<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/><title></title></head><body><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">Bastuck is one of the big classic car parts suppliers here in Germany, mainly British brands. They sell parts for Triumph, MG, Austin-Healey, Miata, etc.<br /></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">They do their own brand water pumps. Never tried one, but they have a good reputation.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">Konigswinter/Germany</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Bastuck</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Datum: 2021-08-29T14:21:36+0200</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Von: "Michael Salter via Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">An: "Michael Oritt" <michael.oritt@gmail.com></p>
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<div dir="auto">In my experience "upgraded" is another way of saying " we didn't want to pay for the tooling for an accurate reproduction ".
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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sun., Aug. 29, 2021, 7:30 a.m. Michael Oritt via Healeys, <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="color: #3333ff;">Thanks and in checking the Moss catalogue this morning I see that in fact they do sell the two side-by-side as you state at $96.00 and $163.00 respectively. That is an 80% increase in price for the "upgraded" pump and I must wonder what the pump achieves--and how it does it--to justify such an increase. "Upgrade" might have several meanings and given the propensity of these pumps to fail, perhaps the term describes longevity versus performance, with a better-quality seal. OTOH if the upgrade is in performance that usually means increased water flow. Unless the outer housing is substantially larger the cast-in "fins" on the internal impeller cannot be that much larger and so I wonder how such an increase would be achieved.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="color: #3333ff;">Just sayin'.... </div>
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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 11:07 PM Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" rel="noreferrer">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div>Michael,<br /><br />The 'upgraded' pump sold by Moss, Bastuck and BPN all appear to be the same:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.bpnorthwest.com/water-pump-uprated-bn1-to-bn2.html" rel="noreferrer">https://www.bpnorthwest.com/water-pump-uprated-bn1-to-bn2.html</a><br /><br />(if you look close you can see '--STUCK' on the pump body)<br /><br />Claims '30% more flow,' BUT--there's always a 'but'--per the Moss catalog it will not fit the OEM brass heater line valve/nipple. The cheaper one Moss sells supposedly does, but best I can tell it's a County product. I've bad experiences with County, but both Tom Monaco and David Nock say they have fit many with no issues.<br /><br />The new one from AHSpares appears to be different, but also comes with a barbed nipple:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.ahspares.co.uk/austin-healey/big-healey/cooling-heating-cht101-to-cht147/premium-water-pump-new-with-34-pulley.aspx" rel="noreferrer">https://www.ahspares.co.uk/austin-healey/big-healey/cooling-heating-cht101-to-cht147/premium-water-pump-new-with-34-pulley.aspx</a><br /><br /><br />I started to remove my pump, but found the pulley was loose; pump appears to be OK.<br /><br />Bob<br /><br />
<div>On 8/28/2021 7:26 PM, Michael Oritt wrote:</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="color: #3333ff;">AsI recall Moss is or was selling "Upgraded" water pumps. </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="color: #3333ff;">Does anyone know what the "upgrade" consists of?</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="color: #3333ff;">Bob, if you buy one I hope you will post what your appraisal and experience with the part is--for now I have come to0 regard the pumps we are offered as "wear items".</div>
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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 9:42 PM Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" rel="noreferrer">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div>Thanks. The one Bastuck is selling appears to be the 'upgraded' pump AHSpares is selling.<br /><br />It appears my pump is OK, the pulley had just come loose. Thanks for the tips, guys.<br /><br />Bob<br /><br />
<div>On 8/28/2021 10:21 AM, <a href="mailto:gradea1@charter.net" rel="noreferrer">gradea1@charter.net</a> wrote:</div>
<blockquote>AH Spares, UK is currently advertising water pumps for BN1-2s in the AH Magazine- they show their pump in the ad. Good folks to work with. Hank<br /><br /></blockquote>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #3333ff;">Best--Michael</span></div>
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