Posted by martin on April 03, 2000 at 17:37:39:
In Reply to: Re: dodge flathead posted by Richard M. on March 30, 2000 at 18:17:50:
What you have is indeed a Continental industrial engine. Leave it alone. It will not fit in a Power Wagon. They were used in welders and forklifts but havent been manufactured for about 15 years. The supply of good cores is almost none existent.
I have a 1967 WM 300. The engine was seized when I bought it. Two spun bearings. I found a 1942 military series Hobart Welder with a 251 Chrysler industrial engine that had been sitting in the back of a military surplus truck since 1946. The engine bolted right in. It will get honed and rings and bearings.
REX concrete mixers from the 50s and 60s used a 230 chrysler industrial engine. So did some Wayne street sweepers and some Yale forklifts. Parts are still available from Yale dealers but are VERY expensive. Good luck.