Thanks for the quick reply !.. I have taken note of the salvage place listed in another post here,and will forward their phone # to my brother..I spent yesterday visiting junkyards and scrap yards in my area,hoping to find a Toyota forklift among the scrap heaps--none to be had,but one place is expecting a load of forklifts from a closed warehouse to be coming in soon,some are "japaneese" ,but the guy didn't recall exactly what brand they were--guess I'll have to pray one is a diesel Toyota!..(he did say there were both diesel and gas ones in the auction pile he bought,so I'm hoping!).. The SKD-7 had a 39 HP diesel ,it bolts to the pump like a car engine ,with a bell housing similar to a car..(yeah,not the easiest thing to "adapt" some other engine too,but still "doable"..) I could make a plate that bolts to the bellhousing with pillow block bearings to convert it to a V-belt or chain drive I suppose,if mating another engine directly to the pump like the original was too difficult or impossible ..the original motor uses a clutch disc like a car to join the pump's splined input shaft and flywheel,much like a flex plate on a car with an automatic!--it has no friction surfaces,it simply bolts the two together,and uses the disc's hub springs to dampen any vibrations and allow some "flex" for minor misalignment.. I was hoping some type of Toyota car engine might bolt up to the bell housing,but finding any carbed engines that old is impossible,no boneyards here keep any old cars now.. I have a CCK/MS 2 cyl. Onan ,but have been advised its probably only 20 HP,not the 25 its rated at,and probably would be too underpowered to drive the pump--but I am tempted to somehow hook it up to the pump,even if only temporarily,to see if the pump and other hydraulics work and dont leak,before getting in too deep on adapting another engine into this thing!...of course finding the proper engine would be ideal,but I think that will be difficult,especially for short money.. I also have an aincient Continental Y-69 4 cyl gas motor,but that would also need work to run again,and probably too weak,at only 19.9 hp..looks like it would fit in it good though,very similar in length as the OEM Toyota diesel..not many other "donor" engines available here,I was hoping to find an old "Iron Duke" from a Monza ,that would fit in it ,or maybe a Pinto 4 banger,being an inline engine,but I suppose it would be wise to stick with a diesel if possible.. The parts for the 2J Toyota are very costly--4 pistons go for 350 bucks,liners are 120 each,and two connceting rods were missing,those alone would cost about 400 bucks--and some sheet metal lifter covers, and brackets are missing too,the crank is supposedly cracked,the block and cam and head are about the only "good" parts left!..so we are leaning towards a "swap" to something more common ,and less costly to repair,if we cant get lucky and score the correct motor for it....one website I found online specializes in repowering skid steers with Briggs Vangaurd motors,but I have doubts they would be powerful enough,the biggest one available is 35 hp,and would cost more than my brother paid for the loader,so that's not really an option.. Any other advice anyone can give will be much appreciated,I'd love to hear from anyone with "repowering" experience here if they have adapted a different engine into a skid steer.. I've dealt with small engines mostly,never had the $$$$$$ to buy a skid steer and play,but now might be my chance,as my brother is disgusted with it already,and so discouraged he may just dump it in my shop to fool with,or try to sell it,for what he has into it..(probably not going to be easy in its present condition though).. The Kubota diesels on reefer trucks are a good suggestion,I never thought to look for one,and I bet there are some around here sitting in junk trailer reefer truck bodies!.. Thanks for your help!..any others here willing to share their experience with engine swaps in skid steers would be greatly appreciated!.. Bob