<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I had my TR6 water pump upgraded to a 6 vane by Flying Dutchman <div>water pumps in Oregon. in 2019. <a href="http://vintagewaterpumps.com/">http://vintagewaterpumps.com/</a> The pump is works great, the service was fast and the communications were excellent. Best of all the car runs measurably cooler.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Best,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Bob</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>'72 TR6 <br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Oct 23, 2023, at 2:03 AM, Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I threw away one of those 5-vane "uprated" water pumps a couple of years ago. I put back my TR3B's original pump after its rebuilding by EP Services in the UK (along with a few other things to the cooling system like flushing block-radiator, remounting front apron-deflecfor, and fitting Macy's "Hurricane" fan). </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The car now runs as cool as when I got it 42 years ago. Maybe cooler, despite moving to 87mm pistons and liners. Prior to those changes it ran hot for ten years, right on one side or another of boiling over. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I took the pump over during one of my visits to Goodwood and brought it home during another, with help from friends in the UK. But I could have posted it both ways. I'm sure somebody over here rebuilds water pumps like ours to original spec, but the vintage British sportscar ecosystem is so good in the UK I take advantage of it when possible.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">A proper-functioning water pump wasn't the only change, but I give it the most credit. Proceed with caution around what are claimed as modern improvements. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 11:41 PM dave northrup <<a href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com">dave@ranteer.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg5122576901351279775">
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<div class="m_5122576901351279775WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">TWS Motors in Massachusetts. Apparently they specialize in TR7/8, and maybe Land Rover.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Looking at this part: <a href="https://thewedgeshopstore.com/water-pump-5-vane-tr3-tr4a/" target="_blank">
https://thewedgeshopstore.com/water-pump-5-vane-tr3-tr4a/</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Looks like a nice upgrade<u></u><u></u></p>
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