Jake Brake in 04 Cummins

[BigFig15]

How much would a jake brake and installtion of one cost on a 04 2500 Cummins with a 6-speed?

[Dan89rs]

sorry that i dont have help, but i thought a jake brake was when the compression of the engine slows the rig down when downshifting, or when letting off the accelerator even, hope sum1 can explain for me thanks.

[BigFig15]

Yea thats what its for but I was wondering if you can put it in a 04 2500 and how much would it all cost for everything

[BleedDodge]

You can get them but I don't know how much they cost. I've seen trucks that have them, most are modified for pulling big trailers and stuff.

You could try asking your dealer, or even call up Cummins and ask them.

[moparboy99]

Your not looking for a jake brake those are only on what I work on simis. what you are looking for is an exhast brake. You can pick one up from someplace like banks and put it on your self there not hard and everything come with it

[BleedDodge]

Same thing. Jake brake is just slang for exhaust brake. "Jacob's engine retarder" is even more technical.

[lineguy]

Try this, http://www.bankspower.com/brake-dodge_smartlock.cfm

[lineguy]

This might be what you want, http://www.bankspower.com/brake_dodge.cfm.

[pind]

Ok, best bang for the buck I have found yet, is the PacBrake. Exhaust brake unit that works very well, and you are not paying for the name. Contact PacBrake directly at 1-800-663-0096.

They make an excellent, trouble free unit, I have installed approximately 50 of them, and had two units fail. That, in the industry, is a very good ratio.

And, BleedDodge. Please refrain, ever so slightly, from commenting on that which you know little about. Thanks, you're a lamb. A "Jake Brake" is a retarding device that uses oil pressure to open the exhaust valves immediately before the fuel is injected, using the compression of intake air, to slow the vehicle down.

Jacobs also makes a unit that they like to call the "Jacobs E-Brake" which is an exhaust brake, very similar to the banks, BD, and PacBrake. The only real difference I have noticed, is the addition of a release spring within the vacuum canister.

Hope this helps those who need it, and perhaps those who don't.

Happy hauling.

[BleedDodge]

One puts pressure on the valves, one has a flap in the exhaust path. Jake brakes.