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Michael,<br>
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Looks like a ceramic-type seal; what am I missing?<br>
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Bob<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/14/2020 9:57 AM, Michael Salter
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<div dir="auto">It will be interesting to see how they last. From
what I can see they seem to have a steel bodied seal pressed
into the cast iron housing without any seal.
<div dir="auto">I have found that procedure to be the cause of
leakage on previous repops.</div>
<div dir="auto">I do hope that they have addressed that issue. </div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 11:24 AM
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<div> Looks like this pump might be this one, no?<br>
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If so, it appears to have sealed bearings, with a spacer in
between. You'd probably want to fill that cavity with
grease, but that's just a guess. Note when I bought my BJ8
I believe it had a greasing port (not a zerk, maybe a cup).
I bought 'water pump grease,' which comes in a tub and is
much thicker and tackier than typical greases, and a special
gun--looks like a large metal syringe--to pump the grease
into the pump. AHS's new 6-cyl pump appears to have a
sealed bearing AND a zerk fitting, which makes me wonder if
the zerk is only there to fill a casting hole?<br>
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Bob<br>
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<div>On 4/13/2020 3:08 PM, Michael MacLean wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"> Here is a picture of the uprated
water pump I want to install to my 4 cylinder build. As
you can see in the picture I have circled the zerk fitting
for lubrication. The other circle is around a flush hex
plug at the top of the pump. I can see both of these
points are in different planes. Does that mean there are
two lubrication points? How often should the pump be
lubricated? Just a few questions before I yank the County
brand new water pump that was put on during the short
block build. Not really a fan of County brand anything.
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