Bill, thanks for the follow up.
Jim in Palmdale
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From: <ardunbill@webtv.net>
> Hi All, just got off the phone with Verne Tomlinson at Hilborn about the
> fuel pump failure that trailered my Ardun at the April 1 Maxton meet.
> Verne said it was a manufacturing error "possibly" compounded by not
> squirting enough engine oil in it on assembly before startup. The whole
> pump was replaced except the body, and Hilborn covered it all but a
> "tiny little" participation by your reporter. Verne said he ran the
> repaired pump for an hour on his test rig and it is now slick as a
> whistle.
>
> But the whole world already knows Hilborn is a class outfit.
>
> Used the opportunity with the front sheet metal off the car to go ahead
> and convert the coolant circulation system from the belt-driven Ford
> pumps to a 12V 15.7 gpm marine pump in the feed line from the rear tank
> to the engine, thus deleting the belt drive. To retain the Ford rubber
> engine mounts (which I prefer to putting the chassis flexing stresses
> into the power unit with rigid mounts) I made dummy pumps by cutting the
> bearing snouts off a pair of old Ford pumps, and plugging the seal holes
> with 1-7/16 freeze plugs with Blue Loctite. So the coolant comes to the
> dummy pumps under pressure now, and on up into the block as before.
>
> So, got all this in there now, full of coolant, and, no drips at this
> time. This is a great game, always something to do!
>
> Cheers from ArdunBill in the Great Dismal Swamp, Chesapeake, VA
>
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