[Healeys] Water Pump Lubrication

[Michael Salter]

My concern is about how the stainless steel seal body is pressed into the
pump body. Maybe they have it covered but, the County pumps that I have
disassembled showed signs of leakage between the seal body and the casting.

M

On Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 7:17 PM Bob Spidell, <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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> 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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