Turbo Diesel Register

Introducing TDR member Andrew Bengtson. His truck is the First-Generation Dodge gracing your wall for the month of April. We asked Andrew to tell us more about his truck and here’s his story.

“Hey all, my name is Andrew Bengtson and this is my 1992 Dodge W-250. It has the 5.9 Cummins 12-Valve engine. I bought this truck back in 2015 with 196,000 miles on the odometer. Right now, the truck has just over 240,000 miles.

I have made a few engine modifications to...

“How is an idea created? Maybe sometimes it strikes like lightning, but mostly it will develop slowly through intensive search under numerous mistakes…” - Rudolf Diesel, 1913

Born in Paris to Bavarian immigrants, 164 years ago today (March 18, 1858) was the namesake of diesel fuel and diesel engines, Rudolf Christian Diesel. We’re honoring him today for his brilliant mind, tenacious spirit and dedication to his pursuit of a...

Meet Michael Amato, TDR member and March Calendar Contest Winner.
Here are some stats on his winning truck!

Turbo Diesel Register: Where was the photo taken?
Michael Amato: Lake Pleasant Regional Park, Peoria, Arizona

TDR: Tell us about your truck:
MA: My truck is a 2014 Ram 2500 4X4, Big Horn Edition
The current odometer reading is 37,600 miles.

Modifications:
The modifications are minimal. I’ve added bilstein shocks and a leveling kit.

My truck is used for...

Fleetguard has created the downloadable PDF (below) highlighting the differences between their OE crankcase ventilation filters (which they manufacture for both Mopar and Cummins), and the imitation parts found online and at some local auto parts stores.

We wanted to pass this along for you to read and decide for yourselves. However, we do feel that the general message in this is probably relevant to most any type of inexpensive/too-good-to-be-true products being peddled for our...

My apologies. It was too easy to steal the introductory words from the “Emergency Broadcast System” announcement that was implemented in 1963 to allow the President to address the nation in case of an emergency.

Beep………

Seriously speaking, in Issue 115 TDR writer Tracy Martin gave us a four-page article that discussed wiring diagrams. I opined, “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”

However, I was wrong. The more I read Tracy’s article the more I realized I wasn’t as incompetent as I...

The winning February photo for this year’s TDR calendar was submitted by TDR member Ron Clough. We sent Ron some serious and fun questions about his truck. We enjoyed reading his answers and think you will also! (Don’t skip ahead hah -- but it seems many of us can relate to the information at the end about keeping the truck).

TURBO DIESEL REGISTER: Where was the photograph taken?
RON CLOUGH: The photo for the calendar was taken in Pine Cove California. They had one...

Looking at the calendar, the staff was writing for a magazine that is distributed in February, the middle month of winter. I noted that the audience will need some inspiration to look past February’s cold, short days.

So, the assignment was to show and/or tell about something you may have done to inspire others to work on their Turbo Diesel truck or move forward on an automotive related project.

As is the usual, some took the assignment to heart and some, like me, just rambled-on....

Hello TDR Members:

We don’t correspond often, but when we do, well, this time it is for fun.

If you’ll remember, our issues 108 and 110 magazines had articles from John Martin that gave you an inside look at the cars built for the SEMA show; cars built for the prestigious Ridler/Oakland Roadster shows; a Foose or Kindig-built vehicle; or a car that competes for the Goodguys National award. (And if you don't remember those articles, you will find downloadable PDFs of each at the end of this...

The winning January photo for this year’s TDR calendar was submitted by TDR member Michael Fagone. We recently spoke with Michael about the photo and about his truck. We think you’ll enjoy his answers!

TURBO DIESEL REGISTER: Where was the photograph taken?

MICHAEL FAGONE: It was in Wrightwood, California, in the Angeles National Forest. A surprise snowstorm came up and I wanted to test out my new wheels (17” from a Gen 3 Ram) and tires in the snow. At the point of...