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Re: MF35 tractor with Chevy 6.2 diesel and Olds D
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Posted by Bob on November 02, 2006 at 08:17:23 from (69.178.229.154):
In Reply to: MF35 tractor with Chevy 6.2 diesel and Olds D hist posted by jdemaris on November 02, 2006 at 07:58:47:
The photos are COOL, however, the story has "facts" that are unbelievable: "As a winter project, {{{{WINTER PROJECT at GM engineering???}}}} the engineers at Oldsmobile took the 350 gasser block, cast it
from high nickel iron, stroked the crank,{{{{WRONG... ALL Second Generation Olds 350's, including the diesel, had the SAME 3.385" stroke.}}}} cut reliefs in the pistons, reworked the heads with a Ricardo Comet prechamber and installed Detroit pencil injectors {{{{The production pencil injectors were Roosa Master/Stanadyne, as almost certainly the prototypes were. I REALLY doubt DDA had anything that small!}}}} Found a Roosa Master 8 cylinder
pump from the local tractor dealer {{{{I don't believe there would have been a SINGLE ag application for an 8-cylinder Standyne/Roosa Master pump in that era, or probably EVER. Certainly, the pump was a custom job from Stanadyne.}}}} and machined an adapter plate to mount the pump
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