After replacing the front brakes on one of my S2A 109's and had all the wheel cylinders done in Stainless Steel, I'm happy with the brake job so far, just need to road test it first.
Today I had ideas of wiping over the seatbox and etch priming it, but my attention keeps going back to the niggling issue with a small water leak somewhere around the Thermostat/water pump housing, so this morning I went with the niggling issue of water leak. A container was filled with water and carefully poured in, and in no time it had sprung a leak (insert swear words here), but leak it did but not from where I had expected it, it was leaking from the hose that connects with the inlet manifold
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so after that I asked my wife to check with a torch (as I'm colour blind) to see if she could see any water being displaced on any other metal surfaces, and her answer was Yes!!!, under the water pump assembly.
So back into the shed and the required spanners etc and in no time it was all dis-assembled, the water pump was showing signs of having leaked in the recent past, a rust stain was on the outside of the housing
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I was expecting the leak from under the Thermostat housing but not so
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anyway now to look at the possibility of getting another water pump, does it ever end, LOL, I want to hear the engine run this century not next, cheers Dennis
