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Re: Water pumps

To: mgb.roadster@juno.com
Subject: Re: Water pumps
From: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 23:24:34 EDT
Larry,
  Don't want to cause you any heartache, but I've seen both long nose and
short nose in both aluminum and cast iron.  In fact i replaced the
aluminum on my car with a cast iron, both of which were the same length
(short)
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget.
  
On Wed, 22 Oct 1997 16:25:28 -0600 mgb.roadster@juno.com (Larry A Hoy)
writes:
>Well there's the answer.  If the long nose one is cast iron, and it 
>ventilates the radiator I guess I stick with aluminum.
>
>Larry Hoy (MGB.Roadster@juno.com)
>Denver, CO USA
>1969 MGB Roadster
>1987 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas
>===============================
>On Wed, 22 Oct 1997 14:18:00 EDT gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison) 
>writes:
>>
>
>>Also, between the earlier and later 5 main engines, the "nose of the 
>>waterpump is a different length.  The earlier being the shorter of 
>the 
>>two (i think).
>> Using a long nose in place of a short nose will cause the fan to 
>>ventilate the radiator.
>>Rick Morrison
>>72 MGBGT
>>74 Midget

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