[Healeys] Bastuck

[Bob Spidell]

In the second illustration on BPN it shows a (claimed) larger scalloped 
area on the impeller. Sounds reasonable but, according to Moss, it won't 
fit the original heater cutoff valve, which I have and would like to 
keep (one from Moss is almost $180).


On 8/29/2021 4:26 AM, Michael Oritt 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
>     <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
>     <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
>
>
>
> -- 
> Best--Michael

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