Arnie,
Ouch...I am always sorry to hear tales of woe...and I will keep your
information in my memory banks.
Thanks,
Paul
>From: "Arnie Sugar" <ASugar@hwageo.com>
>Reply-To: "Arnie Sugar" <ASugar@hwageo.com>
>To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Pulley Measurements...and a sad tale of woe
>Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 15:05:14 -0700
>
>If you're changing the hub spacing on a new water pump, here's a handy
>tip. Don't pull the hub off and machine it, as suggested by some.
>There is enough room to press it back on the shaft to the correct
>spacing ONCE (at least on the cast iron pump, aluminum HiPo pump, and
>Edelbrock HiPo pump I've done). Why the new pump you ask? Well, the
>hub on my old one (which was removed for machining and reinstalled by a
>numbskull engine builder who shall remain nameless) flew off and augured
>into the radiator, complete with fan. I had to use a tire iron to dig
>the assembly out of the radiator core, it was pretty ugly. The irony is
>it was already at the correct length. The repeated pressing must have
>loosened the fit. I was steaming long after the car stopped.
>
>
>
>I was pleased to find the Derale 15" stainless steel flex fan, which was
>previously reported as discontinued, is still available through Summit.
>This is an awesome fan, flat at the front, a good fit in the stock
>shroud, with a little trimming at the blade tips to clear the rack. It
>moves a ton of air at idle, but flattens out at high RPM. The part
>number is 17015. Its also quite sturdy, and will core through at least
>an inch of copper tubing and cooling fins.
>
>
>
>Arnie Sugar
>
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>Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:51:09 -0700
>
>From: Steve Laifman <SLaifman@socal.rr.com>
>
>Subject: Re: Pulley Measurements...
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>
>Paul,
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