<div dir="ltr">FWIW, I've had two BN1/2 water pumps rebuilt by the Flying Dutchman in Oregon, and I am extremely pleased with the results...<div><br></div><div><a href="http://water-pump-rebuilders.com/">http://water-pump-rebuilders.com/</a><br><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Curt</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 5:30 AM Michael Salter via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">The original idea was that the slotted plug be removed and the pump be lubricated using the oil gun. Interestingly this process is not prescribed in the lubrication charts so was probably never done. <div dir="auto">IMHO water pump bearings with their factory lubrication would probably long outlast the carbon pump seal.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">M</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu., Sep. 17, 2020, 8:05 a.m. Bob Haskell, <<a href="mailto:rchaskell@earthlink.net" target="_blank">rchaskell@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that the bolt seen <br>
on the left hand side of the pump would be removed and a grease fitting <br>
installed to grease the pump.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Bob Haskell<br>
Austin Healey 3000 BN7/BT7 registrar<br>
<br>
On 9/17/20 7:38 AM, Michael Oritt via Healeys wrote:<br>
> Steven--<br>
><br>
> If by "open" you mean the long oblong hole the answer is yes--whether <br>
> or not by design it is a sort of early warning system of seal <br>
> failure as water getting past the seal will drip from it.<br>
><br>
> Best--Michael Oritt<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 5:00 PM Steven Kingsbury via Healeys <br>
> <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> I am in the process of putting my engine back together and upon<br>
> cleaning the water pump, I found the bottom of the pump to be<br>
> thick with what appeared to be grease. As I cleaned the grease<br>
> away I found a hole at the bottom of the housing. Is this normal?<br>
> I have a 1955 BN1 and I have to admit, I have never looked at the<br>
> bottom of a 100 water pump.<br>
> Was there once a grease fitting there? Are all of them open<br>
> like this? I'm cleaning it to repaint and reinstall, but I'm a bit<br>
> concerned and need the wisdom of the list to relieve my tension.<br>
> Thanks in advance guys,<br>
> Steven Kingsbury<br>
> BN1<br>
><br>
><br>
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