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I'm not able to source any parts for you - I'm well and truly retired and have been for many years.
There will be many, many vehicles where you are that will use the Bedford 330 cu in engine so there will be some in scrapyards or in engine reconditioners and repairers. It is a six cylinder engine like yours.
Customers had the option of either petrol or diesel - most chose diesel, but for fire engines where speed was essential the 300 cu in petrol engine was the preferred option until much larger (466 cu in / 7.6 litre) diesel engines were introduced. Of course these were also much heavier, but fire engines tended to run at lower vehicle weights anyway so the difference was worth it for the extra performance.
I don't have the specifications of the ratios of the gears so I'm afraid I cannot advise you but any garage that works with Bedfords should be able to help you.
I would suggest that you persevere with the petrol engine - at least at first.
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