I once looked for a cast iron water pump for my B (1967 engine). I could
only locate a cast iron one for a late model engine.
Are the cast iron pumps available for the early engines?
Will the late model cast iron pump fit on the early engine?
Larry Hoy (MGB.Roadster@juno.com)
Denver, CO USA
1969 MGB Roadster
1987 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas
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On Mon, 20 Oct 1997 20:39:35 EDT bugide@juno.com (Larry Dickstein)
writes:
>Mike-
> I can't help you w/ all your maladies but I can offer an
>opinion on the water pump. The little hole at the bottom is where the
>coolant comes out after the packing inside the pump goes bad. You are,
>at best, setting yourself up for a catastrophic failure. The hole is
>a relief hole and is supposed to be open.
> If the pump is aluminum then pitch it. If it is cast iron,
>look in the yellow pages under pumps, rebuilders, or something, and
>eventually you will find someone to rebuild it. All the innards are
>is a bearing, a seal, and a packing material. Nothing cosmic about
>any of it. Stay away from rebuilt aluminum pumps.
>
>Larry Dickstein
>bugide@juno.com
>
>"If you're stupid, you'll have to pay for it"
>
>On Sun, 19 Oct 1997 23:07:06 -0700 Mike Lishego
><mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu> writes:
>>Hello,
>> Well, I went home to do two things with my MGB, and neither
>was accomplished. First, I wanted to drive that baby at least once
>before Xmas, but didn't get to. I finally finished my front end
>rebuild and wire wheel swap. I replaced my bad water
>>pump with another one that was also bad. The pump had a hole in the
>bottom by the pulley that I could only assume was for lubrication.
>Water poured out of this orifice, so I plugged it with a bolt goobed
>with JB weld.
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