[Healeys] Water Pump Lubrication

[Bob Spidell]

Michael,

Looks like a ceramic-type seal; what am I missing?

Bob

On 4/14/2020 9:57 AM, Michael Salter wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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