Gefeliciteerd Bert,
Leave the water pump well alone. If it is only a running in problem of
the carbon seal the seepage will stop after some time on its own. Do not
run it dry.
So no go out and enjoy.
Cheers,
Kees Oudesluijs
NL
Op 20-1-2012 16:48, Bert Van Brande schreef:
> 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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