12.7 is the best
Depends on which motor it has. The 11.1 and 12.7 Detroit Diesel 60 Series, Cummins M11 and N14, and various Caterpillar motors were available options for that model year.
Cummins is the manufacturer.
It would help to know which motor you had. Detroit Diesel, Caterpillar, and Cummins motors were all available options during that model year. Which engine options specifically were available depends on exactly what model Freightliner you have. It could be either an 11.1 or 12.7 60 Series Detroit, it could be a 3206, 3306, or 3406E Caterpillar, it could be the L10, M11, or N14 Cummins, etc.
If you mean "Cummins 5.9L" yes it's a good engine. There is no such thing as a Cummins 6.9L. The 5.9L I-6 Cummins is known as the "B-Series". It was named #10 out of 10 as the best-diesel engines ever according to Diesel Power Magazine.
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I have a question for you before i can answer yours? is this an off highway motor or on highway motor please respond soon.
Well, that's going to depend on what motor you have in it. Caterpillar, Cummins, Detroit Diesel, and Mercedes-Benz motors were all available in Sterling trucks.
The Ford Motor Company never bought Cummins, Inc. That said, Ford has used Cummins engines in some of its trucks.
no a powerstroke is the biggest peace of S H I T. cummins is the best diesel there is.It can also depend on the year of the motors. The powerstroke 7.3 turbo diesel is a very strong motor that has done very well for Ford. The 6.0 powerstroke on the otherhand has done very poorly for Ford. The cummins also gets better fuel mileage than the powerstroke by around 5 mpg's just as a stock motor, but power adders will afect that. In my personal opinion i would would take the cummins over the powerstroke.
Not entirely. Ford owns 15% to 25% of stock in Cummins. You can get the Cummins diesel in the Ford F-650 and F-750. No, Ford Motor Company (FMC) at one time held less than 10% of Cummins shares but at the present time does not own any part of Cummins inc. From my research, Cummins is an independent company with publicly traded stock.
If you have the Detroit motor, you can read the fault codes off the dash. Call them in to any Freightliner dealer or Detroit Diesel mechanic, and they can tell you what those codes are. If you have the MBE4000, Cummins, or Caterpillar motors, you'll need to have the computer hooked up to read off the codes.
As many as the customer orders on it. The FH series cabovers are sold worldwide - they were even sold on the North American market some time ago (except N American models also had the option of a Detroit Diesel, Caterpillar, or Cummins motor in place of the Volvo motor), both in semi-articulated and straight truck/rigid form. Six is the minimum, though.