[Healeys] water pump

[WILLIAM B LAWRENCE]

It's got nothing to do with the bearings. It's the seal that keeps the water
in the engine.
Bill Lawrence

Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:30:45 +0800
Subject: Re: [Healeys] water pump
From: healey.nut at gmail.com
To: ynotink at msn.com
CC: rchaskell at earthlink.net; eyera3 at gmail.com; healeys at autox.team.net

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