Terry Smith wrote:
"....I guess I'm back to the original question. It just seems such a waste
to buy an
$80 water pump from a catalog when all that really needs to be done is just a
bushing or bearing, a seal, something like that....Did Massey Ferguson
originally make these engines, and would they still carry the part?"
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Terry,
It was the other way around; Standard Motor Co built the Ferguson engines.
You can still get the seal and spring arrangement through M-F (or FT I
think) but the bearings are not available anyplace, as far as I know. I
have hunted a bit too. They were made by Hoffman, part #N3179 V2; if you
can find an equivalent please let me know and I will take half a dozen. I
think this is why it is so common for people to replace the whole pump, as
they are not hard to rebuild but quite often do need a bearing.
Jim Wallace
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