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we put a turbo diesel engine with a tb 400 the factory engines where ruff

finally together Is being a few years that we took the turret of, this weekend we put it back on, next week we start with all the bearings and shim adjustment ...

Runs good with this engine thanks....

IP troubles We being working on the turret for over a year especially the load bearings, however it develop a flat spot on the engine when you would snap the fuel and would idle down and turn off also hard to star, so time to take apart and send to the lab, will also change the nozzles for a...

Yes we drove it lot this weekend around the property it would criuse around 20MPH {no turret} with very little effort and make sharp turns lots of power, finally got reverse fix on the transfer unit some where down the line had jump of the adjuster now will star putting controls in it so one...

Got some wiring done So today got to do some of the engine wiring for the fans and low plugs here are some pictures

Hopping by the early next year

M5A1 is running Well is being about a 1 year 8-9 month since we starter this project , we finally got it running today a lot left to be done but at list it rumbles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaMzgQPFQl4&feature=youtu.be

Great to hear that some one has a few of them lots of spare parts i guess, the VULCAN is in excellent condition i believe is 1959 and it weights 150 lbs...........

lots of work ahead Yes originally i was going to run 2 engines but would need to be center mount turbos or NA it gets tight very quickly Kenny Bill is being a lot of work and still lots left just yesterday we kind of figuere out how to take the turret supports apart to put all bearings and...

Its not no wear near finish but will look for one tomorrow

Will fill all the fluids next week including diesel fuel and get all prime , waiting on the starter bolts to get that in place plus batteries....

more to follow

Getting near to start engine Being working on it for a few months {sundays about 6 hours} got the cooling system done, the furl system including fuel tank and transmission cooling most of the exhaust need a few things and should be running next few weeks

fuel tank finally got one of the fuel tanks out ready to FAB one

Your set up looks good thanks

Thank you for the idea :beer:

i guess we can only go strait o well is better that not running

Hard to belive does engine made that king of power, either way its only getting one engine for now i dont think will be driven much and if so will be slow it will be better than the life its had for last 25 years and i do have 2 4 BTS with allisons but we when this route still a year or so...

11Echo that looks munch better that what we took out[thumbzup][thumbzup]