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Continental 4-cylinder Red Seal Engine

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Conrad Vogel

02-12-2002 10:21:39




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My dad's friend recently passed away and he had a 4 cylinder Continental Red Seal engine partially restored, but mostly in pieces.

Is there anywhere I can find information about this engine? I'm not sure where the stamping is on it, so don't even know the model.

My dad is looking for any manuals, etc...

Thanks!

Conrad Vogel
Sandpoint, ID

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Alberta Mike

02-12-2002 14:52:41




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 Re: Continental 4-cylinder Red Seal Engine in reply to Conrad Vogel, 02-12-2002 10:21:39  
Those were very common engines on all sorts of agricultural and industrial applications. Massey used them on tractors like their 101/102 Juniors, their 20,22,30. 81 and 82 models. They also showed up on the Case V, the Oliver 44 (I think), the Cockshutt 20 and 540, and lots of other stuff. Lincoln welders used them in countless numbers and they were also used in street sweepers, forklifts, etc. Basically, there were 3 basic sizes, the 124, 140, and 162 cubic inch versions. All three were identical except for the cylinder bore size. All three were the F400 series of block. Wis-Con (the new name) might be able to help out or try Lincoln welders, they'd still service lots of them. There were some oddball industrial sizes or versions too, very close in size to the above ones, maybe just one or two cubic inches different. There should be a tin plate on the left side of the engine that has one of those displacement numbers showing up. On the right side of the engine the F400 number should show up in the block casting itself.

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Conrad Vogel

02-12-2002 17:01:36




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 Re: Re: Continental 4-cylinder Red Seal Engine in reply to Alberta Mike, 02-12-2002 14:52:41  
Thanks guys for the answers. My dad will get the numbers off of it tomorrow and I'll post them back here.

Conrad Vogel
Sandpoint, ID



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Conrad

02-14-2002 13:35:33




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 Re: Re: Re: Continental 4-cylinder Red Seal Engine in reply to Conrad Vogel, 02-12-2002 17:01:36  
OK, here's what he came up with:

Metal Tag: F162 135348 horizontally (540 vertically)
Head stamped: F762A30
Block stamped: C8Z (all that he could read)

PTO: Rockford model GRA589
Firing order: 1-3-4-2

Well, that's about it. Can they be decifered?



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Don Young

02-15-2002 22:10:55




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Continental 4-cylinder Red Seal Engine in reply to Conrad, 02-14-2002 13:35:33  
You have an F400 series engine of 162 cubic inches displacement. F162 is the model number, 540 is the specification number, and 135348 is the serial number. Do some searches on Ebay for "Continental manual" and you will likely find a manual for it. There are some other series Continental 4 cylinder engines, smaller and larger, and some with overhead valves. The F162 engines were extremely common in forklifts. They were very simple, basic, and reliable. Parts are readily available.

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Conrad

02-16-2002 13:16:41




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Continental 4-cylinder Red Seal Engine in reply to Don Young, 02-15-2002 22:10:55  
Thanks



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Tom

02-12-2002 14:35:48




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 Re: Continental 4-cylinder Red Seal Engine in reply to Conrad Vogel, 02-12-2002 10:21:39  
I don't have the manual here but I do have one, rebuilt such an engine, if it is the same, some 20 years ago for a log splitter/cordwood saw that we still run. If you can't find a manual I could get the manual, it is at my folks, and copy it. e mail me if you want me to do this. First we should make sure it is the same engien. The one I have here is a 4 cylinder of about 20 hp, was used in an aircompressor I think. It is a flathead, with either a distributor on top of the head or a magnito on the right side behind the governor. The oil fill is on the left as I remember right next to the dipstick, and the oil fill is a maybe 1 1/4 " pipe.

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Stan in AL

02-12-2002 10:51:11




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 Re: Continental 4-cylinder Red Seal Engine in reply to Conrad Vogel, 02-12-2002 10:21:39  
Not able to help on the engine, but I enjoyed the pics of the old trucks. My dad was a trucker for all his working life, and the old IH K-models bring back stories of his early years (1930's -1940's)driving straight trucks, before tractor-trailers came into the picture. Thanks and good luck with the trucks.



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