[Fot] Started the TR4 today!!!

[Bill Babcock]

It sounded like the pump. You might try a little belt dressing and see if it
quits, or change the tension. To be sure it isn't coming from the motor remove
the belt and see if it's still there.
On Mar 21, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Mike Mehl wrote:

> Well today I started chasing some of the things that need sorted out.  One
is
> the squeaking (you can hear it in the video).  I thought is was the pump
> pulley.  It is not.  The water pump is new and I ran it with a drill to see
if
> I could get it to squeak.  No luck.  Do these aluminum pulleys just squeak
> with the belt running over them.  I thought maybe it is the throw out
bearing
> but it is not a howl.  I guess it could be the alternator but that is new
> also.  Any thoughts???  At idle it does not squeak.  Give it some revs and
it
> squeaks.  I really think it is the water pump.  Any imput would be helpful.
> Mike
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Mike Mehl
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> To: Triumph Friends of <fot at autox.team.net>
> Cc: Mike
> Mehl <michaelm at fcpi.com>
> Sent: Sat, March 20, 2010 7:34:04 PM
> Subject: [Fot]
> Started the TR4 today!!!
>
> Well after 18 months of work, I pushed the button
> today with the help of my
> race rabbit friend Dave Barton and the car started.
> We had a few minor issues
> that a quick call to Jeff Quick in Seattle help
> solve.  I am attaching the
> link to the you tube video my son shot.  I have
> some small isuses.  Water
> leaks with my Ford aluminum radiator, the rear of
> the valve cover is leaking
> and the new water pump is squealing (could be the
> pulley rubbing on the bolts)
> and the oil temp gauge is not working.  By the
> end of the day i drove it
> around the block.  You can hear the water pump in
> the video.
>
> I am pretty
> excited!!
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1veQZ-pqRA
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRRQ5wTUfsU
>
> Mike Mehl
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