Mercraft Engines

[Mark M]

Hi
I am hoping someone out there may me able to help me, I have a Birchwood 33 with Ford Deisel 240 series 4 cylinder 80HP engines which have been marinised by Mercraft.
I am having duifficulty in trying to obtain manuals for the engine, Broom installed the Mercraft Ford Deisels in their boats as well but they may be the 6 cylinder 105hp enigines.
Would anyone know of a agent/shop where I could buy a manual or website where I could download a one.

Any help would be appreciated

Cheers Mark

 

[byron]

I am the last person that should be answering this as I am an absolute Klutz around engines. I was past the age of 40 before I found out that Diesels don't use spark plugs.

However. . . I believe that engine may be based on the one they used in Transit Vans. If this be the case then this site sells handbooks http://www.shopadilly.co.uk/Products/ford handbooks?tid=5336493029

This of course will not cover the marinisation of that engine.

 

[Bilgediver]

Hi
I am hoping someone out there may me able to help me, I have a Birchwood 33 with Ford Deisel 240 series 4 cylinder 80HP engines which have been marinised by Mercraft.
I am having duifficulty in trying to obtain manuals for the engine, Broom installed the Mercraft Ford Deisels in their boats as well but they may be the 6 cylinder 105hp enigines.
Would anyone know of a agent/shop where I could buy a manual or website where I could download a one.

Any help would be appreciated

Cheers Mark

Mercraft was the marine division of Ford. They packed in when Sabre, lehman and Lancing got in on the act.

I suspect someone like Lancing is your best bet as they may know if Mercraft
used different liners and pistons etc . IE Sabre did a lot of engineering on some Ford engines and you could run into problems fitting garage parts.

Lancing will also know about the add on bits like heat exchangers.

http://www.lancingmarine.com/expert.html

 

[No Regrets]

Any Ford based marine engine would be cheap and simply marinised by changing manifolds in my experience.

A few photos should be able to be posted to a classic ford forum for confirmation!