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Farmall 706 gas or diesel

Fix the gasser, or sell it as is and buy the tractor you want. I could occasionally use a tractor as big as a 706, but I would not be able to use it hard enough to keep a diesel in top running condition. A gasser would fill the bill quite nicely.
 
I may be wrong but I believe the 282D will fit just fine. It's the 310 German that is longer.

It comes down to how you use it. A 263 gas is a good engine and will make more power and start reliably over the 282 diesel. Down side is the gas consumption under heavy load. The 282 is very fuel efficient by comparison. The 310 is the best way to go, but then you need longer frame rails, longer sheet metal and everything else.

Casey in SD
 
Big Bob, Fix the Gasser, You know this engine, what has been done to it, the Gasser will over haul for the price of a kit. Unless you just tried to Wring the Guts out of it. and you need a new Crank, Cam, and the whole 9 yards. The Gasser is still better chore tractor, than the Dsl! Light loader work, Chore shredding, feeding cattle, Etc, etc,.
I have a 1966, 656 LP, it is the 263 gas motor just set up for LP, simple engine to work on, not a lot to go wrong. IMO just about Bullet Proof if treated decent!
If you decide not to rebuild yours,... buying a used running engine and freshening it up before you transplant it in your 706 is my second best option!
Hope this helps.
Later,
John A.
 
As everyone says,"Fix the gasser!".When you start 'converting' you just open a BIG can of worms.....
 
I used to work in a 'diesel shop'.We did several 'convertions'/swaps. NOTHING worked as was planned,and cost LOTS of dollars.In EVERY case,it would beencheaper/easier to just fix what they had....
 
Even if the overall length of the tractor was the same between the gasser and D282, the frame rails are different from one to the other.

The gasser has a thin rear engine plate. The D282 is thicker IIRC. To keep the length of the tractor the same, the frame rails are slightly shorter on the diesel version.

We did a diesel conversion once. The only way it makes financial sense is if you get the engine CHEAP, and find a mechanic who will trade the work for the challenge of it, and the leftover parts.

Otherwise fixing the gas engine makes a whole lot more sense.
 

Not to mention how diesels start in the cold weather, depending on your location. My farmer buddy swapped all his gas tractors out for diesels. It was a stupid idea because he only works 1 or 2 of them the rest just pull wagons and trailers. Total waste.
 

The parts book shows the same number for the rear plate for both the gasoline engines and the D282. It also shows four different frames so there is a difference in the frames between there between the gas engines and the D282.
 
Hard to say, might be as simple as a distributor cap,please don't give up on the girl just yet. I've been there where I was ready to send my 1965 706 gasser down the road and it turned out to be a simple hydraulic filter. Please give us more info, might start a new thread. Maybe the long timers can get you fixed up cheap and you won't have much cash in the fix!
 
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