fpd50 engine swap
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Topic: fpd50 engine swap
Posted By: jaybmiller
Subject: fpd50 engine swap
Date Posted: 29 Aug 2015 at 6:26pm
Anyone KNOW if a gas Buda 6 cylinder from a Cockshutt 40 will 'drop in replace' the Buda 4 cylinder 153 in my FPD50 series forklift?
I can get the whole tractor ,running for $2000.hate to scrap a good tractor but I just need an engine.
Dang Fall is here, soon Winter and the forklift don't like cold weather(low compression)
Jay
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3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112
Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor)
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Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2015 at 12:45am
I don't KNOW, but it seems like the 6 cylinder is going to be several inches longer then the four. Is there extra space in the engine compartment? Would it be easier to rebuild the original engine?
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Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2015 at 4:52pm
Hay John, well the 6 won't fit it unless you push really,really hard though it was an option(maybe the frame is bigger ?)
I was quoted $5000 to rebuild it AFTER I deliver it to the rebuild shop.
Frankly I don't have a spare 5 thousand to rebuild the diesel....
It needs rings( bad blowby,low power) BUT my xray eyes can't tell if it needs the 3 ring kit or the 4 ring kit, so a total sleeve/rings/piston,orings 'kit' X4 is one choice but at $400 per cyl that adds up...oh yeah 4 CDN bux buys 3 USD, and that HURTS
Now I found an nonrunning CS30 nearby but at $1500 it's a pricey gamble too...hate to scrap a nice tractor just for an engine ...
open to all ideas..
latest one...put two engines in, 16HP for drive and 16HP for hydraulics. It's possible,got the room,less than $1000 ?
sigh....
double sigh.....
Jay
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3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112
Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor)
Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water
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