I also have a 73 and replaced the pump a few years ago, I was sold an alloy
one, and a couple of years later I noticed it had started to drip
occasionally - not impressed. With a trip to France coming up I bought
another, this time cast iron, and was assured by the vendor that it was the
correct one for the car. I trust him, as he always points out what parts I
have bought have been OE and which repro (because he can't get the OE)
unlike the other vendor (a 'household' name in MG circles) who has
repeatedly sold me faulty and incorrect parts, even trying to pass off
inferior repros as OE.
If your two pumps are like mine I suspect the alloy one is a poor repro and
the cast iron the pukka item.
PaulH.
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-----Original Message-----
From: don <brgmgb@napanet.net>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: 07 November 1999 02:02
Subject: '73 B- alum. or cast iron wtr pump?
>Hello:
>
>I am slowly renovating my '73 B GT. I probably have all of 300 miles on
the
>engine- it's been sitting much more than it gets driven. I noticed a
puddle
>under the car today. Coolant from the water pump. The pump that is on it
>is aluminum. I have a new one of cast iron in my spares (1986, from the
>British newspapers it's wrapped in).
>
>Does anyone know which is correct for my car or if there is an advantage of
>one type over the other?
>
>Thank you.
>
>Don Scott
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