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Remanufactured Ford 4.9L L6 Engine - Bronco (Full-Size), E-Series Vans, F-Series Trucks
4.9L · L6 · Part HD13
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4-year no-fault nationwide warranty — includedOn gas engines in non-commercial use, at no extra charge. The builder’s standard cover is 3 years, parts only. Every gas engine we sell includes the 4-year no-fault warranty with labour, at no extra charge.
- “No fault” means we do not investigate why it failed — if a covered engine fails inside the term, it is covered.
- Labour is paid up to CAD $95.00 per hour — a cap on the rate, not a flat payout — and only for the remove-and-replace hours in the Mitchell labour guide. Diagnostic time is covered up to 2 hours, and fluids up to CAD $200.00. Towing and a rental car are not covered. Anything not listed here needs to be agreed with us before the work starts.
- The 4 years start the day the engine is installed, and a claim needs proof that a professional shop installed it.
- Unlimited kilometres, and no deductible.
- Call us before any warranty work starts, so we can authorise it. Labour paid on a repair we were not asked about first is not covered.
- A claim starts with a call to us. We file it with the manufacturer, and the manufacturer pays it.
Diesel engines, and engines put into commercial service, are not covered by this 4-year warranty — the terms vary by engine, so call us for the terms on the unit you’re pricing.
Fits
- Ford Bronco (Full-Size), E-Series Vans, F-Series Trucks 1987–1996 · 4.9L L6
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4-year warranty included
Refundable core
Ships Canada-wide
Engine guide
Ford 300 (4.9L) Inline-Six
Also known as: Ford 300, 4.9L I6, 300 Six, Big Six, 240/300 family
Overview & history
If you ask working mechanics to name an engine that simply refuses to die, the Ford 300 comes up more often than almost anything else. Introduced for 1965 as the larger member of Ford's new big-six family — a 240 and a 300 — it was designed from the start as a truck and industrial engine rather than a passenger-car unit. That shows in the details: a deep-skirted iron block, seven main bearings supporting a very stiff crankshaft, and a bore and stroke chosen for torque at low engine speed rather than horsepower at high. It made its peak torque barely above idle, which is exactly what a loaded pickup or a stationary irrigation pump wants. Ford built it essentially unchanged for over thirty years, adding fuel injection in 1987 and finally retiring it after 1996 when the Triton V8 and the 4.2 Essex V6 took over the F-Series lineup. Beyond trucks it saw enormous service in industrial and agricultural equipment, forklifts, generators and school buses, often running on propane.
Specs & engineering
- •Cast-iron block and cast-iron head, with the intake and exhaust manifolds on the same side.
- •Seven main bearings supporting the crankshaft — unusually robust for a production six and a major reason for the engine's longevity.
- •Pushrod OHV, two valves per cylinder, hydraulic lifters.
- •Displacement is 4.9L (300 cu in), from a 4.00-inch bore and a 3.98-inch stroke — very nearly square.
- •Gear-driven camshaft on early engines; the design prioritises low-speed torque over peak power.
- •Carbureted through 1986; electronic fuel injection from 1987 onward, which raised output to roughly 145-150 hp with about 260-280 lb-ft of torque.
Generations & variants
- •Carbureted era (1965-1986): one- and two-barrel carburetors in F-Series, E-Series and industrial applications.
- •EFI era (1987-1996): multi-port fuel injection, better driveability and slightly higher output; the final version used in the F-150 and E-Series.
- •Industrial and LPG versions: propane-fuelled and stationary variants were produced in large numbers for forklift, generator and irrigation duty.
Vehicles it powered
- •Ford F-100 / F-150 / F-250 (1965-1996)
- •Ford E-Series / Econoline (1975-1996)
- •Ford Bronco (1978-1996)
- •Ford medium-duty trucks (1965-1996)
- •Industrial, agricultural and LPG equipment (1965-1990s)
Did you know?
- ★The 300 makes its peak torque at very low engine speed, which is why it developed a reputation for pulling hard from just above idle and for surviving abuse that would kill a lighter engine.
- ★Seven main bearings on an inline six was a heavy-duty specification more common in commercial engines than in pickup trucks.
- ★Ford built the 300 for thirty-two model years with no fundamental change to its architecture.
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