Moss Motors sells a tool for this that's made of plastic. It seemed
cheap at the time, although I don't remember what the actual cost was. I
used it in my rebuild and have no leaks to date.
a Wallace wrote:
>
> 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.
> Thanks,
> Jim
> TS 81417L
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George Richardson
Wyvern - '57 Triumph TR3, TS15559LT -
http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
Griffin - '71 Triumph Stag - undergoing restoration
Pikachu - '75 Triumph TR6 - undergoing repair
Kitty - '83 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas - Daily Driver
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