back to square one,,,sorta,,,,

 Well,,I had commented on wantin to help a friend out with his forklift but couldn't find the dang thread,,,so,,,here I go again.

 A good friend has an older  Hyster Model RT100 forklift that he was using to move some old cars and trks around on his yard and the engine finally crapped out. I had done a southern engineerin job on the carburator as it was messing up and we could not locate a kit for it so I made an "adapter" from the Hyster manifold to a Carter I had laying around and it worked great till the engine crapped a couple of weeks ago. The engine in forklift is a 6 cylinder gas Silver Diamond Model GRD214.

 Then he bought what they told him was an Industrial Ford 6 cylinder that would bolt up to the Hyster bellhousing,,SOO I tool that engine home and was gonna get it tuned up and running for him to stick in the forklift. Flash forward,,the engine is out of a dang Ford Pinto or some such and it was locked up and after 2 weeks of the Acetone/Atf,treatment ,it finally broke loose but it has ZERO compression,,,rings prolly stuck really good and since it is NOT an industrial ,,it will not even bolt up to the hyster bellhousing. I convinced him to either overhaul the Hyster engine or find a used replacement somewhere.

 Does anybody here know if any other engines will interchange since the Hyster's are almost non-existing,,,? Prolly parts for his are gonna be even harder to find as well,,,,,,

  JEEEEZE,,JC,,,you mad at me or something,,,,,?

shameless dude wrote: i have a good 549 IH V-8 engine i'd sell to put in that!

  OK,,MY GOOD BUDDY,,,,,,you gots my attention now,,,,!!! Is the engine installed now or out of the vehicle? Tell me more, Shameless,,,tell me more,,,,,

  I did find an exact replacement  In Line 6 Cylinder that was on Propane and says in great running condition. It was taken out of a Hyster forklift too,,!!

 Only'ist thing,,the dang engine is in Scranton, Pa,,,,,,,

 SAY,,,I have NOT heard anyone talkin bout any moving of tractors, engines in a long time,,,anybody still doing The Allis Express,,,,??

 Hey JIM.ME,,,,many Thanks for that link, Guy. I didn't see this particular L6 listed as it has "Silver Diamond" cast on the left side of block and the Hyster info tag calls the engine out as a GRD-214 with 214.6 CID,,Bore=3.312, Stroke=4.125, and HP= 82.4.

 I would expect that most if not all of IH's older L6 engines would share the same bellhousing bolt pattern,,don't you think so,,and maybe even their earlier V8s?

 Again, Thanks Jim.

 Hey Darrel,,It good to hear from you too, Buddy,,,!! The wife has been making noises lately that she wants to go see her Momma as she is well along in her years. I kinda dread that LOOOOONG trip for so many reasons mainly for the accomodations like motel rooms with handicap accomodations along the way and even when we get there,,,so we may finally meet up one of these days,,,,,,,,UMMmmm,,,BEFORE the first snow flies,,,,YIKES,,,,!!!!

 Yeah,,Shameless,,I seen that one but,,,I was kinda hopin to run across one a little closer,,like maybe just down the street,,,,,

 I have not heard any discussion on anybody moving anything with " THE ALLIS EXPRESS" in the longest,,,,did that very good thing just go away,,??

 Well,,thas a great idea,,,I best go move that dang Ford Ranger and the Ford Explorer over to the neighbor's down the street,,,,can't have him thinkin I gots anything to do with them dang ferds,,,,,,,,,