TJHouston

I have what I believe to be a 1985 inline 6 that I bought from a guy scrapping a truck. He just cut everything,wires, exhaust,tranny lines,you name it. I'm mounting the engine on a trailer to run off a wood gasifier for a cogen setup. My question is, what is the very least I need to hook up to run the engine? Can I pull the vacuum plate manifold out from under the carb and just mount the carb flush and get rid of all the vacuum lines? Can I ditch all the wires except for the starter and brainbox? I'm one of those pre 1972 shade tree mechanics and have rebuilt a few engines in my time, but need help with this "newer" stuff,
Thanks,
TJ

Steve83

The 300 was originally designed for stationary equipment, so you're on the right track. The more stuff you KEEP on it, the better & more reliably it'll run. At a minimum, it needs a radiator & fan, an alternator & water pump, a fuel line, a vacuum advance to the distributor, an ignition module with a START/RUN/OFF switch, a battery/starter relay/starter. If you wire it exactly like an older engine, it'll be fine.

That's not a 'vacuum plate'; it's the EGR valve, which should be left working, but it requires a few vacuum lines & wires that might already be cut out. Without it, the engine MIGHT run hotter, produce smelly exhaust, and wear out a little faster.

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