M923A2 W/ Dresser 6 cyl?

[TTdogs]

I am a newbie in the the process of acquiring a 5 ton for a feed truck! I have seen a few M923A2's with Dresser 6 cyl. turbo diesels. I have not found a lot of info on these engines and am wanting to know if they are better or worse than the well known Cummins small cams or the Cummins turbo diesel.

 

[Suprman]

They all originally came with a Cummins 6cta8.3 motor

 

[dk8019]

Hmm, I can't say I have ever seen one with a Dresser in it. Do you have any pictures?

 

[TTdogs]

So, is the Dresser from reconditioning? The engine tag is definitely labeled Dresser! How do you find out when a truck was reconditioned, if at all? And they don't replace the hour meter when they are?

 

[dk8019]

I took a look at some of the regular places, and sure enough they are Dresser tagged. That said, they sure look like Cummins 6cta8.3, in everyway that I can identify. Anyone know the story?

 

[TTdogs]

Just looked a picture of the tag. I definitely says Dresser but the model # is CTA 8.3.

 

[TTdogs]

Here is the tag!

 

[dk8019]

Yeah, a quick google search seems to show the Cummins made engines for Dresser for use in Dresser equipment. Seems like a few truck ended up with Dresser branded Cummins engines in them. As such I would suspect that are exactly the same as the Cummins branded engines.

 

[KsM715]

I would think that for mil-spec reasons and parts interchange they would be identical to the Cummins