Keith Browning Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 A DTS website fan emailed me a question about a trivia question he could not find the answer to. I thought it was an interesting question and thought somebody here might know the answer. I believe he wants to know what engine was popularly used to repower ford light duty trucks before the 6.9L was introduced. Here is the question: I have a trivia question that i cant seem to find the answer to... before the 6.9 was introduced what diesel was used to repower/retrofit the gas f series? it was apparently a common swap in those days. its not a Cummins or and international harvester engine. not a Hercules or continental. or a Perkins or a Mitsubishi or a Volvo. only other clues i was given was that it was a time where there was only f150-f350. and i was also told it could be considered an international engine. (this is why i asked Perkins...because some of the scouts had Perkins diesels...) thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exmod110 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Detroit maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Amacker Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 I thought IH was using Nissan diesels in their Scouts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exmod110 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 nissan sd33 was used in the scout for a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 The Duetz diesel was used in many repowers. Used to be an outfit in Calgary did the swap. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDk4RpxVDW8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordracer Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Interesting video. What did they do for a heater? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Interesting video. What did they do for a heater? IIRC they had cylinder shrouds like the old VW air cooled engines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amailloux Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 They also number their cylinders rear to front which is a little odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 The Deutz diesel is interesting. I am finding a lot of things about small Detroit Diesel engines too... not. Just in Fords but Chevys and Dodges as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted January 21, 2014 Author Share Posted January 21, 2014 Well I wrote the guy back with your ideas and some things I discovered Google-ing about... I will relay any response I get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy57 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 I have seen several of that series re-powered with the 4BT cummins 4 cylinder. Those engines were used by loads of bread and potato chip fleets to repower their Ford and Chevy framed aluminum parcel vans (those companies are notorious skinflints that run those units till the metal crumbles). Someoen was producing bell housing adapters and such. The winner I worked on was a 34 foot holiday rambler with a Chevy chassis (worked at Chevy dealer 77-79, 81-83) repowered from big block to an Isuzu non -turbo 6 cylinder. It was backed by the original TH400. Stepping on the go pedal was more akin to throwing kibble to squirrels running on a treadmill. Due to the TH400 steep reverse ratio the thing wouldn't back up a slight grade. Never built enough power to reach stall speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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