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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 20 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 20 | A Cuban friend told me that in Cuba machine shops could bore out a 216 crankshaft so that the rod bearings would be pressure lubed. Each hole had to be bored in the correct place and then plugged. Does anybody know of a US machine shop that can do the same? | | | | | Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 39 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 39 | Any competent machine shop can do it the question is, At what cost.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 | 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
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| | | | | Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 200 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 200 | Just swap in a later 235 full pressure engine, people give them away for free on this site quite often. I would think that would be a more practical and cost effective solution. Drilling the oil holes in the crank can't be cheap.
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,847 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,847 | well that isn't necessarily true, very few machine shops can do it, the only place I have found is crower cams. They only charged $150. I even had a few machinists tell me it couldn't be done, and if you look at the 216 comopared to a 235 it doesn't look easy, but it can be done. you can use a 235 crank, but you need custom pistons. That is the expensive part. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,513 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,513 | Even if a shop existed in Cuba with the capability it is highly unlikely that would be done. Cuban "stovebolts" are really Toyota's, Lada's, Perkins (India), and anything else that could be cobbled together with locally available parts meaning anything other than GM. I thought I would make friends bringing points, plugs, and other wear parts with me....WRONG!
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