Benn,
If your going to drive it over 10,000 miles, get a rebuilt pump that
uses a stock cast iron housing.
Bryan
Benn wrote:
> Hi all,
> I bought an inexpensive fan belt tension guage (the Clickit is the
> name--seemed pretty repeatable, +/-5 or 10 #, absolute accuracy unknown,
> although seems in the proper ballpark for the amount of pull I put on the
> alternator). I realized how loose my '63 'vette fan belt was and tightened it
> up to something in the spec range (seemed pretty tight, but not
> crazy-tight-twanging-middle-C-tight). And the next time I ran it, the water
> pump gave out. So-o-o, d'ya think the pump was just old and cheap (it was
> both, but not many miles on it), and are there some pumps out there that have
> better bearings on 'em or something? Or are most all of 'em the same in this
> department? Hate to buy the $100 version at the vintage 'vette shop vs. $23
> at Autozone if there's no difference. What are your thoughts?
>
> Secondly, I seem to have leaks in one of the three fuel hose assemblies I put
> together (Summit ss braided over rubber core with Summit fittings). The fuel
> is leaking out of the nut portion of the fittings, not the hose connection
> area, so I'm surmising that the flare portion of the fitting just isn't
> seating well on the male AN fittings. How tight can these fittings (-06 size
> aluminum) be torqued? The fittings' sealing surfaces look great--maybe out of
> round or something? I'm mystified.
> Benn
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