just started

[Razorman131]

now only if these new trucks cost that much, that would be nice

[FuelThumper]

Nice to see old commercials like this. Best year Dodge truck IMO.

[MiddleMadMen]

when dodge said yes to hard work. now they say i cant

[e21mike]

the new dodge duel rear wheel pickup!!! lol love it thats what i call my truck now. ppl say nice dually and i say hey!... its a dual rear wheel lol

[EPVsonora]

this is a truck and not the new shitis

[airsoftloverusp]

i want the truck with the lights on the top a have the LE ram without the lights

[theRAGINFmoviecritic]

ROCKIN

[turfguy87]

awesome!!!! they're actually flogging them!! wish they'd do that with todays commercials

[bdcmagee]

Ahhhhhhhh !!!!! The good old days !!

[theredneckpothead]

iv got a 92 disel manual ext cab long bed and thats what i drive to highschool i get 21 the gallon and i drive the shit out of it

[91CTD]

who in here actually owns a 1st gen?? they're awesome trucks :D

[bigskinny08]

i own a 1 gen that i'm selling for 1200 sending unit broke in it so i'm selling now have too many toys to keep up with

[SnipinRedneck43]

@bigskinny08 wat year is it

[bigskinny08]

@SnipinRedneck43 it is a 1991 single cab long bed but i sold it kind of wish i would have kept it

[cincyyybenloverr]

@91CTD My mom and stepdad have my late grandfather's 1990 Dodge Ram LE 250 with the cummins. It still runs great after 20 years

[91CTD]

@cincyyybenloverr yea mine still runs like a top after 352,000 miles

[tommartyn]

@91CTD

Its so weird that these things are called 1st gen's, when their probably the 17th generation of dodge pickup bodystyles, and probably the 4th diesel engine they've had. People say that about toyota pickup's too, the 79-83 is considered the 1st gen, but toyota was making trucks since the 60's at least.

My 79 d100 must have been a 0 gen :)

[91CTD]

@tommartyn They're the 1st generation of Dodge Ram trucks to be powered by a CUMMINS.

Noone cares about the other diesels....haha.

Beavis

[condombrokesorry]

@tommartyn they're called 1st gens because it when they actually started calling the pickups rams. before that they were known as the d series and i believe the cummins was the first diesel engine to be put in a dodge

[tommartyn]

@condombrokesorry

Nah, they're just called 1st gen's because its the first bodystyle that had the cummins diesel. Not because of the ram thing. They've always had different names through the years, as well as a D and a K model name. My friend drew has a W250, its a 93, and has a cummins in it. So the D and K thing continued.

But dodges have had a few different diesels in them before the cummings.

[omg122448]

Damn I cant even get a 4 year depreciated used truck with that money

[cumminsdiesellover01]

clessie lyle cummins developed the cummins diesel engine in 1917 so yes cummins made cummins......cummins and jacobs industries also invented the jake brake cummins developed it and jacobs got the name put on it

[1978mtb]

I miss these old dodges I had a 79 sno commander 3/4 ton with the 360. I could haul two tons of gravel in that truck and it only squatted slightly. My 03 dodge 2500 with the cummins with the same amount on was much worse but it ran down the road like it wasn't back there! The old 360 in the 79 on the other hand you were working it for sure. My opinion is the old 72-93 trucks have better suspensions then the newer ones from my experiences with both!

[jasonsg4111]

@1978mtb

I agree. I had a 1986 and a 1988. Those two Trucks had a better Suspension than my 2005 Dodge Ram as well.

[jdgboy08]

but those trucks where trucks. now trucks are made to ride like cars... sad really but then again people who bought those truck didnt want a grocery getter that works they wanted a truck

[wes2448z]

My grampa has one of those , There beast

[tomcat20ify]

and those trucks are still on the road

[ExMxer]

And GM and Ford STILL have not matched the Dodge.

Ford is on what, it's 7th diesel engine re-design? GM is on it's 5th!

How many head gaskets will you be needing today for your GM sir?

[konastrum08]

at least they get to keep their name on the side of their trucks instead of having to put the name of the company that makes their engines

[ExMxer]

Yeah, I'd pretty ashamed to have "International", or worse yet, "ISUZU" plastered on the side of my truck. X)

[dalekrueger]

@ExMxer there's nothing wrong with international,at least thery'e an american company

[dalekrueger]

@ExMxer 't bother me have the name of the diesel engine on the side of my pickup,ford did it before with the 3208 caterpillar,and they do it all the time on semitractors

[scrambo]

Hmm, lets see, Who designed the cummins? Cummins? Not Chrysler/dodge. I Guess they're on their 1st engine eh? that they didn't even develop?

