[Healeys] Bastuck water pumps

[gradea1 at charter.net]

Guys-I had the good fortune to have my original BN1 100 water pump
rebuilt by a outstanding machinist, Doug Worthington, who used a
Delran seal/bush to do the job. It works perfect! No leaks. He used
Delran on a huge piece of construction equipment subject to extreme
vibration and solved that issue. I can only hope it will run on my car
forever...or at least till I'm gone. Hank

	-----------------------------------------From: "Michael Salter via
Healeys" 
To: "Michael Oritt"
Cc: "Healeys"
Sent: Sunday August 29 2021 5:21:20AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Bastuck

 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,  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  wrote:
  Michael,

 The 'upgraded' pump sold by Moss, Bastuck and BPN all appear to be
the same:

 [1]https://www.bpnorthwest.com/water-pump-uprated-bn1-to-bn2.html [2]

 (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:

 [3]https://www.ahspares.co.uk/austin-healey/big-healey/cooling-heating-cht101-to-cht147/premium-water-pump-new-with-34-pulley.aspx
[4]

 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  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

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[2] https://www.bpnorthwest.com/water-pump-uprated-bn1-to-bn2.html
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