PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum - View Single Post - Perkins 4 cylinder diesel in a full size Ford pickup

cphilip · #3 06-18-2008, 09:58 PM

Ya know that back in the 70's Ford made a small truck with a small Diesel in it. A tractor company conversion one. I forget the tractor motor manufacturer... but I saw one of these a few years back sitting near here. The fellow that owns that thing said the Tractor company was out of business but you could hunt around and find parts. He needed a new ring gear for it. And that was, reportedly, the special part between the Tractor supplied motor and fords stuff, so he was not wanting to pay the moola for the rare item at that time. Wonder if he still has that thing. It might have been a Ranger truck body IIRC.

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Ah.. it was a Perkins! And it also was the Mazda made Courier that it was in.

Ford Courier variants

Diesel variants

The Ford Courier was never available with a diesel engine in the US. However, the 1980 Mazda B2200 was available with a Perkins 4.135 (4 cylinder, 135 cu in) manufactured 2.2 liter diesel engine, producing 66 hp (49 kW) at 2,100 rpm. This same diesel engine was available in the 1983 and 1984 Ford Ranger, however it was replaced by the Mitsubishi 4D55T 2.3 liter Turbo Diesel for the 1985 to 1988 Ford Rangers.

I do know however that the statement never available in the US is slightly in error. They did make it in, grey market or something from Canada I think. This one that I saw was indeed the Ford badged one.