Posted by TRSJEEP on March 31, 2021 at 08:46:49 from (166.182.255.23):
Good Morning fellas,
Old reader, first post here. Quick introduction, Im in the Green Bay area and I've restored a lot of vehicles, mostly jeeps, built a snowcat, motorcycles, equipment repoweres etc. I'm not a newbie with a wrench but I am currently dabbling in the old iron.
I have owned Kubotas for years and I beat the heck out of them. I got tired of hanging heavy loads off the loader so I found an old Erickson forklift to restore.
There is almost no information on the web about these things. There are a few old brochures on ebay for sale but nothing really matches my model. I believe it is either an F-2W, fF-3W or an early prototype.
I found a stamp on the transaxle (Timken Roller Bearing) that says 12-29-54. I want to assume this is a date stamp. The interesting thing is that the engine is a Farmall U-2A and the late literature appears they came with continental y-112 engines. I had originally assumed this was an early model say 48-49 when they may have been fitted with C-113s.
I believe the engine has been out before but someone had done an in-frame top overhaul on it too. (Half arsedly) There are also a lot of little modifications that don't look factory leading me to wonder is this an early model or a late model that has been repowered. The brochure on ebay says the continental had a cam driven hydraulic pump but this one has a vickers V210 out the back (front of the crank) The grill was flame cut to fit the pump and return line. The pump mounting on the frame looks clean though.
I would greatly appreciate any help in dating the engine. I will post the numbers in pictures below. I currently have the head, crank and block at the machine shop. I'm just having the block tanked and the head decked, new valve guides installed, seats ground. The crank went 10 under. I'm installing C-123 barrels and stepped pistons. I hope to be putting the engine back together and in the machine in a week or two and I intend to do a build thread when I'm done. Hopefully someone else out there has rebuilt one of these rare ducks or is planning to and we can share intel.
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