That unit runs 2 different speeds. Low speed is 1450 and high speed is 2200. It is set up to make about 34 horsepower. It's all it needs. It's plenty enough to snap off the 1 inch steel crankshaft on the compressor. The injector nozzles are only good for about 10,000 hours before they need a rebuild. They will start to wash down the cylinder walls with diesel and kill the rings. Most fuel shops can rebuild them fairly easily. It is possible to bore them over and put valve guides in it but the crankshaft can not be turned because the crankshaft is electrically hardened. You would just grind through it. TK still has some service parts for this engine but they are plenty expensive. There is also a centrifugal clutch that was available for this engine that starts to grab at about 1000 RPM. It was for units that had electric stand by. It would turn the compressor and 2 5/8 inch belts the run the fans and alternator.
I had a SB-III unit on a trailer, many moons ago. It ran for 33000 hrs, yeah, that's right, 33000 hrs. I only changed the alternator 3 times, the waterpump, 1 time and the starter 1 time. Never did the fuel pump or the injectors over the 33000hrs. Just serviced it regularly and that was it. The most reliable engine I ever saw.
One item to check, for each application of this engine is the camshaft. This would be different for other applications. For reefer use the camshaft would be for that constant load and rpm. Best place to research is the Isuzu engines family on line.
The flywheel on those won't fit through the hole in the bell housing. Have to pull the bell housing bolts, flywheel bolts and then remove them together. The flywheel has a large arrow cast into it below the drive pins. Mark the crankshaft with where this arrow is in relation to a crank bolt hole. It's a timing mark and will affect where your marks are for the pointer window near the flywheel. The flywheel can be bolted on in any position since the bolts are equally spaced and there are no dowels to locate it. It's not hard to figure out where it goes, but easier to just mark it first. The flywheel will come out from the engine side. Flywheel bolt heads are 19mm. Two bolts at bottom of bell housing into oil pan 17mm. Pull starter bolts 17mm. Two bolts up top 14mm. One nut with a lock washer towards the rear 14mm. Don't lose the hardware, it's 10mm oddball stuff. When you try to get the housing off, it will be hung up on a dowel pin above the starter. Keep working and beating on the housing, it'll come off. There's a casting sticking out to hit on. It will probably need a valve adjustment since they virtually never get done. If you dig in and need help let me know.
Sounds like you have been around a bunch of these. I have one that I have been thinking about putting in an old flat fender jeep, do you think that is worth while?
@@eddygoodwin7089 they run decent but are not a powerhouse by any means. The other issue is adapting to a transmission. I had seen somewhere that there are other isuzu flywheels and bell housings that would work but have never messed with them. The motor mounts are odd compared to automotive stuff being cast into the pan which would present an issue. Anything is possible, just don't expect a rocket when you're done. On the other hand we figured on 1.2 gph on them.
On your trailer tandem axles call your local tow company they could use them in a pinch for when driver rip then off trailers. It’s and ideas I’ve seen them on some accident seen . Good luck and be safe. Keep videos coming 🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸
The 4 cylinder diesel Isuzu puts in the n series trucks is about bullet proof. There is a reason you see them everywhere across the world. My buddy owns over 20 of them for his landscaping/lawn care/tree trimming business.
That would be a great use. I wonder if twin disc makes a clutch and pto bellhousing for it. One could get creative using a pick up sized hum and bearing assembly to mount a modified wheel on as a belt shive. A CV shaft. And the splines drive hub of a hub and bearing assembly to bolt to the drive flywheel studs and that could keep it perfectly centered. A plate for the sae flange and somehow mount the outer bearing and hub. Just have to get somebody with a lathe to make the flywheel adapter and the sae flange plate
There are several variants of that motor used in other stuff several hyster forklifts got the d221, if I remember right same head and front drive, there are different flywheel housing and oil pan based on application, piston and liner kits are available, I like the generator idea,
Providing it works..i would pull the whole reefer unit off (8 bolts) put it on the garage wall outback and had a/c for the garage . Do you have any fuel caps that are brass J.C ? They have the knock outs in them for a rubber valve stem . I have 3 of them..its common for reefers to run out of fuel..air up the fuel tank to push the fuel up to the filters..same principal to drain the tank
A guy here locally built a small tractor with a reefer engine for power. He used it for moving stuff around the yard. He was killed in a car accident and I dont know what ever became of the little yard tractor.
Friend who previously worked on utility trailers dealer said that in the 80s thermoking had same motor as some isuzu mini pickups from the era. But unknown if was true or if this is the same model motor as you got there.
