Just joined.....have questions

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H Monster said:
Series number off the block. Again, no VIN that I can find.

Plate off the tranny.......what does 741 ratio mean?

Don't have a picture of the rear end.

(Also, leaving soon for a long day trip, so after this may not be responding till tomorrow).

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Look on the passenger side of the block (the one with the oil filter) and take a picture of the VIN pad below the motor mount just above the oil pan.... That can give us some more useful info...
 
H Monster said:
Here she is in raw form.......she has been sitting under a shade tree for the past 5 years plus (not run for that long). Used to scoop up small square bales of hay. The ultimate weapon for that use. They were only made for a few years before big round bales made them obsolete. This was commercial made and the guy who designed it was a brilliant self taught engineering type who invented and patented a whole bunch of stuff. Engine he chose to put in it in the early 70's was a 318 Chrysler. Has a 4 speed New Process Gear model 540 tranny. Plate says ratio is 741, which I assume is a low speed rear end?

To get her running, replaced a 75 gallon steel gas tank with 19 gallon fuel cell, had carb kit installed, new starter, new starter switch and new ignition wiring. Plan to make a new wiring harness, install all new gauges, new master brake cylinder, new clutch cylinder (had been converted to a high friction cable system). Farm equipment, so does not need tags. Has nearly straight pipe duel exhaust with glass packs.

My "dirt road" rod!!!

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Heres ratios for a 540D model, as signified by the D1L40 at the end of the assembly no. 7.41 ratio is used to identify low gear, as there were different low gears available. 7.41 was the lowest available first gear.
NP 540D (D for Dodge)
5-Speed, Single PTO right side,
6-stud (S.A.E.) capacity: 7 pints

Ratios: 1st 7.41:1
2nd 4.05:1
3rd 2.40:1
4th 1.48:1
5th 1.00:1
Reverse 7.85:1
I imagine the rear axle is a Dana 70 with 5:13:1 or lower gears, being this thing was probably meant to crawl at walking speed while young men on summer jobs (when that kind of thing was encouraged, we need more of that now!) slung hay from the ground level up to people who stacked it as it rolled through the field.
 
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Oh wow. Been looking at online pictures of that monster, I had to do it the hard way... I didn't realize that had a hay bale conveyer on the front and that you drove and armed it and picked up the bales with it. None of that getting to stoop and bend all the time.
 
For those that responded and got no reply......yes, much easier than bucking bales off the ground and up into the barn loft. Crew of 3....driver and 2 stackers can do 1,500 to 2,000 bales per day if they get after it.

BTW, transmission only says 540.....no D. Best guess is the builder of these contraptions bought 318 industrial engines, an NP540 transmission and a low speed rear end from Chrysler.......seems to be highly similar to the drive train components on at least one variation of a Dodge D600 medium duty truck.

 
H Monster said:
Not sure if I'm in the right forum.....if not, point me in the right direction.

I recently bought a piece farm equipment dating back to around 1972, which is powered by a 318 Chrysler. Engine is not original. It is a replacement scrounged up from somewhere.

My reason for coming here was to be able to ask questions about the engine....mainly so I can ID the thing so I can find parts for it, but also to understand it and keep it running in tip top shape. Found you guys when I tried to track down the engine block off the series number.....4104230-318-16. I think the date stamp says 2-15-83. No R, X or anything I can find, and no vin# where it was supposed to be. So NOT a race engine, but what is it? Crate engine? Industrial? Finally got her started yesterday and she purrs pretty nice, whatever she is.

Anyway, if this is an OK place to hang out, I'll start asking questions on the engine forum. Seems like more than one or two well informed guys hanging out there.
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lets see some pics . My dad had a 1941 massey harris with a 6 cyl chrysler engine in it , it was dangerous , no governer !!
 
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