I have a running one sitting on a shelf in my garage, It smokes pretty bad. Barry Smedley

I have a running CoBra in my Crosley. Search Crosley CoBra on YouTube and you should find some videos. It’s pretty obvious looking at a CoBra that it is made out of individual stampings that have

That is a cast iron block, not a tin. I like your car cover! Barry Smedley

Not a tin block (COBRA), but it is a cast block (CIBA). The rings and the valves remain the same. Butch

This is the engine I have in my 1947 Sedan. This is not the tin engine correct? I need a upper compression piston ring and an exhaust valve just to get it going again.

No, those were the COBRA (tin) blocks. Same bore though, although some of those used shorter, 3 ring pistons. Butch

Ciba retrofits for leaking Cobras. I believe pistons were the same size though.

Were there any cast iron blocks in '47?

Thank you Butch!

The cylinder bore is 2.500, the piston is approximately 2.496 or 2.497, at this moment, I neither recall nor have a reference. Butch

Can anyone tell me what the size of the standard size piston is for the 1947 cast iron block engine?

That's pretty much what I did today. I used the specs that Dave Edwards gave me. .004-.006 for intake and .007-.009 for exhaust and stayed on the loose side. I also put on a Braje cam cover. Should

Unless you're going for 100% original, an aluminum valve cover will quiet down the valve clatter a lot. Jim...

My general practice is, use the mid spec as my low limit and add 0.002 as my high limit. Loose valves are noisy, tight valves burn. As negligent as many Crosley owners are about

While I like the idea of having them at spec, I am reminded of my Ford Pinto. At 30,000 miles the dealer provided the recommended service and adjusted the valve clearance. At 39,000 I had burned

I lost a .015 shim once and it got noisy; while you at at it I would put them in spec.

The first thing to know is the Valve positions. From the front to back is, exhaust, intake, intake, exhaust, exhaust, intake, intake, exhaust. Valve clearance should be : Intake, .005 - .006

A Carter WO carb is also used in early Jeeps. Wondering whether the Jeep WO can be converted for use on Crosleys. The Jeep carbs are readily available. Don Sent from my Verizon Motorola Smartphone

You are correct Tilden. Several months ago I installed an inline fuel pump in my VC. Was trying to improve hard starting. Now am reading that an inline fuel pump should not pump through the mechanical

You are correct tilden. Several months ago I added an online fuel pump to my VC. Was trying to improve hard starting. Now am reading an online fuel pump should not feed through the mechanical pump!