Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know you said you didn't know how much to small, but is it possible to
make up the difference with the sealing material if the gap is not too
much? I mean they use felt for crying out loud! With shellac no less!
I gotta think if its a nano quack too small, ya gotta be able to make it
up with felt and spooge. Doanchathink? Comon Randall, work with me
here. Give me some hope. I beginning to adopt the "thats not a leak,
tha's my car marking its territory" thing here. Pulling the engine
would be like removing my gall bladder. Published spec for the crank
turn down is 64mm. If its wrong, doesn't Moss or the manufacturer
accept some culpability? I'm very much against sue happy people, but if
what you're saying is true, we have the potential for a very successful
class action suit here. Know anybody at Moss I can call? How about
Clinton? Think maybe he could get me a pardon here? Let me repeat for
emphasis:
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers: JP
-----Original Message-----
From: Randall Young
Sent: Sat 4/21/2001 5:18 AM
To: Justin Paxton
Cc:
Subject: Re: Rear Main Seal Leak
Justin :
Ooh, you're not gonna like this. The story on the improved rear main
seal is that Moss (and others who got their info from Moss) have been
passing out the wrong information on what size to grind the crank to,
and it's too small. The exact same thing has happened to several local
club members. The only cure is to pull the crank again, and find a shop
that can weld up the seal area and regrind it to the correct diameter.
Sorry I don't have the correct info handy, but here's a link to several
other problems that can plague the new seal
http://englishcars.com/trsc/tech%20articles/mainseal.htm
Randall
Justin Paxton wrote:
>
> My TR3A engine was recently rebuilt and developed a leak at the rear
> main almost immediately. I had the conversion done to the new style
> Moss Rear Main Kit, and the crank was turned down to specification.
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