Good Job, reminds me when I was younger my brother and i, put a sooped up 400 small block in a 1941 Dodge one ton. one ton Chevy rear end , front one tone Chevy suspension , 4 speed Chevy trans, and power steering. It's alot of work and figuring. I really am amazed with the bell housing yous made. So cool yous are very talented.
Great to see this level of "enginuity"; luv to watch one off projects like this. Nice thing about a remote filter is you can put it where it's both protected and easy to change.
We had a 1979 F100 4X4 with this same motor in it. My dad put several clutches in it over the years, like every 8,000 to 10,000 miles. My dad and the clutch shop were convinced the motor had too much torque so they kept upgrading clutch size until it was maxed out. I inherited the truck and decided once and for all to figure out what was going on. The motor mounts made for it went from the front of the block to the front crossmember. Then the transmission mount was toward the back of the trans. So all of the weight was unsupported in the middle. This caused the lower bellhousing bolts to loosen and strip out which then caused the input shaft to go out of alignment and warble out the center of the clutch disk. By the time I discovered this the holes had been drilled out and tapped to bigger sizes a few times and there wasn't enough meat leftover to really fix the issue. So out went the Perkins and in went a 351W. I miss that truck and really want to recreate what I had but with proper motor mounts to balance the weight like you did.
Great conversion MacGyver !! I would like to try something like this someday. I did adapt a ford 351 into a 2 ton that had a 292 engine. I used the original trans and bellhousing with two 1/2 in plates between. Keep up the good work, and Thanks.
The Perkins 354 was put in everything in Australia. Trucks ,Headers, Petrol Kero tractors were repowered with them, boats irrigation pumps. In the1960s They were advertised with the slogan " You are going to see a whole lot more of the Perkins 6-354. I have one in 6 ton truck. A great choice for your F350.
Nice job. Some rubber engine & transmission mounts will definitely help quiet it down, as will some sound insulation in the engine compartment. Consider adding a pre-start auxiliary electric oil pump .
I've done a couple of these conversions over the last 20 years ,, my favorite was my grandfather's 1983 chevy S10 4x4 which i replaced the 2.8 liter V6 with a 4BT cummins engine ,, i also have a 1973 jeep J-30 1 ton truck which i rebuilt from the frame up ,, including a new frame ,, I used a detroit diesel for this one ,,8V-71TA with an eaton fuller 13 speed behind it ,,,I use this truck to pull my 40 foot travel trailer so all the extra power is nice to have
Thats a good conversion using a Perkins diesel parts are very abundant and less headaches with maintenance and wiring. Makes lots of torque especially with a turbo. The 7.3 power choke has many attachments and more headache to achieve the total set up . Great job
I am so glad to have found this video. I found one of these engines at a scrap yard. It has new gaskets all over, like it's obvious that it's been freshly rebuild. They had it and a core engine sitting waiting to be hauled to the shredder when I seen them. The story was it was pulled out of a boat that was missing the out drive and was in a shop building that was recently purchased. None of the diesel truck mechanics I've shone it to knew what engine it is. My engine is missing the data plate and if I hadn't ran across this video it would still be unknown just what I have. I ask you as kindly as I can would you tell me what model and any information you have or know about these engines? Mine is missing the intake manifold but it looks easy enough to fabricate one. Also can they be turbo ' ed, and if so how much pressure can they handle? This one most likely will re power a 87 4x4 Silverado with a turbo 400 transmission.
+Phil Lowman The engine is a 354ci Perkins, it yours came out of a boat then it would be a marine engine. They can be turbocharged as many were from the factory. They are no power monster rated from 90 to 105hp depending on the setup. If you look up 1850 Oliver tractor they had the 354 along with the 2-85 and 2-105 White tractor. There are some differences between the older ones and new ones.
At this point I doubt if it matters anymore but the engine is likely from a 760 Massey combine.... an earlier one I'd guess as the later ones were painted black.
@@andrewsmart2949 when it comes to many issues espeicaly in the past years it was drama to get vechial modifications or any fire arms maters resolved in western australia compared to the eastern states of australia western australia number 1 police nanny state in australia the main attraction of western australia is its economic strength otherwise people would not bother comming to wa from other states
@@robertfoster7807 yes it is an unusal place,most milionaires per capita and highest harly davidson motorcycle ownership per capita as well LOL,yeah cops have tried to overly control everything,but thats now changed,they no longer have a stranglehold on prostitution ,and since the gypsy jokers allegedly blew up det don hancock and his police informant mate lew lewis things have changed in WA,as has vehicle inspections now being done by private providers
The engine was out of a massy combine and the tranny is an Nv4500 from a chevy pickup and my brother made the bell housing. There is a part two video that I believe shows the motor mounts but we don't have video of the actual fabrication of them.
