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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">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.<br>
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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.<br>
-- Randall<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 30 August 2017 14:31:30 GMT-04:00, Pat Horne <patintexas@icloud.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Decades ago I saw an oil seal for a shaft that I am trying to find again.</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">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</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">. </p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">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.</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">If anyone else has any other ideas, please let me know.</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Shop Talk content: I will be rebuilding this engine in my shop soon.</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Peace,</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Pat</p><p></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>