E3 engin in to wd
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Topic: E3 engin in to wd
Posted By: Ronnie
Subject: E3 engin in to wd
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2015 at 4:00pm
| Hi all I just got a e3 engine and I was wondering what all had yo be changed to bolt up to a wd. |
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Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2015 at 7:49pm
| Start by removing the flywheel, starter and starter mount plate, water pump and crankshaft pulley from the E-3 engine. Use your WD flywheel and a 9-spring pressure plate from a WD-45 and a 4-button clutch disc from a Gleaner K combine. Drill out your WD water pump holes oversize and mount it to the E-3 block. You might have to bore clear thru your WD crank pulley to get it to slide on the E-3 crank nose, just depends...some do, some don't. Fan belt will run a little crooked with this set-up but for a puller, it will make no difference. Then, there's the governor control linkage to transfer over from one front cover to the other. |
Posted By: mattb
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2015 at 9:42am
| I put a couple washers under the waterpump pulley to space it out a little to true the belt up some, might have to tweak the oil lines by the oil filter to clear steering shaft |
Posted By: Charlie175
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2015 at 11:22am
Yes! ------------- Charlie '48 B, '51 CA, '56 WD45 '61 D17, '63 D12, '65 D10 , '68 One-Ninety XTD |
mattb wrote:Posted By: Ronnie
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2015 at 10:01am
| Ok thanks everyone |
Posted By: Lunker
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2016 at 4:02pm
| What is a E-3 engine? Lunker |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2016 at 4:07pm
| Gleaner combine model E-3......not an E, a newer E. |
Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2016 at 4:31pm
| I've always wondered this about puller tractors...Does that extra power ever harm things in the transmission/rear end of the tractor that was made for a lower hp engine?? I know they used to have that problem in the Ford 8N's with the straight 6 and V-8 Funk conversions. |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2016 at 4:50pm
| I'm sure if you installed a 67 flywheel HP E-3 engine in a WC chassis and farmed heavily with it, you'd eventually fail something in the transmission or rear end, but for a minute or two of tractor pulling and probably at a reduced weight compared to field weight, nothing bad ever seems to happen. In fact, there are MANY WC's well over that 67 HP figure than you can ever imagine. |
Posted By: patrickmull
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2016 at 6:53pm
| I would like to have A good E3 engine |
Posted By: Kris5s64
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2025 at 6:53am
| I have an older Gleaner E gas engine that I'd like to put in a WD. What modifications do I have to do, or are they basically the same as with an E-3 gas engine swap? I'm doing this to replace the bad WD engine, & to have more power for farming & bush hogging. |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2025 at 8:32am
| Same thing |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2025 at 10:38pm
| D-17 tractor (or "E" combine) is 7.25 to 1 compression ratio or 145 psi cranking pressure. A 170 tractor ( or "E-3" combine) is 8.0 to 1 compression ratio or 170 psi cranking pressure. The last character of the engine serial number is "M" (7.25 to 1) or "Z" (8.0 to 1) to identify which pistons were installed at the factory. The Z code is 4 HP more than an M code engine. |
Posted By: HudCo
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2025 at 11:58am
| every thing every one said above has to be done did he same same thing last year plus alittle more |