Water pump experiment fail... so far, that is.


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Posted by Tom in Indiana [216.249.74.130] on Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 11:16:21 :

I found a new slant six water pump that I had bought to use in the engine rebuild of the weef's '70 Dart (but we ended up selling it before we got to it), and decided to dissect it in hopes of using the internals in the water pump for my 360/PW conversion. I hated destroying a good pump, but I've had no luck finding a shortened one. Anyway, in the process, I destroyed the housing and ruined the carbon bearing on the shaft. I also found that the bearing and shaft are too small of diameter to use in the LA housing. There went $30 down the drain, but at least we now know a slant six one will NOT work for what I need.

Little man and I are heading to the junkyard in a bit to try to find a poly and an early LA pumps to tear apart and measure the guts thereof. Maybe I can eventually rig something up that'll work. Wish me luck!!



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