Perkins l4

[woodcutter]

I've got the chance of a perkins l4 think it's probably out of a old combine, would one of these fit into a major or is the bell housing different, are adapter plates available I thought there was a few majors at shows with a perkins engine, and someone said it was an old conversion they used to do cheers any info appreciated

[SkidRoe]

From what I have seen/heard, this was a conversion kit available for the E27N.

I have yet to come across an E1A (or later) with an L4 in it, mind you, it could be possible...

Cheers - SR

[woodcutter]

The one I saw at a show had a perkins in, it didn't look like it had been done lately it had plenty of patina on it but it looked very tidy almost factory fitted , but there are a lot of good engineers out there I guess, so that's what made me think it might of been a conversion back in the day.

[brockwood]

i have seen a perkins add in an old power farming offering conversion kits p6 l4 for several diffrent makes and models i know malcolm moore put them in the mk 1 for industral use because the e1a was weeker than the p6

[Brian]

My old company, Wrights, converted some petrol/kerosene E1A's to L4 back in the early 1950,s. Allan Condies' book on E1A's shows a picture of one that Perkins converted. That was a great old engine.

You would need an adapter plate.

[easy.start]

The Perkins L4 engine was used as we have (friends of mine) two in E27Ns (this seems to be the most common) but also a Fordson Standard that was fitted by the owner I know.
As Brian states, an adaptor plate is required but shouldn't prove too difficult for a reliable engineering firm.