[TR] oil seal update needed

[Lee&John Howard]

I second Bob's experience with Greg Solow's seal. My Tr4 is now virtually
dry at the rear seal after a few hundred miles back on the road.
John Howard
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 8:30 PM, <bob at texmog.com> wrote:

> Gary;
>     I did the Racetoration seal conversion when it first came out and it
> leaks worst than the scroll ever did. Last year I rebuilt another engine
> and
> used the modified scroll that Greg Solow sells and the engine does not leak
> a drop. His modification basically is to remachine the scroll to reduce the
> clearance from .012 across the dia to .006. It is cheaper than the
> conversions and does not require any modification to the crank or block.
>
>  After first rebuilding the engine I did have a problem with oil leaking
> and I though it was the new scroll seal but using some ultra violet oil dye
> I traced the problem to the oil pan. I had the engine line bored but did
> not
> ask them to surface the bottom of the block with the caps in place. This
> resulted in a .010 gap at the rear main cap and I found that the gaskets
> that come in the Payne kit could not seal that big a gap. I made my own
> gasket using NAPA's rubberized cork gasket material and it sealed the pan
> up
> nicely. So nicely that I went back and used it on the timing chain cover
> and
> valve cover.
>   Must say it is nice to be able to park the car anywhere I want in the
> driveway or garage and not worry about stains.
>
> Bob Nogueira
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
> > [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Gary Nafziger
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 12:24 PM
> > To: triumphs at autox.team.net
> > Subject: [TR] oil seal update needed
> >
> >
> > I've been reading about rear crank main oil seal fixes on
> > tr-3's for some time but the last posts were confusing to me
> > (not difficult) lol.  I wasn't aware that the specs were
> > wrong for the crank re-grind ect....... What are the correct
> > fixes/grind for the crank?  Which technical articles are the
> > best to follow?
> >
> > thanks!
> > gary n.
>
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