Thread: Part Number 614816 Needed - Stub Shaft for Water Pump with Aircon

Do you have a pic of it? It's a bit hard to visualise what you mean

Pardon me - I completely forgot. Thanks for the reminder.

Man, I hate putting photos on here. What a headache.

Anyway, after much research I think I may be better off with Falcon thermos, though I won't have much choice if I can't get this adaptor! Of course, if I had a lathe there would be no problem making or adapting something . . . as usual.

Looks I didn't quite use the right linky thingy. Maybe this will work.

with the proper coolant mix, I'd have thought 90-95 degC was quite efficient.

The red OAT stuff (e.g GMH Coolant for the LS series V8) has excellent corrosion resistance at 50% dilution and under a 15 psi cap, a 50% won't boil until you get to 130 deg C.

At 90-95 deg C the engine is running more efficiently, more mpg and produces more power than at a lower temp. I wouldn't be overly concerned at all. Do you know what the specs are for your thermostat?

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Edit. FWIW on a 39 deg C Bris day with aircon flat out I've put a thermocouple in the coolant for my Thor 4.6. It maintains 90-91 deg C and the gauge is about a needle width above the middle. Towing 800kg of camper through sand beside the Peninsular Dev Rd late last year in 3rd gear and aircon on (37 deg outside) it stayed around the middle. Original viscous fan.

Hi, Thanks for the pic...........I'm pretty sure I have one of those lying around somewhere, or failing that a different water pump to take the later fan

Thanks for that, I'd appreciate you looking. I don't think another water pump would work, though, since only the four stud, (with this adaptor), will take the double pulley.

I know 90-95 is about right for efficiency but it's the jump from 80-something on the highway, (though that's only a short run on the highway - I haven't been game to go too far yet), up 10 or 15 degrees when running around town that's had me worried. I'm in a tiny town in the Kimberley and this isn't even the hottest time of the year.

I've put in a lovely new tropicore radiator, new hoses, Tectaloy 90 Plus coolant, (because I can get it), bypassed the heater, (to try and keep some heat out of the cabin and to remove another possible leak), and had enormous fun with a brand-new genuine thermostat that, as it turned out, didn't quite open far enough. Another genuine one that does open fully made a big difference.

The standard gauge was also well past the middle the last time I had it working, though of course it may need a new sender. I also have a capillary gauge and a Watchdog TM2, both of which show about the same temps.

And I also cut four 54mm holes in either side of the bonnet, (which really does help), and wired the aircon fans with a switch on the dash so that I can run them on their own, (this doesn't make much of a difference to running temps, but does help with hot starting).

Anyway, thanks for your replies!

Originally Posted by Davo

Man, I hate putting photos on here. What a headache.

Dunno why. It's easy-peasy - a dead simple procedure. Even I can do it.

Ha - you've just got the natural ability. And over 16,000 posts. Who can compete with that?

This morning went like this:

Okay, post a photo. I saw a how-to for that somewhere around here . . . where was it? Hmmm . . . FAQ . . . Board FAQ . . . Reading and Posting Messages . . . ah, let's see . . . okay, you use the attachment icon up there - the little thing with the mountains and sun. Oh it wants an URL.

Alrighty. Now, how did you add an image? I can't remember. Hmmm . . . User CP . . . nope, nothing there. Oh! Of course! Gallery.

Okay . . . I know I've got a couple of pictures here. Where were they? Must be Members Galleries. Oh yes, I'll look for my user name . . . Davo . . . oh, there I am . . . click on Photos . . . er . . . ummm . . .

Ah, yes. Okay, fill in all those fields . . . I wonder what to put . . . I wonder what a "default title" is? Okay . . . select a file. That's easy.

Watch the little blue line. Do-dee-do-dee-doo. Click Upload.

Oh. It wants my login. Must've timed out. Oh damn, it didn't work. Oh well, I'll just do all that over again.

(Later on.) Okay, there it is. Click Process. Hmm hmm hmm . . . oh, it's done!

Right . . . go to thread reply . . . click icon thingy . . . oh, it wants an URL. Hmph.

Open new window . . . go to gallery . . . find photo . . . click on photo . . . I wonder what these mean:

Linked Thumbnail:
Linked Medium:
Medium Image:
HTML code:
Direct link:

Hmmm . . . I'll try one . . . oh, dear, that's not right . . . okay, Edit button . . . maybe this one will work . . . yeah, that's good enough.

Where's my hammer!