Kubota Diesel Swap

Nice work on this. Very clean!
Don't be ashamed to spam this thread with pictures!

 

About 5 years ago I acquired a basically new Kubota motor in a wrecked sweeper. I have always wanted a diesel first gen and thought i could make this work. The motor sat in my shop until last fall when I began cleaning up and decided it was go time. I looked and looked and finally found a very clean 4 door on marketplace a few hours away. I bought a transmission core on Ebay and went to work getting measurements and adapters going. After finally getting that done I pulled the stock motor and started this project. A few weeks later it was in and running. It took a few months to sort out all the details to look and function like factory on the inside. I have driven it for several thousand miles now with zero issues. Not all that practical but really rewarding now that it is done.

 

...and I thought mine sounded like a tractor. Welcome to the exclusive club of Tacoma owners who never have to buy spark plugs!

 

That’s the question I get. “Did you put a tractor motor in that?”

 

Love it! Plenty of torque I'm sure.

Not sure how much highway you drive, but mine has 3.56 gears from a Hilux Surf and it still turns 33s just fine. Keeps the engine revs down a bit while cruising with traffic.