Inliners International Forums General Discussion Engines Another 292 question? Combine engine!!!

Leave it up to a farm boy to ask a silly question about combine engines. In the mid 60's both Massey Ferguson an John Deere, as well as others, used the Chevy 292 in there combines (harvesters). Is there anything wrong with trying to use one of these engines? They are easy to find here in Nebraska and usually have fairly low hours on them.

Have at it! As far as I know, a 292 is a 292. Nobody did anything extra to them regardless of what they were installed into. The engine only evolved slowly by way of the production eventually switching to Mexico, use of the 1/2" flywheel bolts instead of 7/16" (redesigned crank), new bottom-end sheet metal, and intake/exhaust/carburetor changes.

The only thing that I can think of that may be of interest is whether the pistons are the 7.6:1 "export" units. Most engines were 8:1 compression.

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David
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I'm pretty sure marine application inlines are different. The intake/exhaust is very different from the passenger vehicle applications and the engine mounts from the front. I believe the cams are different too.

Be sure to check these on the combine engines you look at. But all these items can be swapped from a passenger app 292.

-magic mike-

Hey fellas,are the 292 flywheel to crank bolts bigger than those on the 230 and 250?

Well the ones on mine are. My 292 is the later Mexican block and it has the 1/2" bolt holes whereas the 63-66 292s, and all the 230-250 series have the 7/16" bolt holes.

My crank also uses 3 dowel pins as opposed to 1 for the smaller 6.

-magic mike-

They are all the same. The Massey 410 and the Gleaner F2 used the 292. They have the big exhaust manifold. Some of them even have the HEI units on them. The one's that I have seen have been in relative good condition. They were always run at a constant rpm. The Massey 310 had the slant 6 in it. It also had a side draft carb on it. Hope this helps.