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Can anyone give us any information on what breed of engine this is? We are under the assumption that it is a continental engine, but we have no idea what model/family of continental. It is in an F6W Erickson forklift that we recently purchased, and need some ignition parts for it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Only engine I know of with a dist. out the top are continental. Usually is a tag on the side of the block. Not sure what size but the F226 was VERY popular back in the day. Ign. parts are easy since it has a delco dist. IIRC the points and cond. are the same as my two cyl. tractors which are the same as old chevy trucks.
 
Continental made near a dozen 6-cylinder engines that looked like that. Likely a F186 (3" bore), F209 (3 3/16" bore), F226 (3 5/16" bore), or a F244 (3 5/8" bore). All are the same height with a 4 3/8" stroke.
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Do you know if there were any different ignition systems on continental engines? We have a F226 on a bantam backhoe with an auto-lite system on it. Are most all 6 cylinder continentals universal with their ignition systems?
 
The tag on the side of the block says it was remanufactured by Repco. So we have no identification of what the engine actually is. It does have head bolts, not studs, and the distributor comes out between #4 and #5 cylinder.
 
Yes, Both Auto-Lite and Delco systems were used, + there were distributors of different diameters used for a while. There should be a tag on the distributor. There are also F-227 & F 245 engines which replaced the 226 & 244 engines And you may see a Prestolite system on SOME of those.
 
Hello EFF,

Up to 1964 Checkers Taxis used Continental engines. That looks like one they used,

Guido.
 
We scratched around and found F600 on the side of the block. What threw us for a loop was that we found International Harvester bolts on the tappet cover and on the thermostat cover. From what we can tell from the stamp on the distributor is that it is a Prestolite distributor with 63 stamped to it.

Also, does anyone know the intake and exhaust tappet clearances?
 
My e-mail is open. Send me an e-mail and I will send you the valve settings. I need to look if the settings are the same for the early as the late engines.
 
Looks very much like the Continental engine in a restored fire truck I have seen . Except the fire truck has both batt/coil and magneto ignitions for fail safe starting.
 
Those photos about made me vomit.
In a former lifetime, I was a forklift mechanic in a facility that had about 30 forklifts. That Continental engine was used in the three Allis-Chalmer propane forklifts that I had to keep running. New parts were still available for those engines, but the boss wouldn't hardly let me order them, instead it was "used parts" all the way. The best thing I ever did to those lifts was to install a Pertronix electronic ignition in them. I could only justify that purchase because the purchase of a few sets of ignition points was more expensive than the electronic conversion units. The seat was right on top of those engines and we had to use a crab-cap distributor cap on them for clearance. I will admit that the head gasket replacement was about a 30 minute job, tops.
 
www.pittauto.com will get you a downloadable manual with engine description to help you identify yours. The dist N/P will get you the correct points IF you have an auto supply with people who know what points are.

It's likely that a internet search with the Dist N/P no. number will identify it also.

Had similar problem wit an old Clark (late 60s- early 70s) with 4 cyl Continental engine. Helmarparts.com on the web is a source for forklift parts. Don't know if they cover your lift.

JLG
 
I have to admit being embarrassed that I never knew Continental was from Muskegon, I guess that makes more sense seeing them in the Checker cabs, with those being built in Kalamazoo...

I try to learn something new every day, got it in early today!
 
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