I already had a thread on the yanmar but I thought it would be best to start a new 1.
I killed the yanmar in the pursute of more hp. Way too much propane.

I started the kubota swap back in April or may. I have a 2005 kubota v2203 with under 1000 hrs. The truck is a 1999 ranger ext cab 4x4 5 speed. It was originally a 3.0 ffv v6. I bought it at auction with a bad motor. I will add pics of the swap this week
Plain old dirty complete carrier engine with pancake oilpan

New bobcat oilpan

Flywheel cover on the lathe to be turned down

Kubota flywheel after being turned down

Flywheel cover after being turned down

Same

Oilpan after a round of hammer engineering

Kubota bolted to the ranger trans

Engine with mounts and trans going into truck


---AutoMerged DoublePost---

Home made turbo flange from kubota manifold to kkk ko3 vw turbo

Turbo mounted with clearance to remove valve cover with turbo in place. The turbo is a kkk k03 from a 1999 vw passat 1.8t gas 4cyl

Fuel lines and factory carrier style oil filter its a common fram filter with huge capacity.

Turbo drain fit perfectly in between cyl 1 and 2.

Current drivable condition so far 200 miles on it I will tidy up the wiring and vacuum lines as I go

 

 

Sweet! Great job... I wish I had the time, patience and skills. You aren't interested in starting a production line and making more conversions are you?

 

Sweet. Nice and simple. So no power steering or AC? That is how I did my Mercedes Cherokee. But I really missed not having AC in the Texas summer. I am trying to put AC on my Kubota now.
Have you put the ranger on the scales? How is it doing for MPG?

 

Thanks, I do intend to put power steering on it, just haven't gotten around to it yet, just arm strong steering for now. My truck never came with a/c that's why there is no a/c on it; it doesn't really get hot enough here to make it a worthy investment. As far as mileage goes, first fill up (not a sustained run) I got 203.9 miles (after adjusting 8% for the bigger tires ) it took 4.56 gallons which = 44.7 mpg. I currently live in Darrington Wa and commute almost daily to Lynnwood Wa (50miles one way) 25 miles of which are windy country roads with a speed limit of 50-5 5mph and the rest are freeway miles with a speed limit of 65mph ( although I do hit traffic for the last ten miles of the 50).

 

Nice! Glad to see it back on the road, can't wait to see it.

 

that is pretty awesome MPG. I have not decided yet which vehicle will get the Kubota, that is why I was interested in your trucks weight. Also what rear end ratio are you running?
It looks like I have the same Isuzu alternator as yours. I got mine off ebay. I have a question. What is the straight banjo fitting in the almost center of the back of the vacuum section for?? Mine has 2 copper crush washers, and the hollow bolt. From your pics it looks like you have the same fitting, but it is not connected to anything.
Do you have a part # for your oil pan? Are you happy with the size of your turbo?
You wouldn't happen to have any other pics of your trans adapter, combo I saw some of FTE's I have an idea of what I want to do with it, but it never hurts to see how others have done something

thanks

 

I can't remember the weight but I believe it was 4100 to 4200 when I went across the scales with the yanmar. The gears are 3.73 and I have a bigger tire than stock. A 31.2 if I remember right. The alternator/ vacuum pump is isuzu and I did get it from ebay. The center banjo bolt is a oil feed for the vac pump. I can tell u how to wire it when ur ready. It's very simple. I got a few oil pans from Lenard's diesel in California. They are cheap and he ships right away Sam is a great guy to deal with and is very interested in these swaps. The turbo is great. It was just a cheap kkk k03 from a 1999 vw passat 1.8lt gas engine it builds boost very similar to fte's and the egts stay in check. It will hit 21 psi relatively easy. I still need a slightly stiffer governor spring I'm limited to only 2500 rpm right now. My trans adaptor is almost identical to fte's I don't have all that many pics of it.

 

Looks great, that mileage is fantastic! Which turbo is it? KKK K03 005, 029, 073? I'm still not satisfied with my turbo, though I'm not sure my IDI will build as much boost at the DI engines.

 

Thanks. The turbo is a kkk k03-005 from a 1998 or 99 passat. Works great 21 psi under light load 4-5 just crusing at 65 it will jump right to 16 without downshifting I've seen 18 overtaking and egt can't be forced above 1200 usually stalls at 1000 and creeps to 1075. I have developed a drive pressure leak I need to fix. I believe you have the same intercooler as I do? From a Volvo s80 twin turbo