<html><body><div>Again, the list makes my day!! Thank you all for the responses and the knowledge. I will continue with my quest to get this car back on the road!</div><div>Steven Kingsbury</div><div>BN1</div><div><br>On September 16, 2020 at 2:44 PM, Michael Salter <michaelsalter@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="msg-quote"><div dir="auto">Hi Steven, that hole is as it should be. It is the drain for the water pump seal. If coolant starts coming out of there the pump needs to be rebuilt.<div dir="auto">The grease will be leakage from the bearings which have most likely been over greased.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">M</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed., Sep. 16, 2020, 5:04 p.m. Steven Kingsbury via Healeys, <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" data-mce-href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;" data-mce-style="margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div> I am in the process of putting my engine back together and upon cleaning the water pump, I found the bottom of the pump to be thick with what appeared to be grease. As I cleaned the grease away I found a hole at the bottom of the housing. Is this normal? I have a 1955 BN1 and I have to admit, I have never looked at the bottom of a 100 water pump. </div><div> Was there once a grease fitting there? Are all of them open like this? I'm cleaning it to repaint and reinstall, but I'm a bit concerned and need the wisdom of the list to relieve my tension.</div><div> Thanks in advance guys,</div><div>Steven Kingsbury</div><div>BN1</div><div><br></div><div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br> Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" data-mce-href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br> Suggested annual donation $12.75<br> <br> Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys" data-mce-href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" data-mce-href="http://autox.team.net/archive">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br> <br> <a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" data-mce-href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br> <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" data-mce-href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br> <br> Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/michaelsalter@gmail.com" data-mce-href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/michaelsalter@gmail.com">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/michaelsalter@gmail.com</a><br> <br></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>