Factory Allison trans.?

[FosterW]

Can anyone give me any info about this? A friend is looking into buying this and they guy said over the phone that it IS a allison transmission. . I told my buddy i've never heard of it. Anyone know anything?



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I do know another buddy of mine once bought a cummins motor out of an old (pre '89) school buss that had an Allison behind it. But not an Allison 1000, It was a smaller different model.

 

[Simplysmn]

No way its a 727 no overdrive

 

[DEdds]

totally bogus. If the guy can lie about a transmission whos to say he even knows its even a diesel.

 

[FosterW]

This is what I figured.

 

[AKimmel]

I heard this before, my neighbor bought a 92 Cummins W250 new, and always said it had an Allison trans. Another friend of mine has a late 90's Dually Cummins and he thinks he has an Allison. I wonder if salesman thought that's what came in them or just said it because it sounds better.

 

[Tippin Spotted Cow]

Theyre are kits on the market to put an Allison in. Besides that, as mentioned, there are non-dodge applications that used the Allison behind the Cummins. Honestly I think people think of the Cummins when they talk about diesels, and people think of the Allison when they think of heavy duty automatics. Blame this on advertising tactics, along with word of mouth. I think to a lot of people who are uneducated on the subject, why WOULDNT the Allison be put behind the Cummins?

 

[fox]

I bet it has the V-10 cummings in it!!!

Just judging by the looks of it I bet it is a 727. Anyone who would put a different trans in a truck would take better care of it.

Ask if it was a factory installed trans. And a few other questions to find the sellers IQ.

 

[Dieselnut59]

And EVERYBODY knows Ford owns Cummings!!!

 

[R C Cola]

Ford owns Cummmins ?

Went to the Cummins site recently and it seems no one has told them.

 

[fox]

Lets not start that one AGAIN!!!!!!

 

[Dieselnut59]

It was a JOKE!!! Hence the "rolleyes" smiley and the "g" (cumminGs), not cummins!

hahahah

 

[Skydiver]

2 years ago while at a hunting camp in Alabama we had a visitor from Michigan drive up with a 2000 2500 4x4 Cummins. I became interested in his rig. He had gauges fat exhaust looked real nice. When I asked what he had done to beef up the transmission he said "it has an Allison". I fell to the ground and took a look. I stood up and did not say another word about his truck. NO Allison to be seen.

 

[FosterW]

haha classic story-teller.

Thanks for your info. guys it's appreciated.

 

[Jgolden]

I have a 1st gen Cummins with an Allison545 behind it but not in a Dodge. I also have a 98Ram 2500 Gasser. Just looked under both, I know the Cummins will fit in the Ram, but it looks like quite a job to fit the Allison in the Ram. No doubt it has been/can be done, but if the truck you are talking about was real, no advantage in the Allison that I could see.

With the power and loads that folks here pull with stock, the OEM seeems to do pretty well.

 

[Dieselnut59]

I have looked also and I do not see how a TRUE Alison could fit under ANY "pickup" without serious modifications. The light duty version in the Chev pickups would go, but what would be the point in an old beater truck like the one pictured?

 

[SierraRam]

I smell something!