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Dead Continental F163 "Flathead 4" engine

Hi can someone help with the best engine to replace the one i have with?
the timing seems to keep skipping , plus almost no comp in 2nd cylinder.
Anyone know of an easy conversion?

Or is my only option reco existing engine

Any help is appreciated
  • Posted 24 Mar 2010 18:12
  • By plumber
  • joined 24 Mar'10 - 3 messages
  • New South Wales, Australia
plumber
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Should be a F-163 Continental.
  • Posted 6 Apr 2018 22:27
  • By BREWSKI
  • joined 10 Jan'12 - 1,699 messages
  • Nebraska, United States
Can you tell me the engine in the Hyster S40C. I have a faulty distributor and looking to replace it (Delco-Remy 6 L16)
  • Posted 6 Apr 2018 14:10
  • By WhiskyWill
  • joined 6 Apr'18 - 1 message
  • Tasmania, Australia
Will
i agree with mark l, plumber you'll find with these old girls its generally a head gasket thats gone, been a few years since ive seen one but 9 times out of ten they blow the head gasket between the cylinders.
  • Posted 4 Apr 2010 23:02
  • By Barney
  • joined 21 Jul'09 - 20 messages
  • South Australia, Australia
Plumber, Is it smoking at all? Those little continental engines are pretty resiluant and relatively inexpensive to repalce. Before you go to the expense of a engine make sure you dont have a head gasket problem. Is compression down on just the one cylinder? Those little engines love to blow head gaskets between the cylinders and between the distributor hole which separates the 2 and 3 cylinders.
  • Posted 2 Apr 2010 07:55
  • By mark_l
  • joined 12 Mar'10 - 19 messages
  • Georgia, United States

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