[ExMxer]

And, Ford and GM developed their shitty diesels? Ummmmm, ok, I'll let them take the credit for that.....:)

[iCummins03]

lol very true

[91CTD]

Ford- International diesels

GM- detroit diesels

[mirlin235]

@91CTD Now its GM- Durashit Diesels

[halflife103]

lol good thing it dident have airbags, i woudl think with the guy hitting his head with all that awesome driving.

[xgunmetalx]

That was pretty cool footage of the D350 sliding sideways!!

[xgunmetalx]

Check out 12VALVE.C0M if you have a first or second gen 12 valve!!

[nfldood55]

160 horsepower, 410 lb feet of torque

[454sskilla]

does anyone know how much power those older ones make?

[DieselsAndDiodes]

I have the printed dealer brochure for 1993 Dodge trucks which the original owner got when he bought my 1993 Dodge Ram 250 LE Cummins Turbo Diesel truck. Also have the Chrysler factory service manual, which is nice.

[BuhundredReturns]

Ahhhh that dually is so fugly but the diesel in those trucks are the best.

[LTRules21]

tough as hell these dodge trucks can survive hell, dodge for life!

[halflife103]

lol nice truck, i lvoed how he said double rear wheel, i mean now we call it a dually

[SPACECADET2U]

They would have sold even more if they had just had a commercial with a cummins sitting parked idling......also, those dually's cracked me up.....Uh, yeah here's our lame attempt to join the dually market.....we'll just pop rivet some pieces of plastic on the side of the bed and wahlah!!! Oh if we could only go back to the good ole 80's......

[rockinfireman95]

that truck is beast

[NTC335]

そりゃ〜もちろん (b^-゜)

[NTC335]

萌え☆

[takutaq]

気に入ったのですか？

[ATeam56]

those pickups are REALLY easy to make into a swamp truck, kicks the shot otu of chevys

[supagog]

chrysler

[Charger3091]

Nothing better than a Dodge Cummins Turbo Diesel.

[harley145000]

the cummins motor saved the dodge truck line for now

[harley145000]

who cares , they are finished

[gizmosells]

these piles of garbage will increase in value maybe lol

[harley145000]

i cant believe dodge is still in business

[iainthornton]

what, because it's such a bad advert?

[83RebelRanger]

I like that dually man, Dodges are sweet. I'm just a Ford nut, grew up around them

[TammoKorsai]

Best diesel engine to ever be put in a pick-up! An epic commercial that made me grin!

[Xx69roadrunnerxX]

I wish they still had good commercials! Japanese trucks are okay and get small jobs done, but when you need a truck for a trucks job you NEED American! and with a Cummins Diesel thrown in it just gravy!

[joshviper129]

THAT IS  G R E A T

[Illousion1]

Gotta love them yankee trucks

[tpvalley]

wow!

love american pickups.

[tman06798]

that's awesome.

[takutaq]

Thanks!

[greeniron32]

I had a 1989 Dodge D250 that I purchased new. Had the Cummins Turbo Diesel. It was a great truck,fun to drive & got 24 MPG. Sold it to a friend in 1998 & he's still driving it with over 300,000 miles!

[mt8791]

damn right man, that cummins is bad ass and will run forever. ive heard of those things running 500,000 plus miles with no problems.

[DirtyRam50]

ive heard of over a million miles before rebuilding

[tpvalley]

24mpg is good for 5.9 litres!

on a long run cruising at 50mph without stopping, just constant speed for hours, do u reckon 30mpg would be possible with minimal throttle etc?

[greeniron32]

I don't know if 30 mpg is possible, 24 mpg was back when the speed limit was 55 mph. Best I ever heard was 27 mpg. Back then every one ask you questions at the fuel pump. The mileage I got was at 60 mph. Rear axle ratio was 3:54 with 5 speeds manual. I don't think a few mph would make that much difference, besides that it would take forever to get anywhere.(As a side note it had a 35 gallon fuel tank ,when fuel was $1.19 fuel ups were reasonable, now $4.35 a gallon you need a loan to fill it)

[tpvalley]

Its over £5 ($10) here!!

