Help ID'ing old Yale Forklift

[Lwittmer1]

Howdy all - I need a little help and am hoping someone here can get me started. I just picked up an older Yale forklift, but there's no nameplate/Identification on it. There are a few issues that I need to resolve on it before I can start using it to move stuff around my lumberyard (hobbyist), so I was hoping to order a service/parts manual if I can find one.

It's a gas model with a flat 6 engine with pneumatic tires...The only number I can find anywhere is 560972 stamped on the frame. I'm hoping someone recognizes this model — it runs, a little rough until it warms up, but It lacks low-end torque. So much so, it's hard to get it moving (once it's moving, it's OK, except there are no brakes ).

Thanks in advanced!

 

[WHHJR]

Call your local Yale dealer. Mine is usually very helpful. They have been reasonable on most parts (not brake parts).......

 

[Hot_wrench]

The chassis looks the same as a solid tire machine that I used to have. It also had a flathead 6 (Chrysler Industrial 30). It was a model KG-51AT. Image searching that model only brings up solid tire machines so I'm sure one of those characters needs to be something different for pneumatic.

 

[john.k]

be sure to establish if the motor is Chrysler or Continental .......the Chrysler will have the distributor at an angle out of the side of the block,the Continental has the distributor vertical out through the head..........poor perform is likely the ignition timing .