Thermo King 4cyl Diesel?

[Sled Puller]

I found 4 of them, $750 apiece, all he knows is they turn over. He bought old reefer trucks for storage and took the engines off. I have no idea who makes the engine, it has Thermo King written all over it. No turbos, looks like Bosch fuel system. I assume a zillion hours, and possibly poor maintenance.



Clueless on cubes, much smaller that a 4BT. Might make a nice generator, or a lawntractor repower. Maybe bolt two end to end, straight 8 your Jeep Cherokee!



Seriously, does anyone know anything about these little engines?

 

[tgbol]

Depending upon the application model the are either Izusu or Yanmar engines. Pretty reliable engines. They are not really taxed in their application.

 

[The patriot]

$750 sounds a bit steep for all the info you got about them sleddy... ...

:-laf

Eric

 

[DieselTweaker]

sounds like alot of fun just waiting to happen

 

[Dieselnut59]

I have an engine from an old reefer (I believe it was also a Thermo King) that is a Mercedes diesel. It has a Bosch pump. The later ones I have seen are Isuzu. Carrier units use Kubota. The manufacturing plant is near where I live and I service the forklifts for the place that warehouses their parts. Kubota engines EVERYWHERE. Smallest are natural aspirated 2 poppers and biggest are turbo 4-cylinders. Reefer engines live a hard life. The newer ones start and stop a lot and the older ones were almost never stopped. I would want to crank it if I were buying it. I got mine free, but it is "stuck".