[iainthornton]

haha I've seen my dad's Range Rover Supercharged register 88.2mpg downhill

anything is possible in the right circumstances, but obviously more like 15 is average on the RR

cruising I reckon you'd make 25 or so in the Cummins but you'd struggle to average 30...maybe in a '94 onwards model with better aerodynamics.you'd want a manual too

[tpvalley]

lol!

My dads tdi vw has mpg gauge!

wild mpg figures!

My mate had an xjs v12, got below 0.5mpg according to gauge sometimes!

Seriously though, my range rover with tdi200 could get 30mpg, but thats only 2.5!

A big understressed engine at hardly any throttle may get 24mpg.

I have obsereved 10 tonne trucks getting 18mpg on a run! so the driver told me anyway!?

I have seen a 2000bhp locomotive getting almost 1mpg, but rails= low rolling resistance.

2x nbl manl12v with voith transmissions.

[tpvalley]

I could almost afford to run that here in UK.

what I would give for a chunky diesel with good mpg in a coold truck.

My friend has a ford ranger 2.5 turbo diesel and he struggles to get 23mpg!! I shit u not!

If he can get similar mpg with a 5.9 then he WILL be pissed off!

I reckon if u drive hard u will get very low mpg though right? like about 15mpg?

[iainthornton]

yeah, I've got a video somewhere of a field run me and a friend did a while back in my dads Range Rover

can't upload it because I had no permission!

I may upload it again sometime

anyway we got 2.8mpg on that run

a friend of mine has a 2002 Cummins 2500 with a 5 speed.remember that's a 24v....he races round and he reckons he gets about 15mpg

10 tonne @ 18mpg?I've known some Mercedes Actros' @ about 12 litre to get that...I assume it's due to the serious amount of ratios to choose from

[tpvalley]

the bigger the engine for a given amount of cylinders the higher the thermal efficiency per cc.

When studying my lecturer always said to never go for the smallest engine option in trucks as they often use more fuel if the have to be thrashed.

Theres a video on here of a land rover and 59 cummins with different axles etc!

probably better mpg than v8!! and more power!

[iainthornton]

I drive a Mitsubishi L200 which is a 2.5TD and that gets about 20-25mpg

[88rezz]

u should see the new diesel trucks, even gas, the dodge ram 1500 gets 28mpg (gas engine) u guys in england will be able to run these one day

[tpvalley]

but my car does over 50mpg!

[88rezz]

yea well thats a car, we get that ovr here too

[tpvalley]

I have a friend with a real gas guzzler - a jaguar v12, gets as low as 4mpg if u floor it!

and at £5 a gallon!

[88rezz]

lol holy shit, over here its about $2.50 s gallon

[bmtimv]

and thats the highest for diesel

[Hotrodx199]

Well flooring it doesn't save much now does it? lol. I'm sure if you drove it at a steady rate it would pickup %40 percent.

[tpvalley]

wow, then he would get nearly 6mpg!!!!lol.

[jakesaintsrow123]

wow if i had a car like that i would never drive it because of the gas prices lol

[tpvalley]

Yup, if u want a cheap car get a big un here, saw a volvo v6 for £1!!!

thats $1.30.

[rockyraccoon1979]

I have an old 86 Dodge Ram - has the 318 gas engine & 4 barrel carb. It's been through hell but still runs.......that thing GUZZLES the gas! My 1953 Oldsmobile is easier on gas then that truck. Sure is tough though.

[DimeZakkEVH]

yeah why not? Diesels are the most fuel efficient things on the market. Diesel fuel is more expensive but in the long run it is better than gas.

[bikeitup14]

LOL V12 are such a waste.

It aint a truck if it has spark plugs.

Or a car..

[DionysiosA76]

Amen brother!

[blownutsmyass]

@bikeitup14 the 12V diesel has no spark plugs dumbass!!!!!!!!!!!

[ColtCobra2002]

@bikeitup14 thought it was it aint a truck if its got GLOW plugs????

[DimeZakkEVH]

my truck is better.......7 mpg!!! actually more like 7 gpm!!!!!!!!!!! haha lol just kidding..

[tpvalley]

were u serious about the 7mpg part though?

what engine have u got ?

[DimeZakkEVH]

yes it is hard to believe but it sadly is true that gets 7mpg. I have the 360ci in my truck ( 78 lil red express without the original motor ) but I also have a 440ci bored .060 over and it will get over 500hp easy maybe even 600hp +.

[tpvalley]

I gues u must have a petrol engine!

Over here in uk folk get LPG conversions for bigger yank engines, u know liquid petrolium gas?

or even propane, but that freezes the lines in winter I heard.