Caterpillar 3204 [Check this out]

[JohnnyU]

While going through one of the storage buildings at the University today that is slated for demolition next summer, I found an interesting jewel. I found a brand new Caterpillar 3204 Diesel engine. I haven't been able to find much information on this particular engine other than it was only a prototype, and never manufactured. A few of them were built at the Caterpillar Tech Center for experimentation and such, and it appears that I found one that was donated to Bradley University at some point. I gather that is it a 4-cylinder version of the more popular 3208.

Anyone have any further information on this engine?

I'll try to get some photos later this week for anyone interested.

[JohnnyU]

It might not be a prototype, I've found a few mentions of this engine in some different models of off-highway equipment. At any rate, information seems very limited.

[2004F550]

Our some of our dozers have 4 cylinders but I'm not sure if they are 3204s...

[Ben427]

3204s were common in old D3 and D4 dozers. They were a throw away engine and had headgasket issues.

[highwayman]

3204's are used in the older crawlers as mentioned before and yes...being related to the 3208..it is a throw away motor...unless you want to replace the head and gasket all the time...oh..did I mention the cam?:smoking