[TR] Timing Cover Seal

[Peter Ryner]

Mine has it as well as many other engines I've seen.  I believe it is a 
dampening material to hold noise down from the timing chain
Pete
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahneetr at gmail.com>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] Timing Cover Seal


>>> What is the "stuff" on the outside of the timing chain cover?
>
> The best description I ever heard was that it "looks like the last of
> a batch of Bondo, applied with a wooden spoon by a man wearing a
> blindfold".
>
> I am quite sure that neither of my TRs ever had it so it's presence
> seems to have been rather capricious.
>
> Geo
>