A friend told me his naghbour has a 1978 1/2 ton parked out back and it has a factory diesel,what kind of engine would that be?thanx

6 cylinder non-turbocharged Mitsubishi turd offered for two or three years 78-79 or so.

6 cylinder non-turbocharged Mitsubishi turd offered for two or three years 78-79 or so.
a little 3.9L piece...

Hey is he pulling your leg? I know for a fact that dodge put 354 perkins engines in there 2ton trucks in the late 60's early 70's. And the firt cummins engine in a Dodge truck was a 290 it stands for 290 hp their in the D700 and D800 trucks yes there inline 6's.

no im with bgilbert on this one, 6 cylinder non-turbocharged Mitsubishi turd offered for two or three years 78-79 or so. I saw a post on rcc about this its definitely the mitsu motor, i heard there good for nothing. If i recall properly they don't even get very good mileage either

I looked at one on a local lot a couple years ago; I think it was a 76 model and it was Mitsibishi inline six.

I am with bill on this one too. They made a full size N/A diesel back then. There is a near perfect one 30 miles from me. Are you sure it is mitsubishi though? The guy who owned it told me it was a small N/A perkins. I was thinking the mitsubishi motor was in the ram 50 diesel.

I'm with Bill, the big trucks were history(US) in78 I don't even think there was a lifestyle cab that ever had the perkins in it, c-cabs had them in the class 5&6, I'd bet its a mitsu 243.

Something is jogging my remembery that it was an Isuzu diesel in the D150 models in the late 70's.

I am with bill on this one too. They made a full size N/A diesel back then. There is a near perfect one 30 miles from me. Are you sure it is mitsubishi though? The guy who owned it told me it was a small N/A perkins. I was thinking the mitsubishi motor was in the ram 50 diesel.

the Ram 50 would be a 4 cyl diesel not 6 and im not even sure if they had diesels or not [duhhh]

The ram 50 did come with an optional mitsu diesel and they are supposed to get 35+ mpg. The ram 50 to my knowledge wasn't available until 82 or 84 I think. The one he is talking about is a full size half ton.

http://www.pbase.com/txs/image/45203467 This is a pic of the mitsu NA 6 out of a 1/2 ton dodge, I believe it was a 78 or 79, they were indeed such a slug that nobody wanted one and were only offered 2 or 3 years and that was probably the unsold production left over from the first year. The motor is laid out similar to a cummins in that the block has no cast in bell like gas motors, there is a flywheel housing (adapter), in the mitsu dodges it bolts to an LA case. You can tell it's out of a dodge if you look close at the converter. Dodge made several 727s for diesel apps in the eighties, the mitsu was the only one that used the a case, most used the b motor case.

Hey guys I want a ram 50 diesel bad any one know of any around it the U.S? I've been looking for one for a long time but have never seen one and now I want a 78 diesel to . :D

I owned one years ago. It was definately a Mitsubishi inline six 100 hp. Sweet running engine, but a real slug. especially with the automatic that mine had. A few Ram 50's came through with a 4-cyl diesel in the early 80's. Made by Mitsubishi as they made the truck!

Hey guys I want a ram 50 diesel bad any one know of any around it the U.S? I've been looking for one for a long time but have never seen one and now I want a 78 diesel to . :D
here ya go...and the auction has`nt even ended yet! hurry hurry hurry :D :D :D

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FWIW those little Mitsu diesels are really neat, I worked for Mitsu since 1985 and we saw a couple of them here and there, biggest thing is to make sure you keep the Timing belt serviced on schedule, and there used to be a TSB regarding the t-belt and inj pump timing, IIRC the srevice manual specs were wrong...it was a looong time ago.

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awwwwwwwwww how cute :D

A buddy of mine has 87 Jeep Comanchee with a Peugeot turbo diesel in it the turbo is about the size of a fist and the intercooler is about as big as a small trans cooler. And the the truck is very very quick!!