Some things to fix: a small seep from the waterpump, I rebuild it myself with
new sealed bearings, stainless sleeves and a new modern seal. I had originally
planned to run the pump dry in the engine for 30 seconds for a pump seal
break-in but we decided to go for a full on 20-30 minutes run for a renewed cam
break-in which is more important. I should have looked for a solution to do a
dry run-in of the pump before mounting using a drill or so. Or just cranking
the engine after putting on the belt, with no plugs.
I'll try to correct this by draining the water, I need to replace it with my
coolant/distilled water/water wetter mixture anyway. And then do a short 30"
dry seal break-in run with the engine. Anybody has experience with that after
an initial wet run? I see one positive reference to this issue from somebody
taking the pump out of the car, running it with a drill and re-installing.
I also have just a drop of water from the rear freeze plug. This one is
accessible through the transmission opening. On close inspection it's sitting
at a bit of an angle, tapping it with a hammer/drift might correct this or I
can just install a new one when I replace the water with coolant.
Big thanks to Charlie and my supporting neighbors who came over, my almost
neighbor Bill Hoyt who's restoring another BN2 a couple streets away from me.
Also big thanks to Ray Juncal who gave me a cart to wheel the body around in
the shop all these years, it will go to the next club member restoring a big
Healey. And a huge thanks to Rich, Curt, all contributors on the list and our
list manager Mark.
So what a fantastic day, there's a new smell in the garage and I like it!
Here's a photo, I am hiding behind Charlie who's in the Jeans shirt and blue
cap.
http://www.austin-healey.org/image/view/4993/_original
in our soCal website club member's projects gallery:
http://www.austin-healey.org/image/tid/2
cheers
Bert
56 BN2 a bit more in progress.
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