[Healeys] Water Pump Question

Bob Haskell rchaskell at earthlink.net
Thu Sep 17 06:04:31 MDT 2020


Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that the bolt seen 
on the left hand side of the pump would be removed and a grease fitting 
installed to grease the pump.

Cheers,

Bob Haskell
Austin Healey 3000 BN7/BT7 registrar

On 9/17/20 7:38 AM, Michael Oritt via Healeys wrote:
> Steven--
>
> If by "open" you mean the long oblong hole the answer is yes--whether 
> or not by design it is a sort of early warning system of seal 
> failure as water getting past the seal will drip from it.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
>
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 5:00 PM Steven Kingsbury via Healeys 
> <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>
>        I am in the process of putting my engine back together and upon
>     cleaning the water pump, I found the bottom of the pump to be
>     thick with what appeared to be grease. As I cleaned the grease
>     away I found a hole at the bottom of the housing. Is this normal?
>     I have a 1955 BN1 and I have to admit, I have never looked at the
>     bottom of a 100 water pump.
>        Was there once a grease fitting there? Are all of them open
>     like this? I'm cleaning it to repaint and reinstall, but I'm a bit
>     concerned and need the wisdom of the list to relieve my tension.
>        Thanks in advance guys,
>     Steven Kingsbury
>     BN1
>
>



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