can i put a 5.9 liter cummins in my gas 706 farmall

I would like to know who makes a convertion kit to transplant 5.9 liter cummins in my 706 farmall

Yes a neighbor put a 5.9 in a 560 just for fun

Cummins Repower: Steve Mallicoat in IA. 1-319-366-7537.

I think leaman tractor in willow street, pa has a plate to mate them up.

The question might be why would you want to? Sounds like building a $300,000 home around an old 12x50 trailer.

you better do sumthin , maybe buy a gas refinery whatever youdo ,, the cummins repower will payfor itself in fuel savings ,,tere are a lot of low hour gasser s out there just sittin ,, the reason is the cost to run them

Might be interesting subframe project just to start. Problem for IHC that vitage is engine is a "strested" part of the framing bolted to the transmission/rear casting and connecting to steering. Olivers with there unstressed engine seem to be a good upgrade basis- the "Tub" is the stressed member connecting rear casting to the front suspension, the engine is bolted int "Tub" and flexible coupleing to the transmission. The allows comparitively easy engine swaps, factory designed this for the original enginne options from varied engine makers. Might be easier to put 5.9 in earlier F20, F30 since they had seperate frames- and some intersting engine swaps done to them like the small block Chevies and short shaft powerglide transmissions replaceing the old big 4 and clutch bellhousings. Interesting idea and some subframes likely out there already. RN.

Why????? If you want a 100 plus horse power tractor then buy one . we run two 706 gassers and we do not feel that they are that hard on gas. We use them as chore tractors and not prime tillage now like we did twenty years ago becasuse we went to bigger tillage tools . But we use them for mowing and raking on hay planting and manure hauling grinding feed in the winter months as they will start no matter the temp. they warm up faster . As for the amount of gas used we do not feel that it is that much . I can mow rake twice and move the bales off the field and travel the 16 mile round trip to the one 28 acre field on one tank of gas . It takes our DODGE CUMMINS a tank of fuel to haul the hay back to the farm . Your pick up will burn MORE gas in a day pulling a trailer down the road in 10 hours then a 706 gasser will working . IF a 706 gasser in tuned up propperly and play the game with the corect gas run the corect oil they run vary well , ya don't play the game wright then you have problems . If you burn 300 gallon of gas a year thru it it will cost you about 40 bucks a year more for the corret gas , one set of plugs and points one valve cover gskt. For what a repower would cost you could buy a tanker load of gas. Have i done any Cummins repowers ?? yes , but not on a I H tractor . I have done a 1855 Oliver and we are in the final stages of a Cummins 8.3 in a oliver 2150 fwd . was it worth the cost ???? not sure yet ,as at the moment with the price of the tractor with a blowen 478 herc. 2000 bucks , cost of 8.3 3250, cost of flywheel a grand , mods to oil pan 25 bucks new fan 200 bucks and misc. around 500 bucks it will be a cheap 200 hp OLD tractor with limited hyd,s. no fancy cab with A/C . will it do what we want probable not . What we should have done was put a new sleeve in the 478 Herc. , done a sherman and williams over haul and put it in a sale and let and Oliver collector give 19-20 grand for it and went and bought a newer bigger tractor and a 2 yard ft.end loader .
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i agree with vet. but, my personal preference for a fun engine swap, is a red diamond 450 or 501 straight 6 gasser. less complicated kit, and you can work the engine lightly n still do more than a turboed 856. mite drink the fuel tho. lol

Seems like I remember reading about someone stuffing a Ford 390 into an Oliver?

I am entertainig thoughts about transplanting a Ford or Chevy in-line 6, complete with bell housing and 4 speed tranny into an M. And doing it without stretching the tractor.

Let the tongue wagging begin!

In the late 70's a neighbor put a 345Ih v8 gas in an
M and kept all the original tin. Looked stock except
for the heads sticking out the sides. rumor was it
mostly bolted in. Did a great job with the paint so
it looked great. Pulled ok too.

Would be a waste of a good 5.9 cummins :wink:

We did a 390 Ford in a 88 Oil All Over way back many moons ago .Made for one great ROAD tractor for pulling gravity wagons from the field down to the scales about two miles one way . Sixth gear and 34-3600 RPM on 18.4x34 rear tires . sort exceeded the allowable speed limit for a SMV sign
as i was informed by the man with the funny hat.

I tend to agree.

Can always pickup several ready made red diesels like a 966 as a healthy and proven performer tractor. When I think of a 5.9 Cummins repower, 1955 and 2155 Ollies come to mind. A 2655 Ollie really could have used one, but timing is everything they say.

Mark

That's the beauty of a B series swap- one of the requirements when Case put the bid out for a new motor for their construction equipment, was that it had to take a certain amount of torque as a stressed part of the frame.

I bet Cummins is STILL glad they took on that project.

The P-pumped trucks from 94-98 are capable of more power, but the VE (rotary)-pumped ones in the 89-93 trucks are more tunable. They won't make the power, but with the KSB, AFC, and fuel pin, they can be tuned for efficiency and easy starting. There is a company making a KSB spacer to allow more dynamic timing (more advance at top end for more power) without giving up the low-end torque of a timing bump.