[Healeys] Water Pump BN1

[Michael Oritt]

Hope you have the "special" long nuts as if not it is very difficult to
remove standard ones (as were on my car when I got it)--in any case be sure
to get some if necessary and put them back on in the right order.

Best--Michael Oritt


On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 3:48 PM, <ATIGHTPROD at aol.com> wrote:

> I just discovered a leak coming from what appears to be my water pump.
> Before I tore in to it, I thought I would check the Moss catalog and the
> list
> for advice. First off, I discovered the water pump gasket is no longer
> available  through Moss and was wondering if any of you folks have another
> source
> right off  hand. And second, although it appears to be a pretty straight
> forward job, is  there anything lurking in the darkness that's going to
> bite
> me when I start this  project?
>     I have no idea how good/bad of shape the water pump  is in and in that
> vein, will it be obvious to me if I need to replace it with a  new one? I'm
> thinking that this should be a couple of days work, if I need a new  one,
> one day if the old one is okay and I just have to replace the gasket. Am I
>  in
> the ball park?
>     And while I have everything apart, I was thinking  this would be a good
> time to also check my thermostat. Any way to tell if that's  okay or not
> just by visual inspection? My car has always run a bit hot and one  day I
> plan
> on either replacing or re-coring, but today is not that day,  today is just
> for reaching out and getting some advice.
>     Thanks in advance for any help the list can  pass along.
> Steven Kingsbury
> BN1 #598
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