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Single-Turbo 5.9L Cummins Engine

Tomorrow's Technician

Many start from a young age and build their lives around diesel trucks and engines, and we think that’s pretty cool to see. He’s done a few smaller scale builds to date, but he recently finished up a “Frankenstein” truck that is pretty impressive. Much of his progress came from YouTube videos and trial and error.

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NHTSA Investigates Nissan Titan XD With 5.0L Cummins ISV V8 Over Crankshaft Failures

autoevolution

In production since 2003 for the 2004 model year, the Nissan Titan came with the 5.6-liter The VK-series powerplant is featured in the second-gen truck as well, although Nissan further sweetened the deal with the short-lived Cummins ISV turbo diesel V8. liter Endurance V8 as the only engine in the lineup. continue reading. )

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Wrenching Women Wednesday with Katie French, featuring Jaime Spedden

RepairPal

I started out as an oil change technician for Walmart Tire and Lube Express in 2003. Eventually, I was hired as a fleet mechanic for a construction company and I worked on their trucks and equipment for 11 years. I also worked at a few other quick lube places, including a Sears Auto Center for a few years.

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Restoration Colleges Take a Different Approach to “Teaching the Classics”

Eastwood

The decision for students who want a career working on cars and truck used to be simple – go to trade school, get your certifications and fall into work at a local indie shop or dealership. Here, students learned a variety of automotive-specific skills used in the course of restoring classic cars and trucks.

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Turbocharged 5.9L Cummins Engine

Tomorrow's Technician

He’s driven performance-built cars and trucks, motorcycles, dirt bikes, snowmobiles, jet skis, and speed boats – he’s a thrill seeker to say the least. 2003 Ram 2500 quad cab For the past 8 years, Devan has been operating a small fabrication business out of his garage called Leeds Fabrication. I started with an OBS 7.3L

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Bridging the past and present: Totten Tire may be Birch Run’s best kept secret in tires

Tire Review Magazine

After high school graduation, he headed to college and took a job for a different company, driving a tow truck and doing mechanical work. So, I came back to work around 2001, and in 2003 I started buying shares, purchasing so many a month.” I had been friends with the owner and kept in touch.