Yes, it can be done. One true believer here had that modification done to his crankshaft, but he never really managed to explain why he thought it was better than the dipper and squirt system that kept untold millions of stovebolts lubricated for 30-something years.
Jerry


"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!