Perkins Diesel FJ40

[ne715]

I am currently building a 67 FJ40 with a 4 cylinder Perkins diesel. I finally got to take it for a mini drive (50 ft.) this week. Have made lots of progress on it lately. Hopefully will get the radiator installed this weekend, and can take it for a little longer drive. Have more parts coming this week. If the weather gets warmer we can make better progress.

Anyhow here is some pictures of the build. If ya have any questions I'll try and answer them.

Cruiser Build pictures by ne715 - Photobucket

Enjoy!

Pam

 

[roscoFJ73]

Hi Pam. What model Perkins is it and what was it in before.
It should be very economical on fuel

 

[ne715]

It is a 243 4 cyclinder with a turbo. Originally was from a back up generator at a dude ranch in Arizona.

Pam

 

[roscoFJ73]

It is a 243 4 cyclinder with a turbo. Originally was from a back up generator at a dude ranch in Arizona.

Pam

Cool. I thought dude ranches would be on the grid

 

[lostmarbles]

.... at a dude ranch in Arizona.

Pam

Cool. I thought dude ranches would be on the grid

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Dude ranch?

Grid?

..........

Anyway.....That's a REAL tractor you're building there Pam.

I reckon she'll be a lot of fun.

You'll have to post a video of it pulling out stumps (or cactus plants or whatever else grows around there).

 

[handcannon]

??????



Dude ranch?

Grid?

..........

A little bit of help for you with our terminology.

Dude ranch---A place where the tenderfoot from the city can pretend/learn what cowboy life is all about. Usually where a person pays someone else to provide structured vacation time or as known in other areas, holiday.

Grid---Electrical power from the power company, such as the massive network of high tension wires/towers that interconnect to route power or even re-route around power outages. Going "off grid" is generally thought of as using alternate power sources such as wind, solar, or being so far out that reliable power from a large supplier is not available. This is where backup generators come into use.

 

[Gold Boy]

it's not very often you hear anything bad about Perkins diesels.

 

[lostmarbles]

A little bit of help for you with our terminology.

Dude ranch---A place where the tenderfoot from the city can pretend/learn what cowboy life is all about. Usually where a person pays someone else to provide structured vacation time or as known in other areas, holiday.

Grid---Electrical power from the power company, such as the massive network of high tension wires/towers that interconnect to route power or even re-route around power outages. Going "off grid" is generally thought of as using alternate power sources such as wind, solar, or being so far out that reliable power from a large supplier is not available. This is where backup generators come into use.

Ah thanks for sorting that out.

It was "dude ranch" that threw me.

I sort of expected there to be "gal ranches" too. And I wondered what on earth their purpose would be!

 

[roscoFJ73]

it's not very often you hear anything bad about Perkins diesels.

You do when its a 95 hp Perkins Phasar in an OKA LOL.
Theyve dumped the Phasar and are now using a Cummins with 170? HP
But they are still a reliable old engine,plenty of boats have them.

 

[ne715]

The old 236 that I was gonna use went bad when #2 sleeve fell into the pan. It was a straight sleeve was only held in with tension. The newer ones have a flanged sleeve which help hold them in place. The old one ran great, wouldn't have even known there was a problem except it kept blowing black smoke. It was firing even with the sleeve gone. I would say that is pretty impressive in itself.

Hoping to get the radiator in it this weekend and take it for a test drive.

Pam

 

[jzilla]

The Massey Ferguson on my Grandpa's farm is a 1975 I think, it has a Perkins and runs and starts well, loved driving that thing around!

 

[ne715]

Got the radiator installed, front clip installed, and got to drive it up and down the alley tonight. Still a lot of work to do, but progress is still being made.

Pam

 

[greenhorn311]

it's not very often you hear anything bad about Perkins diesels.

HA HA HA HA HA HA

 

[ne715]

Here is a picture of the engine installed. Working on wiring now. I HATE WIRING!!!!

 

[Gold Boy]

Here is a picture of the engine installed. Working on wiring now. I HATE WIRING!!!!

purdy!

i like the way way it fits in the engine bay, looks right.

congrats!

 

[lostmarbles]

Nice job Pam.

Looks like there's a lot of room between the bonnet/hood and engine (which I didn't expect) too.

 

[Michael Hanson]

Where does the turbo go in? mike

 

[ne715]

In this picture you can see the turbo is right about the starter solenoid. Blue rag sticking out of it. The orange cap is the exhaust.

 

[Michael Hanson]

Neat! It ought to run forever on a tank of fuel. Mike

 

[ne715]

Nice job Pam.

Looks like there's a lot of room between the bonnet/hood and engine (which I didn't expect) too.

purdy!

i like the way way it fits in the engine bay, looks right.

congrats!

I was worried at first do to the height of the engine, but it fit with plenty of room under the hood. Looks like it was meant to be there. I did have to use an electric fan, and make a new fan shroud due to the length of the engine. I did have to trim the inner fenders a bit, but that was to fit the powersteering pump and for the steering shaft, not because of the engine itself.

If weather permitting I will hopefully get the wiring done in the next couple of weeks. They are talking snow here the next few days, and my garage isn't heated.

Pam