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Re: [oletrucks] 216 engine performance questions - babbiting process

To: jrdorsey@strato.net, oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] 216 engine performance questions - babbiting process
From: Advdesign1@aol.com
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 20:50:01 EDT
<< 
 I don't know about the 216s but the dipper 235s had insert main bearings
 and poured rod bearings. 
  >>
216 changed from poured babbit to insert mains in 1948.  I believe the 235 
did also for 1948.  Rods stayed babit until the end of the 216 in 1953
Bob ADler
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