A group I work with has an old reefer like that they want to scrap any idea what they are worth? It already is sotting flat on the ground and has an aluminum floor.
my friends partner.. a milk delivery owner ended up with a spare reefer.. he installed it on his living room wall.. within hours the power went out . the wife who was not sure what he was doing was already complaining about the heat.. it was 107F outside .. he walked over and hit the controls.. cool air flooded the house..
On hot days, it's not a good idea to over cool a living space as this ca induce cramps, aches and colds and chills. It all is to the volume of space, the ambient temp and thermal efficiency of the space. The truck chiller would be overkill.
@@stevewhyte8476 I am sure it's on a stand next to the wall but not touching the house. Using a flexible duct to connect the airflow. Many schools have taken out a window in classrooms and installed similar wall units but being ac power only. . Very few things worse than 30 or 35 kids in a sweltering classroom. Exposed ductwork on the roofs of these single story modular/retransportable classrooms.
Thermo king back in late 80 made roof top ac units powered by natural gas and if remember right used a Ford 300 , was a maintenance headache ac guys had to become auto mechanics also and really never caught on
I've got a perkins/ thero king motor, has the same wide flat oil pan and filters on everything! Has about a billion hours and still runs like a top! Never have found anything to do with it !
How about powering a big compressor head for sandblasting? Maybe find a portable compressor with a bad motor? Or buy a big 3 phase electric screw compressor with poor resale and convert it to diesel?
I am inclined to believe the Isuzu engine would be a standard model used for various applications, or its internal components would be standard. There are various machines that are Isuzu powered, forklifts, skidsteers, gensets, escavators etc. Somebody, somewhere will need that engine.
no. this engine was only used in thermal king reefer units. the flywheel bolt parttern and oil pan are significant to this engine and this application only. other internal parts may be interchangeable.
you may have this confused with another engine. this was only produced for thermal king reefer units. it wasnt used in anything else. there are other models that were used in reefer units as well as other equipment.
i think an adapter could be maid from this flywheel housing to your toyota trans. the flywheel itself would be interesting. i have read that no other isuzu shares that same flywheel bolt patern on the crank. im sure something could be made to work. it is just finding the right one to start with.
You could sell the motor to me if you need something to do with it lol. I'm having a heck of a time finding an injection pump for mine. I installed it in my skidloader yeeears ago.
hooked it to a truck and hauled it there....removed the jacks, the axle assembly and the icc bumper. dropped it on the ground. put 2 of them side by side.
That unit runs 2 different speeds. Low speed is 1450 and high speed is 2200. It is set up to make about 34 horsepower. It's all it needs.
It's plenty enough to snap off the 1 inch steel crankshaft on the compressor. The injector nozzles are only good for about 10,000 hours before they need a rebuild. They will start to wash down the cylinder walls with diesel and kill the rings. Most fuel shops can rebuild them fairly easily. It is possible to bore them over and put valve guides in it but the crankshaft can not be turned because the crankshaft is electrically hardened. You would just grind through it.
TK still has some service parts for this engine but they are plenty expensive.
There is also a centrifugal clutch that was available for this engine that starts to grab at about 1000 RPM. It was for units that had electric stand by. It would turn the compressor and 2 5/8 inch belts the run the fans and alternator.
I had a SB-III unit on a trailer, many moons ago. It ran for 33000 hrs, yeah, that's right, 33000 hrs. I only changed the alternator 3 times, the waterpump, 1 time and the starter 1 time. Never did the fuel pump or the injectors over the 33000hrs. Just serviced it regularly and that was it. The most reliable engine I ever saw.
This engine is similar to the chevy luv diesel, and was also used in some military applications, without the deep oil pan.
One item to check, for each application of this engine is the camshaft. This would be different for other applications. For reefer use the camshaft would be for that constant load and rpm. Best place to research is the Isuzu engines family on line.
The flywheel on those won't fit through the hole in the bell housing. Have to pull the bell housing bolts, flywheel bolts and then remove them together. The flywheel has a large arrow cast into it below the drive pins. Mark the crankshaft with where this arrow is in relation to a crank bolt hole. It's a timing mark and will affect where your marks are for the pointer window near the flywheel. The flywheel can be bolted on in any position since the bolts are equally spaced and there are no dowels to locate it. It's not hard to figure out where it goes, but easier to just mark it first. The flywheel will come out from the engine side. Flywheel bolt heads are 19mm. Two bolts at bottom of bell housing into oil pan 17mm. Pull starter bolts 17mm. Two bolts up top 14mm. One nut with a lock washer towards the rear 14mm. Don't lose the hardware, it's 10mm oddball stuff. When you try to get the housing off, it will be hung up on a dowel pin above the starter. Keep working and beating on the housing, it'll come off. There's a casting sticking out to hit on. It will probably need a valve adjustment since they virtually never get done. If you dig in and need help let me know.
