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<p>If it's a County brand pump, beware. I got 60K miles on one, but
when it started to leak I replaced it with a quality rebuild.
Unfortunately, the rubber bellows on the seal split on a road trip
and I had Moss overnight a new pump (County) which I installed in
a motel parking lot. On first start, the shaft separated and the
fan went into my radiator, causing a leak. Overnighted
another--with a new radiator--and it arrived with a broken shaft,
even though I had instructed Moss to inspect it carefully before
shipping. Had to trailer the car home from Green River, WY. Moss
made good on the parts and split the cost of the trailer with me.<br>
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<p>Bob<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/20/2017 1:53 AM, Robert F. Begani
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I
just loved Perry’s detailed accurate report on the history
of finding parts for our Healey’s. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On
that subject, last spring I removed the engine in my BJ8 and
had it machined. My good friend who is a retired machinist
and I assembled it and then I left Florida for the summer.
He finished it and put it in my garage. So after a year of
scrubbing the oil and grease from the engine bay , frame,
touch up painting and so on we are installing the engine and
trans next week. During our discussions this week about did
you???, he said “did I tell you about the water pump?” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">It
seems the frame of the pump did not meet the opening on the
engine. As a machinist he always checks to see if one part
is a mirror image of the other part when joining two parts.
He ground out 3/4” from one side of the pump opening. He
suggests the engine might run cooler with a larger flow of
water through the pump which was purchased and installed 5
years ago from a well-known supplier so I did not replace it
on the engine rebuild. So much for today’s parts! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Still
they are better and easier to obtain than days gone by.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bob
Begani<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BJ8
67<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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