I've seen some of these melted into a gooey mass and gobbed onto the
shaft (Leave it alone, Bob) and not moving any water. Apparently, the
extreme heat melts them into nothingness and you are left w/ no push for
the water.
Larry Dickstein
bugide@juno.com
On Sat, 06 Sep 1997 12:54:40 +0100 Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
writes:
>Carol wrote:
>>
> <snip>
>> > Can WE rebuild these water pumps? And who would carry the parts?
>>
>> Carol
>
> >One other thing on cast iron pumps. Some of them had bake-o-lite or
some other type of plastic impeller. If all else fails and the car still
overheats, it might behoove you to go ahead and yank the pump. You may
find that the plastic impeller has erroded and is now reseting
comfortably up against the front cylinder.
>
>Bob Allen, Kansas City, '69CGT, '75TR6
>
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