Are you still running this truck as it is in the videos? Somewhere you mentioned doing one with a turbo as well. I have had many other projects going and havent started on my conversion. A fellow told me he would give me a 5 speed transmission from a 2 ton truck to go behind it. Recently I traded for an older Ford with a 6.9 V8 International diesel in it. how does your non asperated Perkins run compared to the 6.9 or 7.3 non asperated Fords? Also I ran across a Cummins 5.9 intake with turbo and inner cooler. I'm sure the intake will not fit but figured the turbo and inner cooler would be a close match for it. Whoever started the boat swap lost both manifolds, flywheel, bell housing. So every bit of that stuff I must fab together. Would just love to find out what kind of pulling power and acceleration to expected after the job it completed. Are these engines campairible to the Cummins 12 valve 5.9 liter?
that's kinda illegal you can't swop an older engine into a newer vehicle unless it was actually an option at the time their is a way to legile register it but it's so complicated you have to know a guy to actually get it pushed thru
I believe something got crossed,I have nothing against perkins and have never had one.Personally I'd like to put the ford 7000 turbo charged agriculture engine in a half ton truck.
michael robinso That would be cool. Do you mean the 7.8L Ford? If so, it should fit, a friend of mine measured it up. I'd like to try that too. My next Ford F350 project I'm contemplating a DT466 twin turbo with the bosh pump and bolted up to an Eaton Fuller with a divorceable NP205 transfer case. The only thing is I would probably have to cut the firewall.
Nice job especially building the bell housing
Good Job, reminds me when I was younger my brother and i, put a sooped up 400 small block in a 1941 Dodge one ton. one ton Chevy rear end , front one tone Chevy suspension , 4 speed Chevy trans, and power steering. It's alot of work and figuring. I really am amazed with the bell housing yous made. So cool yous are very talented.
Great to see this level of "enginuity"; luv to watch one off projects like this. Nice thing about a remote filter is you can put it where it's both protected and easy to change.
We had a 1979 F100 4X4 with this same motor in it. My dad put several clutches in it over the years, like every 8,000 to 10,000 miles. My dad and the clutch shop were convinced the motor had too much torque so they kept upgrading clutch size until it was maxed out.
I inherited the truck and decided once and for all to figure out what was going on. The motor mounts made for it went from the front of the block to the front crossmember. Then the transmission mount was toward the back of the trans. So all of the weight was unsupported in the middle. This caused the lower bellhousing bolts to loosen and strip out which then caused the input shaft to go out of alignment and warble out the center of the clutch disk.
By the time I discovered this the holes had been drilled out and tapped to bigger sizes a few times and there wasn't enough meat leftover to really fix the issue. So out went the Perkins and in went a 351W.
I miss that truck and really want to recreate what I had but with proper motor mounts to balance the weight like you did.
Great conversion MacGyver !! I would like to try something like this someday. I did adapt a ford 351 into a 2 ton that had a 292 engine. I used the original trans and bellhousing with two 1/2 in plates between. Keep up the good work, and Thanks.
Nice work especially the difficult fabrication of the bellhousing. Looks like quite a project.
The Perkins 354 was put in everything in Australia. Trucks ,Headers, Petrol Kero tractors were repowered with them, boats irrigation pumps. In the1960s They were advertised with the slogan " You are going to see a whole lot more of the Perkins 6-354. I have one in 6 ton truck. A great choice for your F350.
You should have found a Perkins bell housing ,, the 6- 354 has been the go to for converting trucks since the 70's
Nice job. Some rubber engine & transmission mounts will definitely help quiet it down, as will some sound insulation in the engine compartment. Consider adding a pre-start auxiliary electric oil pump .
I've done a couple of these conversions over the last 20 years ,, my favorite was my grandfather's 1983 chevy S10 4x4 which i replaced the 2.8 liter V6 with a 4BT cummins engine ,, i also have a 1973 jeep J-30 1 ton truck which i rebuilt from the frame up ,, including a new frame ,, I used a detroit diesel for this one ,,8V-71TA with an eaton fuller 13 speed behind it ,,,I use this truck to pull my 40 foot travel trailer so all the extra power is nice to have
+wildcoyote34 What kind of frame did you use for the J-30?
neurocytohemotoxic I used a chopped and shortened C60 school bus frame
Loved the jeep j-10& 20 trucks.
Como te fue con la adaptación no era un motor muy pesado para el auto otra pregunta como lo enfriavas no alcance a ver la taraba de enfriamiento
We put a perkins four cylinder with a six speed from a wrecked wonder bread truck into a GMC four door truck back in the seventies.
Great project! How did it turn out? Is there a final project video on here? Seems this video was posted many years ago!!
This was quite a few years ago, we drove it for years pulling a trailer, Dad still has the truck
Enough money, beer, BBQ, and time you can make anything work.....
