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Water pump

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Im tring to fit a different water pump to my sprint,thought you may be interested on how its going


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its a belt driven pump , im going to run electric fan



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may have to remake the mounting bracket for a fourth time as i need to turn the pump to give more room to do the pluming hoses the one for the heater is a bit tight against the subframe ,happy days :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Looks interesting, who makes the pump?

That's a big battery you have there, might give you more space if you relocate it to the boot.

Keep us posted.

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Ive still got to buy a battery thats just there so i know how much room i have to play with, the water pump is of ford essex v6/v4

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new to this wrote: Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:02 pm Ive still got to buy a battery thats just there so i know how much room i have to play with, the water pump is of ford essex v6/v4

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A common Stag mod Dave, works very well on them :D

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dollyman wrote: Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:51 pm
new to this wrote: Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:02 pm Ive still got to buy a battery thats just there so i know how much room i have to play with, the water pump is of ford essex v6/v4

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A common Stag mod Dave, works very well on them :D

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its a tried and tested mod on the Stag , im just adapting it to fit the Sprint,if it fits the Sprint it should also fit the 1850

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Hopefully i wont need it Dave, but that is why i'm watching your work with interest :D

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When i took the water pump cover off i was surprised to see a 12 vain pump seeing as my car is 73/74 :o :o


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Had a bit, a lot of trouble getting it out

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Got the new bungs to gether

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Cleaned up engine a bit :D and carried on with plumming


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started the pipe work for the heater but ran out of pipe boy is that stainless pipe hard to bend :D :D
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