[Healeys] It's alive. Part 2.

[Bert Van Brande]

Some things to fix:  a small seep from the waterpump, I rebuild it myself with new sealed bearings, stainless sleeves and a new modern seal.  I had originally planned to run the pump dry in the engine for 30 seconds for a pump seal break-in but we decided to go for a full on 20-30 minutes run for a renewed cam break-in which is more important.  I should have looked for a solution to do a dry run-in of the pump before mounting using a drill or so.  Or just cranking the engine after putting on the belt, with no plugs.

I'll try to correct this by draining the water, I need to replace it with my coolant/distilled water/water wetter mixture anyway.  And then do a short 30" dry seal break-in run with the engine.  Anybody has experience with that after an initial wet run?  I see one positive reference to this issue from somebody taking the pump out of the car, running it with a drill and re-installing.

I also have just a drop of water from the rear freeze plug.  This one is accessible through the transmission opening.  On close inspection it's sitting at a bit of an angle, tapping it with a hammer/drift might correct this or I can just install a new one when I replace the water with coolant.

Big thanks to Charlie and my supporting neighbors who came over, my almost neighbor Bill Hoyt who's restoring another BN2 a couple streets away from me.  Also big thanks to Ray Juncal who gave me a cart to wheel the body around in the shop all these years, it will go to the next club member restoring a big Healey.  And a huge thanks to Rich, Curt, all contributors on the list and our list manager Mark. 

So what a fantastic day, there's a new smell in the garage and I like it! 

Here's a photo, I am hiding behind Charlie who's in the Jeans shirt and blue cap.

http://www.austin-healey.org/image/view/4993/_original

in our soCal website club member's projects gallery:

http://www.austin-healey.org/image/tid/2

cheers

Bert
56 BN2 a bit more in progress.