Deutz F8L413F 230 hp V8 air cooled diesel engine (short version)

You're looking at a 1979 Deutz F8L413F engine, V8 aircooled diesel, naturally aspirated, 770 cubic inches, 750 ft/bs of torque, 230 hp @ 2300 rpm. It comes out of an Atlas Copco air compressor. It has an SAE 1 bellhousing. Still trying to figure what I will do with it, I'm thinking of an early 60's chevy 2-ton pickup. I have an 80's Ford F350 4x4 donor for a solid dana 60 front and 70 rear, and a divorced transfer case.
The 2nd cylinder from the front on the driver side has a knock & smokes a bit. When I loosen the injector line it goes away. I'll have to dig into that before installing it.

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• deutz
• v8
• diesel
• 413
• f8l413f
• air
• cooled

[moreleftpedal]

These engines powered our Army recovery trucks. Bloody brilliant engines that never die and can be fixed with fencing wire and cable ties.. Love 'em!!

[castirondude]

@moreleftpedal It's a farmboy's dream - hook up a fuel line, tap the starter and you're running!

[douro20]

@castirondude

Don't know about that. I would think considering it's an air-cooled engine that the cylinder walls would be too thin to machine properly for a sleeve to be inserted.

[castirondude]

@douro20 yea. I just picked up another motor, it's the twin turbo V12, I need to run the serial# to see the exact model#. This one needs to be rebuilt, I can only turn it half a turn and then it binds, maybe it dropped a valve. I'm planning to take it apart some time next year and see what needs to be done.

Do you know if it's possible to sleeve the cylinders?

[douro20]

@castirondude

I thought they cost more than that. It costs $15K to have one professionally rebuilt!

[douro20]

@castirondude

"noise pollution"...

they overregulate vehicle noise.

[douro20]

The firing order on these is 1-8-7-5-6-2-4-3 and they have a rather unique exhaust sound because of this unusual firing order.

[castirondude]

ehehe silence. Well there are more in china and europe than in the states, and you'll find sea cargo shipping isn't much more expensive than trucking over land. I found shipping from europe is about $600 and china $200-300 for one of these motors. The engines with the B- prefix have the turbochargers. There is also a 513 which has more displacement.

[castirondude]

how about I'll ask $5k and let you talk me down to 4

[bigboi1245]

i mean how much did u pay for that one and what type of junkyards????