Conversion Kit for Ford 4 x 4s
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EFORE it is possible to ute a Perkins P6 oil engine in a Canadian-built Ford 4 x 4 vehicle, it is necessary employ a crank chamber and sump unit that will afford ximum clearance under full movement of the front 'erential casing. Clearanbe must also be provided for forward drive shaft lac base of the engine has to be redesigned and this been successfully achieved by Messrs. Charles H. Allen, adon Road, Romford, Essex. In the prototype unit, ich was fabricated from sheet metal, the sump well, which ries the filter, was located at the rear.
'his led to the oil feed pipe being modified so that it Id pick up from the sump well. It was therefore taken k and held rigidly to the main-bearing caps by brackets setscrews.
'he original capacity of the well-21 pints-was mained, but the oil dip-stick was re-calibrated and the inal sump baffle modified Before it was possible to he modified engine the cross-member, as supplied with Perkins P6 kit for Ford vehicles, had to be altered itly, as did the radiator and cowl mounting.
converted vehicle fitted with a tipping body was subto rigid tests with satisfactory results. Patterns were made for the crank chamber and sump well and ngs were obtained in light alloy, le main machining was concerned with the mating surfaces and this work was put out. Up to date, 47 Canadian-built Fords have been converted and all of them are operated with tipping bodies by public-works contractors. The company are in a position to carry out further conversions.