The Water pump debacle thread

[Scallops]

Yeah - my new pump has no locating/grease hole either - it's going back - I'll find a rebuild kit.

[groucho]

What you could do as a temp fix. I have seen it done. Yes it works
(I'll put me helmet on) thread the thermostat housing and fit a brass ferrule
and a fat O ring to take up the gap. That housing came off a friends L/R that was repaired on a trip around OZ and lasted for years. Your friends up there will have an idea how to do it. You can still drive your L/R till you get a O/H kit for your old pump.......

[Scallops]

What you could do as a temp fix. I have seen it done. Yes it works
(I'll put me helmet on) thread the thermostat housing and fit a brass ferrule
and a fat O ring to take up the gap. That housing came off a friends L/R that was repaired on a trip around OZ and lasted for years. Your friends up there will have an idea how to do it. You can still drive your L/R till you get a O/H kit for your old pump.......

Did consider that option the other day too, groucho - when I realised the connecting hole on the pump is threaded. But I'm holding out still for a proper permanent fix.

BTW ososlo - I got in contact with the mob in NZ - they don't have a kit - and their water pump is the same thing I have now that is poorly made - so I'll keep looking! But thanks for trying to help.

[groucho]

With the dissapointing build quality of the re pro pumps and the rarity of NOS
re build kits it may be an option. There have been at least 3 different manufactures since the original UK re pro stopped doing them. Since pulling 3 re pro pumps apart and seeing the fall in quality if doing a long trip i would certanly have a couple spare in the toobox......

[groucho]

Repco did a NOS water pump kit many moons ago.
they would be long gone by now i suppose.

[Scallops]

Repco did a NOS water pump kit many moons ago.
they would be long gone by now i suppose.

Gee - I'd saw off an arm in return for that kit. I don't think I'll bother asking the repco store in Ipswich, but.

[dennisS1]

Not to sure what the problem is here but if it is any help I have rebuild several water pumps without any great problems, sure the bearings and seals that are readily available are not the same but converting is simple and they are quite cheap. As for the seal between the two units, slight differences don’t matter.
If you would like to talk to me about this just PM me your phone number and I will ring you.

[Scallops]

Not to sure what the problem is here but if it is any help I have rebuild several water pumps without any great problems, sure the bearings and seals that are readily available are not the same but converting is simple and they are quite cheap. As for the seal between the two units, slight differences don’t matter.
If you would like to talk to me about this just PM me your phone number and I will ring you.

Dennis - appreciate the offer - but it's all good now.....the problem is that the new pump is about 2mm shorter than is should be - so when the thermostat housing is attached, it won't compress the rubber sealing washer, which was designed to be compressed about 1mm onto the pump / housing interface - so it leaks. 2mm isn't a slight difference - its a big difference.

There are ways around this - I know - but I have just now found a NOS rebuild kit (which I've ordered) to rebuild my original pump. It never leaked before it went - and now it will be good for another 50 years, unlike the cheap replacement parts that are going around.

Thanks for your offer of help though - I appreciate it greatly.

[digger]

Scallops

can you put the details of the rebuild kit in the
will this part fit ?
thread please?


Dennis S1,
I'm pretty sure that a thread or even a detailed posting telling us how to rebuild the water pump using those other parts would be very very appreciated (even could end up a sticky?)

cheers,
Digger

[Blknight.aus]

so since I have a cancelled job tonight and I havent unloaded the foz am I coming over doing an alnighter and making a "get you going" gasket from the bits on board.

you arent likely to get turnaround on the replacement bits in time to do it all and Im off camping on friday.