replacing my gas engine with a diesel

[davlis]

I have a 64 ford 2000 industrial with the 134 gas engine what diesel engine will fit and how much of a problem will it be.

 

[MMagis]

You’d be time and money ahead to sell the gas tractor and buy a diesel version.

 

[davesl708]

Hi. welcome.

You will have to solve transitioning from the engine to the trans. Diesels are configured differently. Engine mounts will have to be repositioned.
As MMagis states look at changing tractors.

 

[CobyRupert]

Hi. welcome.

You will have to solve transitioning from the engine to the trans. Diesels are configured differently. Engine mounts will have to be repositioned.
As MMagis states look at changing tractors.

Aren't there other problems than just physically matching them up? I'm guessing here without running the numbers, but isn't the operating rpm range on a diesel a lot different than the gas?
Not just ground speed issues (how many gears in the transmission, because I'm guessing you'll lose a lot of top end speed in each gear) , but what's the required engine rpm to make 540 PTO rpm?

 

[davlis]

Thank you guys for the input, I was just thinking about it and had no idea what it would entail.

 

[ovrszd]

I'm like everyone else on here so far. Just guessing.

I don't think those old gassers ran much if any faster than their diesel counterparts.

I don't think there is a difference in their mounting either. Those old Fords were very efficient at interchanging parts.

Those old diesel engines were pretty much self contained as well. For example, provide power to the starter, provide a gravity flow fuel source to the injector pump, it'll run. To start them or shut them off you control the fuel in the injector pump with a push/pull cable. You then provide power to the starter thru the same wiring setup as used on a gasser.

There are members on here that are much, much, much more knowledgeable about something like this than I. Maybe a couple of them will see this thread and respond with more accurate information. Be patient. Thread might sit here for a couple days before it gets noticed by the right guys.

 

[Tractorboy88]

Technically, couldn't he use his same block, crank, and rods, trash the dizzy, camshaft, pistons and the cylinder head, install a set of diesel pistons, the diesel cam, head, injection pump and lines and have a diesel 2000? It would be mad work. You'd also need manifolds and the diesel starter.

 

[fried1765]

Technically, couldn't he use his same block, crank, and rods, trash the dizzy, camshaft, pistons and the cylinder head, install a set of diesel pistons, the diesel cam, head, injection pump and lines and have a diesel 2000? It would be mad work. You'd also need manifolds and the diesel starter.

Sounds like a HORRIBLE idea!

 

[4570Man]

Technically, couldn't he use his same block, crank, and rods, trash the dizzy, camshaft, pistons and the cylinder head, install a set of diesel pistons, the diesel cam, head, injection pump and lines and have a diesel 2000? It would be mad work. You'd also need manifolds and the diesel starter.

Nothing in that setup was built to handle a diesel. That is a horrible idea. Not to mention you spend a bunch of money to trash a good motor.

 

[Tractorboy88]

Ha, i apologize, i got my years mixed up. I was thinking of the 65 and later gas 3 cylinders. Has anyone tried to do such on those?