Odd Water Pump?
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Purdy Swoft
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I have some that I got in a collection . They must have been after market . I have used one and it didn't leak , even though no packing or packing nut was used on these pumps .
chrs1961815
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I wonder if they move more coolant as the impeller is larger and has four blades versus the stock three.
Joe K
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Aftermarket replacement - may be a Ford replacement after Ford's development of the V8 pump (which the impeller resembles greatly.)
IIRC, the front bearing housing is "small" and contains only a sleeve type bearing lubricated by a grease zerk alemite style - which leads me to believe non-Ford source. Ford tried a sleeve bearing at this location for perhaps a month in 1928 and found it unsatisfactory.
They're around muchly and pricing is cheap. But replacement parts are not available and were probably not "in the day" either as one could buy the entire pump for small money.
Here's the expensive one on Ebay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1928-1929-...463865?hash=item2ce8eddd79:g:w-MAAOSwBsNbcbad There are two others of this kind listed at less than half the price.
Joe K
IIRC, the front bearing housing is "small" and contains only a sleeve type bearing lubricated by a grease zerk alemite style - which leads me to believe non-Ford source. Ford tried a sleeve bearing at this location for perhaps a month in 1928 and found it unsatisfactory.
They're around muchly and pricing is cheap. But replacement parts are not available and were probably not "in the day" either as one could buy the entire pump for small money.
Here's the expensive one on Ebay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1928-1929-...463865?hash=item2ce8eddd79:g:w-MAAOSwBsNbcbad There are two others of this kind listed at less than half the price.
Joe K
aford193031
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In 2010 at Hersey, I saw several rebuild kits for sale. He was selling the kits as no’s model a water pump kits.