Mar 11, 2009 - I will try to get the serial numbers tomorrow and maybe have a picture or two that I. Hi Dustin, I have a Crossley BVD1 vertical diesel engine. The Crossley Stationary Engine by the Crossley Brothers Limited, Manchester, United Kingdom Crossley GE115 Gas Engine Serial Number: 76490 Built: 1914 Supplied New to Co –operative Society at. Crosley Engine Family Tree Crosley Engine Family Tree - CIBA Years The birth of CIBA - 'The Cast Iron Block has only a slight increase in weight and is a distinct engineering achievement of the Crosley Engineering Laboratories that has taken over a year in it's development. It will definitely be better in territories having hydrant water containing chemicals with corrosive or electrolytic action and will also be better for marine use where salt water is used as a coolant. These Blocks will have all the characteristics of Cast Iron Blocks that you have known in other motor cars. The new Engine will retain all of the exclusive advanced features such as overhead cam shaft, valve rotators, four-ring pistons, etc.' (Dealer Letter) Crosley CIBA - 1949 to 1952 CIBA - Cast Iron Block Assembly After numerous problems and a loss of public acceptance, Crosley switched to cast iron construction for the block in early 1949. COBRA owners could retrofit CIBA units for $89 with exchange. Several variation of the CIBA were made, starting with a flat top combustion chamber and ending with a Turbulator combustion chamber. A limited number of 10:1 QuickSilver engines were made for some Super Sports models, they used an alcohol/water injector on the carb to keep them from spark knocking. Below you can see some of the running variations in the block. Dil hai manta nahin lyrics. The most common casting number was R209900 but there were many variations with that casting number. Note the placement of Crosley and the shape of the casting on the back of the block. It has a flat top combustion chamber and a thinner bottom flange. I think this is an early cast block, maybe a replacement block for the tin when the engines were rebuilt by the factory. New location for Crosley, same back casting, most seem to be flat top, a slight variation with 2 water plugs in the back can be either flat or turbulator combustion chamber. Later block same Crosley placement, has a different casting shape on the back. This change was make so adding a cam driven governor could be added for industrial and military applications. You can't see it in this photo but it also has two water outlets on the back. These appear to all have turbulator style combustion chambers. R209501 A Crosley product book put out in the 1951-52 time frame, shows a 'Commercial Engine' for general industrial uses. It has also been reported that this engine has been seen in a forklift application. Note the unique position of the Crosley name. It also has a different casting number R209501, which is actually a lower number than the standard number. The specs are the same as the car engine but they may have been built tougher/different inside for this application. Three of these blocks that showed up off the engine, show a flat top compression chamber, that would be different than production engines in 1951-52. A thinner base plate may make it higher compression. Has anyone rebuilt one of these engines that can give any info on what might be different inside? The QuickSilver engine is still a bit of a mystery. It was sold as an option for the Super Sports and apparently could be special ordered for other uses from the dealer (dealer cost $162.95, standard engines were $152.95). Several reports them marked with a stamp on a flat on the upper spark plug side of the engine. One member reported that the extra compression ratio was obtained by using special pistons with the kingpin hole slightly lower.
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