Petter PC1 Engine in a Crawley 75 Tractor

[biggurn]

Back to work on the Petter engine from this tractor: I'm looking for a big end rod bearing in STD size. The part number on the old shell is 255604, appears that it also has  a Vandevell logo on it. Does anyone have a means to cross reference this bearing to something readily available? 


I have a .010 under set, though I'd very much prefer not having the crank ground as it is in quite nicely condition. If it helps, that bearing set also has a Vandervell logo with part number A2601


Thanks for any assistance available!



010 bearing part number

[biggurn]

I was rather startled to see a Petter PC1 pop up for sale over to Boise, yesterday, just a couple hours away from me!

I woke up early and ran over to meet the seller before he had to go to work this morning.

This engine is complete and does hit on a little starting fluid, however it needs a valve job.

This one is 1053ish away from my other engine production wise, according to the serial numbers. It has a few changes from my early engine.

I'm hopeful with a valve job, and some parts swapping from my engine, I'll have a running tractor soon!

[broncodriver99]

Nice truck! Love those old Fords. Nice score on the engine as well.

[biggurn]

Nice truck! Love those old Fords. Nice score on the engine as well.

Thanks. I have a pair. This truck is a '70 F100 on a '07 CrownVic Chassis. The other is a '68 F250 Highboy, fully restored.

[biggurn]

I was able to get the "new engine" mounted and running today, only to realize it runs backwards of the other engine. (Palms forehead and maybe swears....).

It runs nicely:

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Now the question is; do I have one forward and three reverse,  swap everything over to the other engine and hope it's good (because I have no idea why it was disassembled), swap the cam shafts?

 I'm at a loss as option one really isn't an option, so its down to the last two... more to follow. 

[biggurn]

With the assistance of my 3rd Minion, we pulled everything off of the new engine (cylinder, head, piston, rod, oil filter housing, fuel injection pump and injector), installed all those parts on the original engine and gave it a quick crank over to have it start and run! (There may have been some encouragement from starting fluid to get it running and wait for the line to prime...)


After a little tinkering with the injection pump and governor, and we had it ready for a test drive!


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We're very happy with how it runs and drives. We still need to work on a throttle cable, clutch brake and get the seat recovered. However, those are all minor things!