[Healeys] water pump

[Alan Seigrist]

Bill -

I am pretty sure all 6 cylinder pumps rebuilt use sealed bearings so no need
for this.

Alan

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:09 AM, WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink at msn.com> wrote:

> If the graphite seal in the water pump is wet the first time you start it
> it
> will leak and will take a long time to seal. I had to remove the pump on my
> BN1 after I rebuilt the engine and spin it up with  1/2" drill motor. Only
> takes about 30 seconds.
> Bill Lawrence
>
> > Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:26:09 -0400
> > From: rchaskell at earthlink.net
> > To: eyera3 at gmail.com
> > CC: healeys at autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Healeys] water pump
> >
> > It's my understanding that back in the day the water pump seal had to be
> > bedded in before installing the pump on the car.  The pulley/shaft was
> > spun (say using the wire wheel on a bench grinder) dry for some period
> > of time.  Just wondered if that should still be done and, if so, how.
> >
> > Bob Haskell
> > 3000 MkI registrar