smokin binder
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Wondering if there's any good places to find used tractor engines. Looking at getting a Ford 7610 engine (238T) for a future build.
finding a 238T engine
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superdutyfarmer
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Have a good one sitting in a leaf loader. Bought 2 of them just for the engines. A low hour one is hard to come by and a reman is like 6k. They all crack in the cylinder walls and need to be sleeved so they are hard to come by. Also have 2 with cracked blocks lol. We have a bunch of tractors that use them and keep spare parts just in case.
superdutyfarmer
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Keep an eye out for municipal auctions, leaf loaders and choppers had them as well as some other gen sets and industrial equipment. Are you looking to put it in a tractor?
smokin binder
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I was kinda thinking of slipping one in my pickup....until you mention cracked blocks. Thinking of the kid version of the 6.6 in the trucks. Use the front cover(pump adapter) & gears from a 6.6 truck....a 12mm P3000 pump=peppy little clatter box under the hood. They arent as hearty as the 401? Are the cracks from metal fatigue at mounting points, or design flaw?
Destroked 450
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I'm a little lost on the 238T and can't say I've ever heard of one, didn't a 7610 have 268T engine.
smokin binder
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You're right, it's a 268T I was looking for. Most tractor bone yards want to charge a mint for a good used one.
Destroked 450
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Reread the thread, wasn't aware 268 had block cracking problems, find one with a bad block cheap and transfer everything into a 256 block, they have the same bore, 268 has a longer stroke.
