The hole you are referring to is called a "weep" hole. It is there to allow
any water that gets past the mechanical seal to weep out without
contaminating the bearing and causing a siezure. Kind of gives you some
borrowed time. The "good old days" grease nipple hole was elsewhere on the
pump.
Cheers Peter C (still Triumphless)
At 02:54 PM 11/19/98 +0000, Gernot Vonhoegen wrote:
>
>It is so, but it used to be the hole for the grease nipple in the days where
>you needed (or could ) grease the pump.
>
>> ----------
>> From: Mark Hooper[SMTP:mhooper@pixelsystems.com]
>> Reply To: Mark Hooper
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 8:30 PM
>> To: triumphs@autox.team.net; Tom Rollins
>> Subject: Re: TR-6 Question
>>
>>
>> Tom:
>>
>> That is the weep hole on the pump. When fluid begins to pour from that
>> hole
>> it is a sure sign that your pump seal is gone
>> and thus the pump needs replacement. This is a contrast from the normal
>> state of fluids pouring from every other orifice and seal on the car
>> which is a sign that you own an LBC.
>>
>> Mark Hooper
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tom Rollins <tom@ntcs-inc.com>
>> To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
>> Date: November 18, 1998 3:12 PM
>> Subject: TR-6 Question
>>
>>
>> >
>> >Greetings!
>> >I am new on the list and have a few TR-6 questions. The water pump on my
>> '72
>> >has a small hole in the casting about where the bearing would be. Is
>> this
>> >hole for greasing bearing? Does the orientation of the hole matter when
>> >installing? Thanks.
>> >
>> >Tom Rollins
>> >NTCS, Inc.
>> >tom@ntcs-inc.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>
Peter Caldwell
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'52 Champ, '60 L-R 109 SW, 3 '64-73 L-R 88's
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