Posted by jdemaris on September 26, 2008 at 08:30:47 from (67.142.130.26):
In Reply to: JD industrial engine posted by 37chief on September 25, 2008 at 12:23:02:
You've go to look closely at Deere industrial power-unit engines. Many are not suitable to stick into farm tractors even though they would bolt right in.
Most of the newer power-unit engines have thin blocks since they don't have to support the front-end of a tractor. That's the the problem. Bolt in a thin-block engine into a tractor that uses the engine as part of the frame, and the block will crack in half. Most older Deere tractors rely on the engine block for support. Maybe the new ones too, I haven't looked closely lately.
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