If it was an aluminum body water pump that failure is common. I
broke two of those myself in 1997. Kind of suprised the rear bracket
broke. If it was an iron body water pump I'm way more suprised, as I
have never heard of one of those breaking like that.
At 05:48 PM 5/12/2013 -0500, Robert J. Guinness wrote:
>My MGA 1600 seemed to be overheating a bit more than usual at stop
>lights. So I opened the bonnet and lo and behold -- both the water
>pump and rear brackets to the generator had sheared off. What could
>cause this? Do I need to (or should I) replace the water pump or can it
>be welded (after removal)?
>....
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