It's got nothing to do with the bearings. It's the seal that keeps the water
in the engine.
Bill Lawrence
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:30:45 +0800
Subject: Re: [Healeys] water pump
From: healey.nut@gmail.com
To: ynotink@msn.com
CC: rchaskell@earthlink.net; eyera3@gmail.com; healeys@autox.team.net
Bill -
I am pretty sure all 6 cylinder pumps rebuilt use sealed bearings so no need
for this.
Alan
On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:09 AM, WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink@msn.com> wrote:
If the graphite seal in the water pump is wet the first time you start it it
will leak and will take a long time to seal. I had to remove the pump on my
BN1 after I rebuilt the engine and spin it up with 1/2" drill motor. Only
takes about 30 seconds.
Bill Lawrence
> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:26:09 -0400
> From: rchaskell@earthlink.net
> To: eyera3@gmail.com
> CC: healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] water pump
>
> It's my understanding that back in the day the water pump seal had to be
> bedded in before installing the pump on the car. The pulley/shaft was
> spun (say using the wire wheel on a bench grinder) dry for some period
> of time. Just wondered if that should still be done and, if so, how.
>
> Bob Haskell
> 3000 MkI registrar
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