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I'm very much a newbie to the restoration thing so please excuse me if my question reflects my ignorance. I've always loved the Early 1950s F100 and I always thought I would treat myself one when I retired. Given that retirement is still 8 or so years off I thought I could justify building one now with a view to the truck being a daily driver to work. I travel 200 kilometres round trip to work and petrol in Australia ( like most places ) is expensive. Is it feasible to put a diesel in a F100 and if so what would you guys suggest. My brother has a Nissan truck with a turbo diesel which I have borrowed at times and I was amazed at how economical they are. I realise the purist's amongst the forum could be cringing reading this and I apologise. Any thoughts positive or negative would be appreciated, thanks in advance
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There are a few guys on the forum that have put in or are in the process of putting in a diesel engine into these trucks. Hopefully they will chime in. 4bt cummins engine comes to mind. There is somebody putting in a Mercedes diesel as well.
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Welcome to the forum. There is a member here, mechmagcn, who has a Mercedes diesel in an F100 and has logged many many miles with it. Search on his user name. His trip to Alaska in his F100 is very interesting. I don't remember if he ever made a build thread or not.
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Welcome to the forum Ghostgum!
I have a '50 F6 that I am putting together, and I just got a line on a UD turbodiesel engine that I am going to look at next weekend to see if it will work in my truck. It is a TD42 out of a '93. These motors are readily available in your part of the world so I would think that if it can fit in the frame rails and sturdy enough mounts fabbed up for it then it would be an excellent powerplant (that is what I will be looking at this weekend), provided you use the transmission that it came with (the same model transmission, that is).
I have a '50 F6 that I am putting together, and I just got a line on a UD turbodiesel engine that I am going to look at next weekend to see if it will work in my truck. It is a TD42 out of a '93. These motors are readily available in your part of the world so I would think that if it can fit in the frame rails and sturdy enough mounts fabbed up for it then it would be an excellent powerplant (that is what I will be looking at this weekend), provided you use the transmission that it came with (the same model transmission, that is).
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Welcome to the forum Ghostgum!
I have a '50 F6 that I am putting together, and I just got a line on a UD turbodiesel engine that I am going to look at next weekend to see if it will work in my truck. It is a TD42 out of a '93. These motors are readily available in your part of the world so I would think that if it can fit in the frame rails and sturdy enough mounts fabbed up for it then it would be an excellent powerplant (that is what I will be looking at this weekend), provided you use the transmission that it came with (the same model transmission, that is).
I have a '50 F6 that I am putting together, and I just got a line on a UD turbodiesel engine that I am going to look at next weekend to see if it will work in my truck. It is a TD42 out of a '93. These motors are readily available in your part of the world so I would think that if it can fit in the frame rails and sturdy enough mounts fabbed up for it then it would be an excellent powerplant (that is what I will be looking at this weekend), provided you use the transmission that it came with (the same model transmission, that is).
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There is a wealth of info on 4btswap.com . Both a 4 and a 6bt will fit in the 48-52 F1 trucks. Did you know Cummins built a 6at? It is a bolt in swap for a Chevy 6 cylinder. The Mercedes 5 cylinder will also fit. I am going to swap one in my 52 F1.
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I put the cummins 6at in my '59 f350. It worked out fine. Youtube '59 f350 with cummins 6at'. But.... I also have a scout with a factory installed 6 cyl Nissan SD33t and a rusty Canadian market Toyota BJ60 with a NA 3B 4 cyl in it. I would think with the availability of those two engines in your neck of the woods, either one would be a winner. Cummins stocks lots of parts for the 6at still as it was used in lots of gensets before the automotive version came out in the late 80's. The 6at, should you go that route is 220 cu in and 120 hp inline six.
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