anyone here that knows what year they made these engines? i need a manual for mine in my yale forklift era i think 1960. plus any info on old yale 6000# capacity lift would be welcome, need brake info.
Sans photos I'd guess that you have a L6? If so, likely to be a 230 as they were used well into the 70's in industrial equipment.
Not to hijack the thread, but have a question Gary. Whats the reason the Chrysler L head 6s were used in so many Industrial applications? I know the obvious, there were plenty, they were rugged and they were reliable. Up here they were on all kinds of applications, many Clark forklifts, Massey farm machinery, welders, compressors pumps, boats, Bombardiers, as I live near Lake Winnipeg those were used by commercial ice fisherman. I have read a few articles on why the slant 6 was designed to replace the woefully inefficient flatheads, but does that even make sense.....
just want correct manual in case their was any changes made that don't apply to my engine. hate getting wrong manual because it's like investing in a white elephant!
I had one of these engines, it was an ex Sydney Airport Tug engine, had aplate on the side attesting to its Chrysler Industrial heritage.......the "30" means its a 230 cube, 23" long Plymouth/Dodge based engine.......I was going to install it in a 1941 Plymouth Coupe, basically all car parts fit although the front engine mount plate is different to the car type but is just a matter of swapping it over.........I remember reading somewhere that these were offered new into the 60's/70's by Chrysler for various industrial uses, as for the 6/12 volt question Chrysler went from 6volt positive earth to 12volt negative earth, why the polarity change I cannot say but 12 volt was definitely negative earth...as far as specs etc just get any 50's Plymouth/ Dodge workshop manual covering the flathead 6 and all the specs will be listed and relevant.......heres a couple of pics of the engine and where it was to go.......I had an Edgy Finned head, Offy intake, Oz Holden Stromberg Carbs, Split Exhaust using 2 of the 3 styles of stock exhaust manifolds, 3/4 race Oz Waggott Cam, all internal car parts were obtained and would fit......I ended up selling both the Plymouth and engine so can't say how it went but also had a HEI dissy & Beehive oil filter and a T5 gearbox..........oh well......btw you can see the ID plate below the intake/exhaust on the 2nd pic..........regards, andyd..
The industrial applications would have been subject to the end user's design/needs but it is common in the US for the 12v changeover in/around 1956. As to wide spread use, these L6 just run forever, even when they are worn out. And, in tugs, forklifts and such, they never saw a lot of rpm or extended (long hours) use; a bit different than the marine environment. The /6 is also a good inline engine and they too run a long time, but they also consume a lot more space than the L6. .
I picked up one of these for the wife's 31 Plymouth seden, the motor came out of a airport tug. The best part of the package was the factory adapter pate to mate the motor to a more modern 727 BB trans. It is still in storage as it needs a little work and wife changed her mind and wants a BB383 with a 4 speed instead,,,wife's always changing thier minds,,,,,
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