Sounds like you have been around a bunch of these. I have one that I have been thinking about putting in an old flat fender jeep, do you think that is worth while?
@@eddygoodwin7089 they run decent but are not a powerhouse by any means. The other issue is adapting to a transmission. I had seen somewhere that there are other isuzu flywheels and bell housings that would work but have never messed with them. The motor mounts are odd compared to automotive stuff being cast into the pan which would present an issue. Anything is possible, just don't expect a rocket when you're done. On the other hand we figured on 1.2 gph on them.
@@jddiesel7409 ok thanks for the information
@@eddygoodwin7089 no problem. Good luck with the project regardless of the direction you decide to go!
@@jddiesel7409 thank you!
On your trailer tandem axles call your local tow company they could use them in a pinch for when driver rip then off trailers. It’s and ideas I’ve seen them on some accident seen . Good luck and be safe. Keep videos coming 🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸
the ones i am not using are not worth keeping. old rusted out and obsolet. parts are hard to find for this vintage.
The 4 cylinder diesel Isuzu puts in the n series trucks is about bullet proof. There is a reason you see them everywhere across the world. My buddy owns over 20 of them for his landscaping/lawn care/tree trimming business.
I have a buddy of mine that used one of them motor out of reefer to build himself a hot rod golf cart. It's lots of fun to drive
Thought about using a refer engine to power a saw mill, but never got around to it
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That would be a great use. I wonder if twin disc makes a clutch and pto bellhousing for it. One could get creative using a pick up sized hum and bearing assembly to mount a modified wheel on as a belt shive. A CV shaft. And the splines drive hub of a hub and bearing assembly to bolt to the drive flywheel studs and that could keep it perfectly centered. A plate for the sae flange and somehow mount the outer bearing and hub. Just have to get somebody with a lathe to make the flywheel adapter and the sae flange plate
That fuel tank makes a very nice auxiliary for a diesel pickup. Just need a saddle and a pump.
There are several variants of that motor used in other stuff several hyster forklifts got the d221, if I remember right same head and front drive, there are different flywheel housing and oil pan based on application, piston and liner kits are available, I like the generator idea,
do any of those use a flywheel, flywheel housing and traditional drop sump oil pan that bolts to this motor?
Providing it works..i would pull the whole reefer unit off (8 bolts) put it on the garage wall outback and had a/c for the garage . Do you have any fuel caps that are brass J.C ? They have the knock outs in them for a rubber valve stem . I have 3 of them..its common for reefers to run out of fuel..air up the fuel tank to push the fuel up to the filters..same principal to drain the tank
i have steel siding and steel roofing on my shop.....that would vibrates all the screws out! no thanks. i am however considering central air.
I did this with a super II unit. It is pretty noisy. But the super II fit right in the doorway
A guy here locally built a small tractor with a reefer engine for power. He used it for moving stuff around the yard. He was killed in a car accident and I dont know what ever became of the little yard tractor.
Friend who previously worked on utility trailers dealer said that in the 80s thermoking had same motor as some isuzu mini pickups from the era. But unknown if was true or if this is the same model motor as you got there.
I would use that motor to power the giant firewood processor I want to build one day.
There would be some folks that could build a farm tractor around this, or repower other equipment.
I have a bobcat with a carrier engine in it!
I took an engine out of a Thermo King and put it in my 632 Bobcat now it's a Bobcat on steroids been in there for 12 years now.
A group I work with has an old reefer like that they want to scrap any idea what they are worth? It already is sotting flat on the ground and has an aluminum floor.
I wonder how the power band is on the motor? Things run at like 900 rpm all the time
Looks like nice weather up there...yesterday the "feels like" temps were triple digits (105 - 110) down here - sure "felt like" it too
I have to do the same thing because of river water in my 2005 6.0
my friends partner.. a milk delivery owner ended up with a spare reefer.. he installed it on his living room wall.. within hours the power went out . the wife who was not sure what he was doing was already complaining about the heat.. it was 107F outside .. he walked over and hit the controls.. cool air flooded the house..
On hot days, it's not a good idea to over cool a living space as this ca induce cramps, aches and colds and chills. It all is to the volume of space, the ambient temp and thermal efficiency of the space. The truck chiller would be overkill.
