----- Original Message -----
From: a Wallace <wallaces@superaje.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 8:51 PM
Subject: '60 3a mandrel - not
>
> My crankshaft was sent out and turned, but too late I got the good advice
> to turn down the rear scroll and use a normal seal. The crank was in the
mail.
> Now I am about to reassemble, and the manual calls for a certain mandrel
to
> align the aluminum rear outer scroll halves with the rear bearing. I don't
> happen to have a mandrel for this purpose in my toolbox. There's lots of
> other useless junk in there, but no mandrel for a 60 TR3a.
> Is there a way to do this besides getting a mandrel made up? I know that
> the ultimate solution is the conversion but I'm willing to gamble on this
> as I don't want to send out the crank again.
Lots of people seem to be able to do it without the special tool, but if you
want one for not a lot of $$$, Moss has it in their catalog.
Irv Korey
74 TR6 CF22767U with A type o/d since 1983
TR4 VSCDA Group 2 #58 now improved to mid pack
Highland Park, IL
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