Just make sure it spins freely after you bolt it in but before you
install the belt. I've never heard of dry running before adding water.
Elliott Degraff
271B and a 72B
Bernie wrote:
>looks like my water pump went kaput this evening, it's leaking anti freeze
>like a sieve.
>Tomorrow I will install a new waterpump, any collective wisdom from the list
>of quirks I should be aware of, any problems in re-installing the pump, should
>I dry run the pump for a bout 30 seconds or so before adding water (Moss
>recommends this, I read it someplace, could be wrong)
>Anyway any and all advise will be greatly appreciated, by the way one good
>thing, I drove from Va. Beach, Virginia to Gatlinburg with out any problems
>and the water pump has been in the car for the past 10 years so it served me
>well.
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>Bernie
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