[Healeys] Bastuck

Sun Aug 29 06:36:34 MDT 2021

Bastuck is one of the big classic car parts suppliers here in Germany, 
mainly British brands. They sell parts for Triumph, MG, Austin-Healey, 
Miata, etc.
They do their own brand water pumps. Never tried one, but they have a good 
reputation.

Josefeckert
Konigswinter/Germany

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Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Bastuck
Datum: 2021-08-29T14:21:36+0200
Von: "Michael Salter via Healeys" <healeys at autox.team.net>
An: "Michael Oritt" <michael.oritt at gmail.com>

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 <mailto: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
  <mailto: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
        <mailto: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
          <mailto: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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