<div dir="auto">My concern is about how the stainless steel seal body is pressed into the pump body. Maybe they have it covered but, the County pumps that I have disassembled showed signs of leakage between the seal body and the casting.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">M</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 7:17 PM Bob Spidell, <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    Looks like a ceramic-type seal; what am I missing?<br>
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    <div>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
          Bob Spidell, <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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          <div> Looks like this pump might be this one, no?<br>
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            <a href="https://www.ahspares.co.uk/blog/new-premium-austin-healey-water-pumps.aspx?gclid=cjwkcajwvtx0brafeiwagwjyzkhggat161awbd3owzmyt_lkbspqf9lv4agi4cngonk9swgnjnnotroc9fkqavd_bwe" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ahspares.co.uk/blog/new-premium-austin-healey-water-pumps.aspx?gclid=cjwkcajwvtx0brafeiwagwjyzkhggat161awbd3owzmyt_lkbspqf9lv4agi4cngonk9swgnjnnotroc9fkqavd_bwe</a><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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            <a href="https://www.ahspares.co.uk/blog/new-premium-austin-healey-water-pumps.aspx?gclid=cjwkcajwvtx0brafeiwagwjyzkhggat161awbd3owzmyt_lkbspqf9lv4agi4cngonk9swgnjnnotroc9fkqavd_bwe" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ahspares.co.uk/blog/new-premium-austin-healey-water-pumps.aspx?gclid=cjwkcajwvtx0brafeiwagwjyzkhggat161awbd3owzmyt_lkbspqf9lv4agi4cngonk9swgnjnnotroc9fkqavd_bwe</a><br>
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            <div>On 4/13/2020 3:08 PM, Michael MacLean wrote:<br>
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              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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