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| The reason for the engine change, as it was explained to me, was that Oliver made a deal with Massey Ferguson - Not Perkins - for the engine. Oilver got the 6.354 from Massey in exchange for the 320 Waukesha engine that was used in the 1100. As you know Massey and Oliver had dealings in the past such as the 98 Massey/Oliver Super 99GM. After a short production run Massey realized that they were getting the short end of the stick because Oliver was getting a decent engine and selling a fair number of them and Massey was getting that problematic 320 - and with the declining sales of gas tractors decided it was not in their best economic interest to continue with that deal any longer. Once WFE was formed and the white 2-105 went back to using the Perkins engine there were being directly sourced from Perkins engine company. | |
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