Becky Fordsons are not always rebuilt for sentimental reasons. You can buy just about every part to restore them here in Australia and in the UK. The US may be a litle diffrent but engine parts are plentyful and cheap. There is a web site, www,bareco.com.au. This company has a US distributor. I have just rebuilt a Super Major engine using a bareco rebuild kit. For the price of a crankshaft re-grind I got a new crankshaft. My crank was already 40thou over so it was a logical chice. The crankshaft is made by a company called Edbro in Spain. This company built Super Major based tractors into the 1980s and they are good quality. The kit came with: Pistons Rings Sleeves Big Ends Mains Crankshaft Thrust Washers Gaskets. You need to get a price for the engine kit and allow some extra to do the cylinder head and injectors at the same time. Also price second hand alternertives like a Perkins diesel. You need a engine between 220 and 250 CID by the sounds of it. Izuzu did a god 3.9 liter engine but parts can be expensive.
In the long run, if you rebuild that engine PROPERLY you will get your moneys worth out of it. You just need to do some homework. Steven B
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