[Healeys] Water Pump Lubrication

[Michael Salter]

It will be interesting to see how they last. From what I can see they seem
to have a steel bodied seal pressed into the cast iron housing without any
seal.
I have found that procedure to be the cause of leakage on previous repops.
I do hope that they have addressed that issue.

M

On Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 11:24 AM Bob Spidell, <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:

> Looks like this pump might be this one, no?
>
>
> https://www.ahspares.co.uk/blog/new-premium-austin-healey-water-pumps.aspx?gclid=cjwkcajwvtx0brafeiwagwjyzkhggat161awbd3owzmyt_lkbspqf9lv4agi4cngonk9swgnjnnotroc9fkqavd_bwe
>
> If so, it appears to have sealed bearings, with a spacer in between.
> You'd probably want to fill that cavity with grease, but that's just a
> guess.  Note when I bought my BJ8 I believe it had a greasing port (not a
> zerk, maybe a cup).  I bought 'water pump grease,' which comes in a tub and
> is much thicker and tackier than typical greases, and a special gun--looks
> like a large metal syringe--to pump the grease into the pump.   AHS's new
> 6-cyl pump appears to have a sealed bearing AND a zerk fitting, which makes
> me wonder if the zerk is only there to fill a casting hole?
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> https://www.ahspares.co.uk/blog/new-premium-austin-healey-water-pumps.aspx?gclid=cjwkcajwvtx0brafeiwagwjyzkhggat161awbd3owzmyt_lkbspqf9lv4agi4cngonk9swgnjnnotroc9fkqavd_bwe
>
> On 4/13/2020 3:08 PM, Michael MacLean wrote:
>
> Here is a picture of the uprated water pump I want to install to my 4
> cylinder build.  As you can see in the picture I have circled the zerk
> fitting for lubrication.  The other circle is around a flush hex plug at
> the top of the pump.  I can see both of these points are in different
> planes.  Does that mean there are two lubrication points?  How often should
> the pump be lubricated?  Just a few questions before I yank the County
> brand new water pump that was put on during the short block build.  Not
> really a fan of County brand anything.
> Mike MacLean
>
>
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