Aluminum is much easier to work with than steel, and much more durable than wood. Give me a good diameter and width measurement of the seal surface on the crankshaft, and I can whittle one out on the lathe in about an hour. I made a rope seal seating tool for John's 261 from an old piston.
Jerry


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