engine swap

[krusty]

Gang

Discovered my 40c engine block has a crack in it. Local prices are crazy for a donor engine...and I have spent far too much $$ on this baby so far but am still addicted.

Talk me off the cliff!

I am going to look at a farmall a engine to swap into it. Will have to make an adapter plate but similar HP engine and much easier to find parts for.

How crazy am I?

I just want to push dirt.

[Lavoy]

Not sure what you mean by easier to find parts, but there is currently nothing that is hard to find for the Deere engine, no difference there. It is a 4 cylinder engine, you will have to lengthen stuff to get it to fit. THrottle will be a pain in the butt along with cooling and other issues.
40 blocks are readily available, just replace the block.
I am also the wrong guy to ask. I would never swap under any conditions as to me it destroys originality as well as value. I also no longer have the patience to spend time trying to adapt something when the original is not at all difficult to source, and I never swap engines even for the same engine, I always rebuild the one I am working on other than like you encountered, a broken block or head, or catastrophic failure. So, really really personal choice.
Lavoy