I have a 1986 Yale GDP060 (LCNSBV086)

This machine is in great overall condition except the rare straight 6 Mazda ZB Diesel engine is shot.
It spun a rod bearing and the PO (prev owner) kept running it....so now the crank is worn.025 under size. Parts for this engine are ASStronomically expensive from yale.
And so my $150 investment has been setting for about 5 years....

This summer I picked up a 1970 Yale G83P and have gone thru it, "undoing all the wrong doing that's been done" (I'd like to write a country song with that line in it some day) and the ole slant six in it purrs like a kitten now.

Well, the gears started turning, and I got the idea to replace the mazda diesel in the '86 with a slant 6.
A transmission adapter will have to be machined/fabed to couple the engine/ trans.
The good news is, the hyd pumps run off the trans, so no extra pump mounts will have to be made.
And, I already drug home a super rusty 89 dodge pickup that has a 1980 slant 6 in it....which runs pretty good....probably better with a tune up, but no smoke or lifter noise. $200 for the truck...

Oh, and I checked.....the slant 6 looks like it turns the same direction as the Mazda.....don't need THAT surprise!

Would this F/L have ever of had a slant 6 engine in it?
Any chance of finding an adapter plate already made that would hook the chrysler to the SAE bellhousing on the F/L automatic trans?

This is more of a hobby project for me than an all out requirement to get the machine functional.
I need forklifts for my business (machine shop) a half hour or so a week, not 8 hours a day.

Your thoughts?

dan k