[Shop-talk] Trying to find odd oil seal

[Randall]

My 60s Chevy also had a rope seal originally. But the gasket set came with a two piece steel & rubber seal that worked quite well.

There's a fellow in Germany that has custom split seals made in Viton to fit Triumph TR2-4. Probably too expensive for a single copy though.
-- Randall

On 30 August 2017 14:31:30 GMT-04:00, Pat Horne <patintexas at icloud.com> wrote:
>Decades ago I saw an oil seal for a shaft that I am trying to find
>again.
>
> 
>
>Picture a slinky with a rubber sealing lip on the inside. You wind it
>around
>a shaft when the end of the shaft has a flange on it too big to pass a
>normal seal
>
>. 
>
>60's Datsun Roadster engines use rope seals on the back end of the
>crank
>that are really difficult to get to seal properly. I thought that if I
>could
>find a source for this seal that it might be worth a try. I'd have to
>machine the block & cap to accept it, but I have a spare to try it on.
>
> 
>
>If anyone else has any other ideas, please let me know.
>
> 
>
>Shop Talk content: I will be rebuilding this engine in my shop soon.
>
> 
>
>Peace,
>
>Pat
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk/attachments/20170830/2ec823c3/attachment.html>