Perkins Silverado 

I got a Perkins 4.236 NT any idea what transmission would bolt up to it?

My uncle bought a four cylinder perkins and six speed transmission from a wrecked wonder bread truck. He put in a mid seventies four door GMC pickup. He was a driller and drove his crew to the rig for years in it. Ran about 60 mph on the highway when you got in high gear with just a little throttle. They called it the green lizard, they had a awful green shade they used back then.

How does it do on fuel mileage? Is it strong enough to tow a heavy trailer?

In case I missed it....what is the mpg?? Excellent project 👏🏼

cool good job..........I did this same swap in a 1985 GMC square body in about 1996.......354 perkins from a 2-105 white tractor( some parts come off a 760 massey combine) had trouble years later w the motor and found a new 6.0l perkins with same mounting( called a Phaser ) still inline 6 but 1998 technology still have it. Let me know if you want more info on it.............Clayton.........Canada

Yep sounds like a Massey alright. Cool truck man

I absolutely love that swap. I really like the idea of an old drivetrain in a newer truck. I want to put a 6.2 or 6.5 diesel in a gmt800. If I was you and wanted to make improvements for your swap, I'd look into some sort of overdrive solution.

Cool, I have a 1964 IH Loadstar 1800 with Perkins 6.354 turbo. 152 hp stock. Full air brakes, hydraulic power steering, and hydraulic clutch. IH 5 speed with low first gear and 2 speed EATON axle. 25,500 gvw. The engine runs great, and the truck drives very well for what it is. Someone took care of it. The more I learn about the Perkins 6.354 engine, the more I like it. I plan to add a divorced transfer case and modern 4x4 military axles; it will be easy to control the tire inflation and air lockers with the existing air system. Remove grain / dump bed, and install a twin boom Holmes 600. Be a good truck to install a fifth wheel on and use to pull antique tractors to shows. Unique truck itself; never seen another one. Loadstar's around here all have gas engines... I hope I can find a source for parts like gaskets in the US. Maybe tractor dealerships can help me. If not, maybe Canada, Australia, or Great Britain can be a source for parts. Hope to find a Perkins badge for the grill.

Thanks for the content, good info brother.

That’s rad dude!! I picked up a 73 dodge that someone swapped a Perkins into, now I’m on mission to get it back on the road, got a couple videos up now on it.

Looks like the manifolds off of a regular 6354.4.... thus why I think you added the turbo. No melted pistons?

awesome!! i f you rig up a crank position sensor using the GM tone ring you'l have RPM too, if you're piggy backing off the GM ECM...

I have 3:73s in my 74 CH5 Jeep with a 4 speed and it was spinning too fast for the Cummins 4BT. I ended up using an older transfer case with the PTO port so I could put a 25% auxiliary overdrive in. Boy did that ever make it so much nicer to drive. The way a diesel runs with 3:73 in direct, it feels like it wants an overdrive to me. Are you thinking of going to a 5 speed at some point in the future? Thanks for sharing your project.

6:20 Just a heads up, it looks like an oil breather or drain back tube has come off of a fitting on your oil pan. Now it’s open to have water, dirt/debris fall into your oil pan without the hose connected to it. Why are you running 2 alternators? At first I thought you might have a giant stereo in the truck. 15:10 I see you have a bunch of warning/dummy lights on the dash/instrument cluster. If you take the dash cluster out “ it’s really easy to do if you lower the tilt steering wheel you can remove the bulbs/circuits that make those lights turn on so you don’t have to look at them all the time.

You said about the turbo, you added it or it had it? Is it a T6 354.4 or a 6354.4 with an added turbo

And you are right about either don’t ever spray a Perkins it will bust pistons but you did a really good job putting it in I’m a believer that what ever it takes to make it work 👍

put 3.23 ring gears in it. that thing is red lining at 70mph

I dig it.

Qwantuz HP? ?

Change your hydro boost to a vacuum brake booster and then use electric power steering it will give you some power back to the truck