Slant Six in Jeep?
 

Trying to keep it all in the family, like the OM 617, but with a gas
burner, if for some reason someone wasn't happy with the fine 4 liter
or 258 Jeep engine, has anyone put a Slant Six in a Jeep out there?

Re: Slant Six in Jeep?
 

With Propane? :-) That reminds me the telephone company used to
Dodge propane vans, boy they didn't last long.
I don't think there's enough room unless you moved it over to the
left side and then you would have to use the stronger Dana 20 or 300 to
run the drivetrain down the right side:
http://www.----------.com/temp/slant6.jpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
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Bret Ludwig wrote:
>
> Trying to keep it all in the family, like the OM 617, but with a gas
> burner, if for some reason someone wasn't happy with the fine 4 liter
> or 258 Jeep engine, has anyone put a Slant Six in a Jeep out there?

Re: Slant Six in Jeep?
 

With Propane? :-) That reminds me the telephone company used to
Dodge propane vans, boy they didn't last long.
I don't think there's enough room unless you moved it over to the
left side and then you would have to use the stronger Dana 20 or 300 to
run the drivetrain down the right side:
http://www.----------.com/temp/slant6.jpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Bret Ludwig wrote:
>
> Trying to keep it all in the family, like the OM 617, but with a gas
> burner, if for some reason someone wasn't happy with the fine 4 liter
> or 258 Jeep engine, has anyone put a Slant Six in a Jeep out there?

Re: Slant Six in Jeep?
 

With Propane? :-) That reminds me the telephone company used to
Dodge propane vans, boy they didn't last long.
I don't think there's enough room unless you moved it over to the
left side and then you would have to use the stronger Dana 20 or 300 to
run the drivetrain down the right side:
http://www.----------.com/temp/slant6.jpg
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:--------------------

Bret Ludwig wrote:
>
> Trying to keep it all in the family, like the OM 617, but with a gas
> burner, if for some reason someone wasn't happy with the fine 4 liter
> or 258 Jeep engine, has anyone put a Slant Six in a Jeep out there?

Re: Slant Six in Jeep?
 

ßill L. W. ------ III wrote:
> With Propane? :-) That reminds me the telephone company used to
> Dodge propane vans, boy they didn't last long.
> I don't think there's enough room unless you moved it over to the
> left side and then you would have to use the stronger Dana 20 or 300 to
> run the drivetrain down the right side:
>

Propane wouldn't make any difference as far as the engine installation
went. I had a Slant Six telco truck, but there was no evidence it was
ever a propane burner. Charles Chips, the potato chip people, had
propane Slant Six van-chassis trucks and after having all the heads
redone for the valve seats they went a long, long, long time on
propane. I'm guessing some of them went 500K before falling apart.
Apparently out of a 500 truck fleet they had one lower end failure in
all that time. Cam lobes would start going and they'd change the cam,
lifters, and oil pump but the cranks and rods were in factory specs
after that much mileage. They used propane, Franz asspaper oil filters
(in addition to stock) and specially modified surface gap plugs in some
engines.

Wonder what happened to Charles Chips?

Re: Slant Six in Jeep?
 

ßill L. W. ------ III wrote:
> With Propane? :-) That reminds me the telephone company used to
> Dodge propane vans, boy they didn't last long.
> I don't think there's enough room unless you moved it over to the
> left side and then you would have to use the stronger Dana 20 or 300 to
> run the drivetrain down the right side:
>

Propane wouldn't make any difference as far as the engine installation
went. I had a Slant Six telco truck, but there was no evidence it was
ever a propane burner. Charles Chips, the potato chip people, had
propane Slant Six van-chassis trucks and after having all the heads
redone for the valve seats they went a long, long, long time on
propane. I'm guessing some of them went 500K before falling apart.
Apparently out of a 500 truck fleet they had one lower end failure in
all that time. Cam lobes would start going and they'd change the cam,
lifters, and oil pump but the cranks and rods were in factory specs
after that much mileage. They used propane, Franz asspaper oil filters
(in addition to stock) and specially modified surface gap plugs in some
engines.

Wonder what happened to Charles Chips?

Re: Slant Six in Jeep?
 

ßill L. W. ------ III wrote:
> With Propane? :-) That reminds me the telephone company used to
> Dodge propane vans, boy they didn't last long.
> I don't think there's enough room unless you moved it over to the
> left side and then you would have to use the stronger Dana 20 or 300 to
> run the drivetrain down the right side:
>

Propane wouldn't make any difference as far as the engine installation
went. I had a Slant Six telco truck, but there was no evidence it was
ever a propane burner. Charles Chips, the potato chip people, had
propane Slant Six van-chassis trucks and after having all the heads
redone for the valve seats they went a long, long, long time on
propane. I'm guessing some of them went 500K before falling apart.
Apparently out of a 500 truck fleet they had one lower end failure in
all that time. Cam lobes would start going and they'd change the cam,
lifters, and oil pump but the cranks and rods were in factory specs
after that much mileage. They used propane, Franz asspaper oil filters
(in addition to stock) and specially modified surface gap plugs in some
engines.

Wonder what happened to Charles Chips?

Re: Slant Six in Jeep?
 

Probably went bankrupt after all the burn victim's family suits.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Bret Ludwig wrote:
>
> Propane wouldn't make any difference as far as the engine installation
> went. I had a Slant Six telco truck, but there was no evidence it was
> ever a propane burner. Charles Chips, the potato chip people, had
> propane Slant Six van-chassis trucks and after having all the heads
> redone for the valve seats they went a long, long, long time on
> propane. I'm guessing some of them went 500K before falling apart.
> Apparently out of a 500 truck fleet they had one lower end failure in
> all that time. Cam lobes would start going and they'd change the cam,
> lifters, and oil pump but the cranks and rods were in factory specs
> after that much mileage. They used propane, Franz asspaper oil filters
> (in addition to stock) and specially modified surface gap plugs in some
> engines.
>
> Wonder what happened to Charles Chips?

Re: Slant Six in Jeep?
 

Probably went bankrupt after all the burn victim's family suits.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Bret Ludwig wrote:
>
> Propane wouldn't make any difference as far as the engine installation
> went. I had a Slant Six telco truck, but there was no evidence it was
> ever a propane burner. Charles Chips, the potato chip people, had
> propane Slant Six van-chassis trucks and after having all the heads
> redone for the valve seats they went a long, long, long time on
> propane. I'm guessing some of them went 500K before falling apart.
> Apparently out of a 500 truck fleet they had one lower end failure in
> all that time. Cam lobes would start going and they'd change the cam,
> lifters, and oil pump but the cranks and rods were in factory specs
> after that much mileage. They used propane, Franz asspaper oil filters
> (in addition to stock) and specially modified surface gap plugs in some
> engines.
>
> Wonder what happened to Charles Chips?

Re: Slant Six in Jeep?
 

Probably went bankrupt after all the burn victim's family suits.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Bret Ludwig wrote:
>
> Propane wouldn't make any difference as far as the engine installation
> went. I had a Slant Six telco truck, but there was no evidence it was
> ever a propane burner. Charles Chips, the potato chip people, had
> propane Slant Six van-chassis trucks and after having all the heads
> redone for the valve seats they went a long, long, long time on
> propane. I'm guessing some of them went 500K before falling apart.
> Apparently out of a 500 truck fleet they had one lower end failure in
> all that time. Cam lobes would start going and they'd change the cam,
> lifters, and oil pump but the cranks and rods were in factory specs
> after that much mileage. They used propane, Franz asspaper oil filters
> (in addition to stock) and specially modified surface gap plugs in some
> engines.
>
> Wonder what happened to Charles Chips?