You can with a torch and a welder and a lathe and milling machine with a good machinist make anything work.You might even find something that will bolt right up.
There is a reason that they dont put car engines in backhoes though.They arent designed for that type of work.The tractor engine is made for torque where a car engine is made to pull as easy as it can.Tractor engines will have a forged crank,car engines will have a cast crank.Tractor engines will have a governor like somebody else said.Rods and crank and everything in a tractor engine will be heavier,and for the same size motor a tractor engine will hold more water so it can work in extreme conditions and not overheat.I have heard that when you put a car engine in a grain truck they overheat easy.Then there are 4 bolt main blocks compared to 2 bolt main blocks and better crankshafts with bigger journals and better rods and tougher pistons in a truck motor the same size like a 350 Chevy car engine compared to a truck engine.
If you are talking about replacing a 4 cylinder Diesel engine with a 6 cylinder diesel engine its probably going to burn more fuel,might put out enough more power to break something.You might have to try and find a bigger radiator for the 6 and it probably will rev higher and not have as much torque as you need.You might study long and hard at the specs and come up with something that will work,but it would most likely be the best to fix your diesel.It will be worth more when you fix your diesel than when you have a oddball engine setting in there thats doubtful if it will hold up.
Also you could look for a salvage yard that has a pump maybe.Also a lot of times people that claim an injector pump needs rebuilt are wrong.Bad old fuel can make a diesel run terrible and maybe not even run.Best thing to do on a diesel is see if there is a drain on the fuel tank and drain the old fuel out if its been siting a long time.Sometimes when you do that straight water will come out at first.
Before I condemned the engine I have,I would make sure what was wrong and what it would cost to fix it the cheapest way rather than buying a cheap junk yard engine.It could end up costing a lot to fix a junk yard engine nowdays if its got a cracked head or something like that.A cheap junkyard engine is usually one that was in a hard crash and something else is broke.I bought a engine like that one time and had to replace the block on a 390 Ford engine in my pickup because the back of the block was broke where the oil seal went in and oil started pouring out after I ran it a couple of weeks.You have too look it over good,hear it run,and even then you can get fooled.
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