@@mohabatkhanmalak1161 i agree but they have an almost 6,000 square foot house... the trick is.. it works with the power grid down.
They have or can be fitted with a thermostat.Plus some units also heat.
so did vibration and noise
@@stevewhyte8476 I am sure it's on a stand next to the wall but not touching the house. Using a flexible duct to connect the airflow. Many schools have taken out a window in classrooms and installed similar wall units but being ac power only. . Very few things worse than 30 or 35 kids in a sweltering classroom. Exposed ductwork on the roofs of these single story modular/retransportable classrooms.
Thermo king back in late 80 made roof top ac units powered by natural gas and if remember right used a Ford 300 , was a maintenance headache ac guys had to become auto mechanics also and really never caught on
good generator base motor
A big dilemma what to use it for. I am one not to get rid of something good. A generator, pump system, has to br useful for some application
That will make an awesome swap JC 🙂👍 I like your idea the other day of swapping it into an old Ford F-1 😃.
i have an idea for this engine. too bad it isnt a perkins or a cummins.....
@@j.c.smithprojects we all know you will make an awesome project with this engine though :) Keep up th amazing work JC. Ttyl my friend
I have a reefer that I am using for storage and will be doing the same thing sometime in the future.
I've got a perkins/ thero king motor, has the same wide flat oil pan and filters on everything! Has about a billion hours and still runs like a top! Never have found anything to do with it !
Them engines are designed to be fail proof that way they shut off before they catch fire because they run unattended
i would take a perkins over isuzu.....
How about powering a big compressor head for sandblasting? Maybe find a portable compressor with a bad motor? Or buy a big 3 phase electric screw compressor with poor resale and convert it to diesel?
Im not the only guy who reused food service stuff in the shop it drives my friend who is a chef nuts
I am inclined to believe the Isuzu engine would be a standard model used for various applications, or its internal components would be standard. There are various machines that are Isuzu powered, forklifts, skidsteers, gensets, escavators etc. Somebody, somewhere will need that engine.
no. this engine was only used in thermal king reefer units. the flywheel bolt parttern and oil pan are significant to this engine and this application only. other internal parts may be interchangeable.
This is the same motor that is in a 860 bobcat from the late 80’s.
Swapped this motor into a couple of other bobcats.
you may have this confused with another engine. this was only produced for thermal king reefer units. it wasnt used in anything else. there are other models that were used in reefer units as well as other equipment.
Generator, welder?
Great Video's, Can a air ride suspension be used on a SA dump truck that has Reyco spring suspension now?
that would be pretty sweet in my little toyota pickup...lol working out a solution to the clutch/flywheel/bell housing would probably be problematic.
i think an adapter could be maid from this flywheel housing to your toyota trans. the flywheel itself would be interesting. i have read that no other isuzu shares that same flywheel bolt patern on the crank. im sure something could be made to work. it is just finding the right one to start with.
Liquid gold is correct when it's $2.50 - $3.00 a gallon
Get yourself a big alternator and make a gen set
My thoughts exactly.
I really want to get one of these and stick in a homemade pontoon boat.
2.2 motor Diesel is used in the 1983 Ford ranger..
It would be really cool in a motorcycle.
mraycgz That has been done.
Found one in an asphalt laying machine
I just found one of these at an auction for $150
Turn in to generator .. Tractor..
Wassup JC
I wonder if it will fit in a izuzu hombre
.......maybe an Isuzu Mujer.lol
not with that flat oil pan and the flywheel housing it has.
Amish use them for keeping milk cold at dairies and stores.
Do you have any more of those engines I need one
Got one for sale in ga make me an offer
You could sell the motor to me if you need something to do with it lol. I'm having a heck of a time finding an injection pump for mine. I installed it in my skidloader yeeears ago.
Message me. "j.c.smithprojects@gmail.com"
I'd buy it.
Put it in a ranger/s10......
What was done to get it to the site it will stay at?
hooked it to a truck and hauled it there....removed the jacks, the axle assembly and the icc bumper. dropped it on the ground. put 2 of them side by side.
Someone put a reefer engine in a Dodge Minivan, and it worked slick.
Hp?
Put it a compact pick up truck
nice
Someone put this in a ranger pickup with a turbo added
Dune buggy or rock crawler buggy
Are you selling D201 or?
i would sell it
I could use that engine
are you local?
J.C. SMITH PROJECTS I’m in Indianapolis Indiana
Well worn out refer unit!
uk
Turn it into a wood stove