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xoxoxoBruce · 04-19-2016, 11:42 PM

Yes, babbitt bearing material cast in the rod end and bored to .0015" to .002" clearance. The lubrication was splash oiling, meaning the crankshaft would splash the rod end in the crankcase on each revolution. However as the speed of the engine picked up it was less and less effective, as the rod end not only spent less time in the oil, it beat the oil into a froth.
I think my Uncle said he was recasting the babbitt every 1500 miles in his T.

The bearing inserts from your outfit, plus pressure oiling systems on later motors was a god send. They could be run for thousands of miles between overhauls if you changed the oil every thousand miles and didn't beat it. When my uncles drove from MA to Alaska in 1949 they had to stop and change the oil five times. We have it pretty easy today.

04-19-2016, 11:42 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yes, babbitt bearing material cast in the rod end and bored to .0015" to .002" clearance. The lubrication was splash oiling, meaning the crankshaft would splash the rod end in the crankcase on each revolution. However as the speed of the engine picked up it was less and less effective, as the rod end not only spent less time in the oil, it beat the oil into a froth. I think my Uncle said he was recasting the babbitt every 1500 miles in his T. The bearing inserts from your outfit, plus pressure oiling systems on later motors was a god send. They could be run for thousands of miles between overhauls if you changed the oil every thousand miles and didn't beat it. When my uncles drove from MA to Alaska in 1949 they had to stop and change the oil five times. We have it pretty easy today. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.