Anyone know where I can get some specs for this? I'm after the tappet clearances.Thanks in advace!
bwg11,
May 21, 3:17am
All I've got is data for the 1964 5.4 litre non-turbo six. Hot valve clearances were Inlet 0.015" and exhaust 0.012". Yes, I double checked, the inlet is larger than the exhaust.
serf407,
May 21, 7:19am
Ask the old school mechanics or truck engine rebuilders http://tractorandtruck.co.nz/ Find the relevant manual or manuals online or reprinted. http://tinyurl.com/n3c87m3 Ask the specialist online webplaces/ vintage truck clubs and forums etc.
m16d,
May 21, 7:32am
Is it one a them 6 speeds where you cant find half of them. ?
poppajn,
May 21, 10:00am
Doe's that affect the tappet setting's as well
ebco,
May 21, 11:10am
Haha.No its in a boat with just two speed.Forward and reverse.
ebco,
May 21, 11:11am
Thanks for that will have a look.
ebco,
May 21, 11:30am
Thanks for that but I think its a 5.945 l, Inter turbo and I believe both the settings are 19 thou but cant find any where to comfirm this yet.
willy911,
May 21, 6:25pm
hi if I recall t6354 eng is 12" thou both inlet and exhaust cold. i had a few. ex mech .
Back in UK I served my apprenticeship on these, and that motor of yours was known as the 360 turbo. Could always tell when one was starting up from cold, as it took a lot of winding over, then one cylinder would kick in and then the rest one by one. When it eventually ran on all 6 it would rev madly, followed by the foreman shouting at the mechanic to take it easy! Apparently the turbo motor had a low static compression ratio, just the thing for a chilly Pom winter.
horsygirl,
May 22, 3:24am
Ideal for boats. on the end of the mooring chain.
robbief,
May 22, 6:54am
Good at doing head gaskets.and getting the turbo of inside the chasse rails.
horsygirl,
May 22, 11:01pm
Marine head gaskets and Caterpillar head bolts really didn't solve the problem. just an old Fordson tractor motor with 2 extra lungs and a butter soft camshaft.
sas777,
May 23, 2:45am
I didn't know the history there horsey, but agree how unreliable they were, always back in the workshop for new this and that. Being a Ford main dealer we could only fit Ford approved parts, when perhaps other bits might have improved these engines. They always ran hot causing no end of problems. But I don't think the D series range of engines were the worst. Surely that award should go to the 'York' diesels fitted to the Transit and A series. 2.4 litre and 3.6 if anyone remembers them. These were absolute crap from day one. Often we had new chassis cabs on the lot that wouldn't go, and needed fuel system rebuilds. Once sold they would just stop and die at low mileages, or a good one would go for maybe 60,000 miles and need a full engine rebuild. And they seemed at the time to be the most complicated engine ever made.
ebco,
May 23, 4:46am
Thanks for the link sas777.!Dont know the history of the D Series but this engine has given 30 years of impeccable service.Never missed a beat.Maybe because its in a boat she only runs about 1200RPM.
sas777,
May 23, 10:02am
There are plenty of D Series still running, I see one every day here in Perth and the odd one throughout towns in WA when going places. I guess most have the original engines in them too. All the rest of the Dover range of engines fitted were pretty reliable, just the turbo and it's cooling issues let them down. I don't know much about marine diesels, but I would think the cooling system is far superior to a truck set up. And the low revs like you said, have kept it going well for so long.
horsygirl,
May 23, 11:53pm
Repowered with a Detroit 6v53 added a lot more class to the D series.
horsygirl,
May 23, 11:55pm
Mount Cook Landlines repowered their 2418's with Cummins 903 motors. then found they weren't the best at stopping.
ebco,
May 24, 1:27am
Yep still plenty of 120D/s and 180D,s running here in boats.Talked to a marine engineer a few weeks back and he reckoned they were one of the best if not the best for marine use back in the dayGood for 20000 hours plus.As you say the low revs and the cooling system help. In saying that I had to reroute the cooling system at first because she ran a tad hot.Been sweet ever since and very economical.
ebco,
Jan 15, 6:00pm
It was always a truck engine or an industrial and trucks were a completely different operation within Fords.So the same moulds were used for the four and so casting codes were possibly the same on truck and tractor, but not for the six cylinder blocks because Fords never made a six cylinder tractor.
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