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[Healeys] Stripped Water Pump Stud - now fan belt size

Subject: [Healeys] Stripped Water Pump Stud - now fan belt size
From: greylinn at ozemail.com.au (Peter & Veronica)
Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 17:04:01 +1000
References: <00c101d2d826$9e017c20$da047460$@tpg.com.au>
...if that's a 45 inch belt Patrick you should be able to go to BSC or similar 
and ask for a 44 inch (or whatever) belt. I've just gone through that exercise 
(4 times!) to get a belt the right length for the blower drive on my MG TC. 
There are calculators online into which you put the pulley sizes and distance 
between centres, but for my application it said I needed a 50 inch belt ?  a 47 
inch turned out to be correct!

Cheers

Peter



From: Patrick & Caroline Quinn 
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 12:52 PM
To: healeys at autox.team.net 
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Stripped Water Pump Stud - now fan belt size

Hello

 

Thank you to those who responded about the stripped stud. Managed to remove it 
by using an angle grinder to flatten two sides of the stud and then used a 
shifting spanner (crescent wrench) to unscrew it.

 

I fitted a brand new water pump that has a slightly smaller pulley than fitted 
originally to early six-cylinder engines. That went okay, but after fitting the 
fan belt now find that the generator hits the steering column due to the 
smaller pulley. Fitting a six-cylinder into a four-cylinder engine bay has more 
complications than meets the eye.

 

There are two fan belts sitting next to me as follows:-

 

Dayco 15455 11A1155

Flennor AVX10X1150LA A5115

 

Both belts are recommended for fitting to a standard six-cylinder Austin-Healey 
(not BJ8) with a length of 45.05 inches, width .44 inch and an angle of 36 
degrees. However these are now too long.

 

I have looked for a website that would allow me to punch in the length needed 
(say 44 or 43 inches ? open to suggestions) but can?t find one. Has anyone come 
across such a site or can offer advice?

 

Thanks

 

Patrick Quinn

Blue Mountains, Australia

 

 

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Patrick & 
Caroline Quinn
Sent: Saturday, 27 May 2017 9:14 PM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] Stripped Water Pump Stud

 

G?day

 

Had a half hour to spare this afternoon so I thought I would fit the new water 
pump to the BN3?s six-cylinder engine.

 

Of the four nuts, three tightened without a problem. but I managed to strip the 
thread the stud thread on the fourth.

 

Normally I would use the twin nut method, but with the stud stripped that?s not 
possible. So what to do? My 40+ year old vice-grips (mole-grips) can?t handle 
the strain and I don?t have a welder to weld on a nut, nor do I have an 
extractor.

 

Was thinking about filing the end of the stud flat on two sides and using a 
crescent wrench or what we call a shifting spanner. Any experienced advice out 
there?

 

Many thanks

 

Patrick Quinn

Blue Mountains, Australia



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