Are you saying you want to use a 1941 crank in a 1950?
Seals should be the same.
Ben
can i still use the 1950 rods are the front and rear seal interchanable
Are you saying you want to use a 1941 crank in a 1950?
Seals should be the same.
Ben
crankflange for standard flywheel
The Hollander Interchange manual says crankshafts from 1939 to 1950 for stick shift Buicks of the model series 40 and 50 will interchange. 1951-53, cranks went from the 248s to the 263 and are are a lot different.
So your 1941 248 Crank should fit the 1950 engine. Of course you will have to measure the journals to see if it has been reground, needing oversize bearings. Note each main bearing journal on the 248 crank is a different size. In 1951, they started making all the main bearing journals the same diameter.
If your 1950 has a Dynaflow, the 1941 stick shift crank will not be compatible due to different flywheel mounting flange.
Dave
Toss in my 2 cents worth here, the above is correct, 248 cranks interchange except dynaflow cranks and stick shift are different and can't be remachined to interchange or at least, with out great difficulty. The real trick here is, what rod are you going to use? The obvious rod to use is the 50 insert bearing rod, not the babbeted rod. Not so fast. The insert rod and the babbet rod are the same width. When Buick went to insert bearings they made a special wide bearing to fit. These bearings are no longer available. The only rod bearing you can get are rod bearings that fit other engines that just happen to fit the str8 rod, they are much narrower, like 7/8" vs. 1 1/4" about. This leaves a big gap on each side of the bearing. That's where the oil will squirt over to. Bearings are only as good as the oil supply. Two ways to solve. Rebuild the babbet rods and send off to Calico for Teflon coating the big end. A pain to do but with todays oil and a little zinc additive they will last for ever. Other option, if the original rod bearings are not in bad shape, like not run into the copper or pounded out or full of embedded grit, etc, send them off to Calico for coating. I've done this several times, works like a charm and its cheep insurance incase you loose a head gasket or such and get a load of antifreeze in the oil. Alleycat
So are you saying these rod bearings won't fit his 1950 248? or they just won't fit his 248 when a 1941 Crank is used?
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Yes and no. All the 248 cranks will interchange. The very early ones may not because possiably the mains were poured babbet as well which is different thing and exactly when the change over happened I'm not sure. But the journals for the babbet or insert bearing rods stayed the same. So the problem is with the insert bearings that are available for the insert rods. The rod bearings that suppliers have are bearings that are actually for other engines that just happen to fit the str8 rod. And they are narrower. The originals are much wider, nobody makes 'em. I'll just bet the guys selling them don't even know the difference. So what you end up with is a rod bearing with reduced load carrying capacity due to increased side clearance. The oil pump has a limited amount of capacity and pressure. Makes me nervious. So, it looks like to me that if you want a bullitproof engine the babbeted rods are the way to go. Is it a pain in the behind to rebuild these babys? Yup. But if you're rolling down the road to a show or something and about 60 miles into the trip and a rod bearing goes away and they go fast...Going to be a unhappy day. I like the insert type rods but if ya can't get the right bearing for it, kinda moot point. Alleycat
On a 248motor has any body had good luck with the new rubber seal instead of the rope seal?
yes indeed! And, I like 'em! The problem with the rope seal is that in order to get a good leak free seal, you got to really pack that seal in there. It then takes about 30-40 foot pounds of torque to turn the engine! The rubber seal takes about 5! That means that torque goes into power output not frictional losses. I haven't run the pudding out of 'em over a long period of time but so far...not bad! Alleycat
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