Thats a good conversion using a Perkins diesel parts are very abundant and less headaches with maintenance and wiring. Makes lots of torque especially with a turbo. The 7.3 power choke has many attachments and more headache to achieve the total set up . Great job
How did you guys run an oil filter on this? I'm in the middle of the same swap
you should box the front frame in back to tre trans crossmember
why not get a Ford bell housing for a Perkins diesel Ford put 354 Perkins in 2 ton trucks
This is the most Canadian Ferd ther ever was to sea our snowy roads
the MWM 6cyl in the factory F250 is a monster
Yeah can't find one though
Cool project you have your self a new subscriber
I am so glad to have found this video. I found one of these engines at a scrap yard. It has new gaskets all over, like it's obvious that it's been freshly rebuild. They had it and a core engine sitting waiting to be hauled to the shredder when I seen them. The story was it was pulled out of a boat that was missing the out drive and was in a shop building that was recently purchased. None of the diesel truck mechanics I've shone it to knew what engine it is. My engine is missing the data plate and if I hadn't ran across this video it would still be unknown just what I have. I ask you as kindly as I can would you tell me what model and any information you have or know about these engines? Mine is missing the intake manifold but it looks easy enough to fabricate one. Also can they be turbo ' ed, and if so how much pressure can they handle? This one most likely will re power a 87 4x4 Silverado with a turbo 400 transmission.
+Phil Lowman The engine is a 354ci Perkins, it yours came out of a boat then it would be a marine engine. They can be turbocharged as many were from the factory. They are no power monster rated from 90 to 105hp depending on the setup. If you look up 1850 Oliver tractor they had the 354 along with the 2-85 and 2-105 White tractor. There are some differences between the older ones and new ones.
At this point I doubt if it matters anymore but the engine is likely from a 760 Massey combine.... an earlier one I'd guess as the later ones were painted black.
Hockey Pucks for cab dampeners, must be Canadian :P
Yup lol
i'd sleeve that welded steering shaft for extra re-inforcement,it wouldnt pass roadworthy in western australia
nothing passes in western australia number 1 police and nanny state in australia
@@robertfoster7807 no shit,but i'd prefer to see more than a butt weld on a steering shaft
@@andrewsmart2949 when it comes to many issues espeicaly in the past years it was drama to get vechial modifications or any fire arms maters resolved in western australia compared to the eastern states of australia western australia number 1 police nanny state in australia the main attraction of western australia is its economic strength otherwise people would not bother comming to wa from other states
@@robertfoster7807 yes it is an unusal place,most milionaires per capita and highest harly davidson motorcycle ownership per capita as well LOL,yeah cops have tried to overly control everything,but thats now changed,they no longer have a stranglehold on prostitution ,and since the gypsy jokers allegedly blew up det don hancock and his police informant mate lew lewis things have changed in WA,as has vehicle inspections now being done by private providers
Qwantuz HP? ?
where did you buy the engine and transmission? can you post a video on how you made the motor mounts?
The engine was out of a massy combine and the tranny is an Nv4500 from a chevy pickup and my brother made the bell housing. There is a part two video that I believe shows the motor mounts but we don't have video of the actual fabrication of them.
Where did you get the harmonic balancer?
So simple those old motors
What Perkins diesel is it
6.354
6 cyl
354 cid.
Looks like a very heavy motor
The Ford F-series was available in South Africa with Perkins 6-cyl diesels! Yay us!
That's awesome!
and aus.we also got the mwm 4.2tdi,which the yanks never got even though its brazilian.wierd eh.
ford used to do this kind of things in markets outside USA.
Here in argentina the f100 used Perkins 4-203
the f350 6-305 and the f600 the 6-354
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Are you still running this truck as it is in the videos? Somewhere you mentioned doing one with a turbo as well. I have had many other projects going and havent started on my conversion. A fellow told me he would give me a 5 speed transmission from a 2 ton truck to go behind it. Recently I traded for an older Ford with a 6.9 V8 International diesel in it. how does your non asperated Perkins run compared to the 6.9 or 7.3 non asperated Fords? Also I ran across a Cummins 5.9 intake with turbo and inner cooler. I'm sure the intake will not fit but figured the turbo and inner cooler would be a close match for it. Whoever started the boat swap lost both manifolds, flywheel, bell housing. So every bit of that stuff I must fab together. Would just love to find out what kind of pulling power and acceleration to expected after the job it completed. Are these engines campairible to the Cummins 12 valve 5.9 liter?
I would try to find a 7.3 instead of a perkins being your doing this to a f350
Where is your sense of adventure?
BRAVO ! ! ! !
So It's A F250
140 hp
go find an mwm 4.2tdi.heaps in brazil,,better than 7.3.
To much work for a 2 wheel drive truck
that's kinda illegal you can't swop an older engine into a newer vehicle unless it was actually an option at the time their is a way to legile register it but it's so complicated you have to know a guy to actually get it pushed thru
Well the mistake there would be obeying or living in a state that enforces any kind of emissions or inspection law lol
Who would waste their time putting a Perkins in a Ford truck?A Cummins maybe.
maybe because the perkins is better
Something different, most do just what you said. Nice to see some thinking outside the box just my thoughts.
I believe something got crossed,I have nothing against perkins and have never had one.Personally I'd like to put the ford 7000 turbo charged agriculture engine in a half ton truck.
michael robinso
That would be cool. Do you mean the 7.8L Ford? If so, it should fit, a friend of mine measured it up. I'd like to try that too. My next Ford F350 project I'm contemplating a DT466 twin turbo with the bosh pump and bolted up to an Eaton Fuller with a divorceable NP205 transfer case. The only thing is I would probably have to cut the firewall.
perkins will do better mpg than a cummins