[Healeys] Bastuck

Michael Salter michaelsalter at gmail.com
Sun Aug 29 06:20:21 MDT 2021


In my experience "upgraded" is another way of saying " we didn't want to
pay for the tooling for an accurate reproduction ".

M

On Sun., Aug. 29, 2021, 7:30 a.m. Michael Oritt via Healeys, <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Bob--
>
> Thanks and in checking the Moss catalogue this morning I see that in fact
> they do sell the two side-by-side as you state at $96.00 and $163.00
> respectively.  That is an 80% increase in price for the "upgraded" pump and
> I must wonder what the pump achieves--and how it does it--to justify such
> an increase.  "Upgrade" might have several meanings and given the
> propensity of these pumps to fail, perhaps the term describes longevity
> versus performance, with a better-quality seal.  OTOH if the upgrade is in
> performance that usually means increased water flow.  Unless the outer
> housing is substantially larger the cast-in "fins" on the internal impeller
> cannot be that much larger and so I wonder how such an increase would be
> achieved.
>
> Just sayin'....
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 11:07 PM Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Michael,
>>
>> The 'upgraded' pump sold by Moss, Bastuck and BPN all appear to be the
>> same:
>>
>> https://www.bpnorthwest.com/water-pump-uprated-bn1-to-bn2.html
>>
>> (if you look close you can see '--STUCK' on the pump body)
>>
>> Claims '30% more flow,' BUT--there's always a 'but'--per the Moss catalog
>> it will not fit the OEM brass heater line valve/nipple. The cheaper one
>> Moss sells supposedly does, but best I can tell it's a County product. I've
>> bad experiences with County, but both Tom Monaco and David Nock say they
>> have fit many with no issues.
>>
>> The new one from AHSpares appears to be different, but also comes with a
>> barbed nipple:
>>
>>
>> https://www.ahspares.co.uk/austin-healey/big-healey/cooling-heating-cht101-to-cht147/premium-water-pump-new-with-34-pulley.aspx
>>
>>
>> I started to remove my pump, but found the pulley was loose; pump appears
>> to be OK.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> On 8/28/2021 7:26 PM, Michael Oritt wrote:
>>
>> AsI recall Moss is or was selling "Upgraded" water pumps.
>> Does anyone know what the "upgrade" consists of?
>> Bob, if you buy one I hope you will post what your appraisal and
>> experience with the part is--for now I have come to0 regard the pumps we
>> are offered as "wear items".
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 9:42 PM Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks. The one Bastuck is selling appears to be the 'upgraded' pump
>>> AHSpares is selling.
>>>
>>> It appears my pump is OK, the pulley had just come loose. Thanks for the
>>> tips, guys.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>> On 8/28/2021 10:21 AM, gradea1 at charter.net wrote:
>>>
>>> AH Spares, UK is currently advertising water pumps for BN1-2s in the AH
>>> Magazine- they show their pump in the ad. Good folks to work with. Hank
>>>
>>>
>>
>
> --
> Best--Michael
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