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Toyota skid steer SDK-7 diesel motor needed ,or repower advice
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<blockquote data-quote="Skid-a-holic" data-source="post: 12009" data-attributes="member: 1392"><p>Thanks for all your help!..I appreciate your replys!..I'll forward the info to my brother.. I made paragraphs when I posted,but it came out as one long sentence for some reason!..sorry about that!..not sure why that happened.??? My brother bought the Toyota to "upgrade" from a much smaller New Holland skid steer,he felt it wasn't powerful enough to do what he wants it for,and it lacks auxillary hydraulics,which the Toyota does have..so,if I put the Onan in it,it'll be about the same HP as the small skid steer,and likely wont be much of an "upgrade"..so he may prefer to go with a stock diesel if he can find one reasonable,or a gas motor with more HP..but I might hook the Ona up to ensure everything else is OK--I think it should be OK,since it doesn't look beaten to death,and shows only a bit more than 1000 hours on the meter!.. Myself,I'd be happy with it if the Onan powered it sufficiently enough for it to be usefull,and with less HP,you would have less chance of breaking anything--but he prefers to have more HP than less if possible.. We though of a VW beetle motor,my brother had a 1960 Beetle he sold last year,and knows where some engines for one are ,fairly cheap!..it would appear a VW Beetle motor would be fairly easy to adapt to the pump,and being air cooled ,no radiator to fool with!..or block to crack in the winter..but I think a VW motor would be too wide to fit in the engine compartment..(bummer!).. Any other's experience with a motor swap here,is greatly appreciated,I'd love to hear of any other ones that have been repowered.. I have made many home brewed tractors with small engines ,golf cart diffs and parts,etc,but this will be my first attempt at a repower-if my brother decides to go that route.. If repowering the Toyota worked out,I know of a Case Uniloader with a blown up diesel that can be had for less than 2K,in decent shape--it has a driveshaft coming from the pump to the motor,looks like it'd be quite simple to make another motor work in that one!..If I had the cash,I'd buy it and fool with it,it would be worth much more once it runs again..I sure could use a skid steer,after seeing what my plow truck did to my lawn this winter!..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Skid-a-holic, post: 12009, member: 1392"] Thanks for all your help!..I appreciate your replys!..I'll forward the info to my brother.. I made paragraphs when I posted,but it came out as one long sentence for some reason!..sorry about that!..not sure why that happened.??? My brother bought the Toyota to "upgrade" from a much smaller New Holland skid steer,he felt it wasn't powerful enough to do what he wants it for,and it lacks auxillary hydraulics,which the Toyota does have..so,if I put the Onan in it,it'll be about the same HP as the small skid steer,and likely wont be much of an "upgrade"..so he may prefer to go with a stock diesel if he can find one reasonable,or a gas motor with more HP..but I might hook the Ona up to ensure everything else is OK--I think it should be OK,since it doesn't look beaten to death,and shows only a bit more than 1000 hours on the meter!.. Myself,I'd be happy with it if the Onan powered it sufficiently enough for it to be usefull,and with less HP,you would have less chance of breaking anything--but he prefers to have more HP than less if possible.. We though of a VW beetle motor,my brother had a 1960 Beetle he sold last year,and knows where some engines for one are ,fairly cheap!..it would appear a VW Beetle motor would be fairly easy to adapt to the pump,and being air cooled ,no radiator to fool with!..or block to crack in the winter..but I think a VW motor would be too wide to fit in the engine compartment..(bummer!).. Any other's experience with a motor swap here,is greatly appreciated,I'd love to hear of any other ones that have been repowered.. I have made many home brewed tractors with small engines ,golf cart diffs and parts,etc,but this will be my first attempt at a repower-if my brother decides to go that route.. If repowering the Toyota worked out,I know of a Case Uniloader with a blown up diesel that can be had for less than 2K,in decent shape--it has a driveshaft coming from the pump to the motor,looks like it'd be quite simple to make another motor work in that one!..If I had the cash,I'd buy it and fool with it,it would be worth much more once it runs again..I sure could use a skid steer,after seeing what my plow truck did to my lawn this winter!.. [/QUOTE]
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