[Healeys] Bastuck

[David Lodge]

Well, quite!
 

    On Mon Aug 30 2021 13:27:44 GMT-0700 (PDT), David Lodge via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 Being German, I imagine that the quality is first-rate.  They have the best darned Healey catalogue I've ever seen!
 

    On Sunday, 29 August 2021, 07:01:03 GMT-7, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:  
 
  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> 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
 
 
  
  
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 Best--Michael 
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