I can confirm that when I converted my 66 B to an alternator, the brackets
didn't seem to align the pulley correctly. It took some fiddling, and I'm
still not convinced it's perfect. So that could be a stress factor.
on 8/16/04 8:35 AM, Paul Hunt at paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
> AFAIK the OE water pumps are cast iron, it is the copies that are alloy. My
> pump failed and I fitted a replacement that turned out to be an alloy copy,
> having to file out one of the mounting holes to get it to fit anyway
> although the gasket was a perfect fit! That started weeping whilst warming
> up after a few thousand miles so I bought an OE pump that turned out to be
> cast iron. As the copy was only weeping a bit I left it on the car but have
> carried the OE unit in the boot ever since. That was several years and tens
> of thousands of miles ago, and still the situation. All that is somewhat
> by-the-by, but it does occur to me that being a conversion to an alternator
> maybe the brackets weren't perfectly lined up and it has been under stress.
>
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jello@ida.net>
> To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 9:49 AM
> Subject: Generator to Alternator conversion
>
>
>> ... And if I could get a cast iron water pump (like my MGA has) I'd
>> take it over the pot metal one any day.
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