Series 1 water pump
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Blimey, $120 seems very reasonable. It wasn't too bad a job in the end and I ended up changing all the hoses and the thermostat just for good measure. That said, I have yet to refill the system and test for leaks. That's for tonight's job. I have added a photo of the job half way through getting it all back together.
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I would trade my youngest for an engine that clean,then again this is a part I haven't uncovered before. It will be clean before I fit the parts next Monday. 5 x 12 hour shifts to do now.
The parts arrived at 12.15pm today. Ordered them at 10 am yesterday,how good is that. They didn't even wait for the exchange pump to get to them. As soon as gave them a tracking number for my old pump the new one was on its way.
Good luck and happy motoring.
(those are pints by the way,not Qld pots...285ml,it's like drinking beer from a medicine measuring cup.)
The parts arrived at 12.15pm today. Ordered them at 10 am yesterday,how good is that. They didn't even wait for the exchange pump to get to them. As soon as gave them a tracking number for my old pump the new one was on its way.
Good luck and happy motoring.
(those are pints by the way,not Qld pots...285ml,it's like drinking beer from a medicine measuring cup.)
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Sorry Elinor, no drawn out saga or paint this time,just degreaser and steel wool.
Got to make sure Fireball can drive the 7 km to all British day.
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...nsland-122181/
Just got to sort a towbar(hitch) so I can to throw the Bonnievile on a 70's trailer for the day(it is for cars and bikes and tanks and planes and ...you get my drift,all British)
Got to make sure Fireball can drive the 7 km to all British day.
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...nsland-122181/
Just got to sort a towbar(hitch) so I can to throw the Bonnievile on a 70's trailer for the day(it is for cars and bikes and tanks and planes and ...you get my drift,all British)
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Elinor's words were ringing in my ears.....anyway ,it was dark before I got to the new parts after 8 hours of scourer and solvent,steel wool etc. She knew I couldn't reassemble it without cleaning it.
Oh well,new parts will have to wait for another day. I did want to drive it tomorrow.
Slowly turning this $2000 crapper into a presentable car.
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She can't run,I've got the keys. Day off tomorrow,only thing planned is posting JF banner to cambo351 and trimming the hedges,might find time to get it on the road. Hedges can wait...
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You're a printer, Clarke!
That's how I know that in your world things Must be Exact, Perfect, Correct, Straight, Clean and Right!
Did I mention, in your world there is NO room for anything short of Absolute Perfection!
By the time you're finished you'll have the aforementioned engine clean enough to eat off of. You're almost there now, as I detect a couple paint cans.
(';')
That's how I know that in your world things Must be Exact, Perfect, Correct, Straight, Clean and Right!
Did I mention, in your world there is NO room for anything short of Absolute Perfection!
By the time you're finished you'll have the aforementioned engine clean enough to eat off of. You're almost there now, as I detect a couple paint cans.
(';')
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You're a printer, Clarke!
That's how I know that in your world things Must be Exact, Perfect, Correct, Straight, Clean and Right!
Did I mention, in your world there is NO room for anything short of Absolute Perfection!
By the time you're finished you'll have the aforementioned engine clean enough to eat off of. You're almost there now, as I detect a couple paint cans.
(';')
That's how I know that in your world things Must be Exact, Perfect, Correct, Straight, Clean and Right!
Did I mention, in your world there is NO room for anything short of Absolute Perfection!
By the time you're finished you'll have the aforementioned engine clean enough to eat off of. You're almost there now, as I detect a couple paint cans.
(';')
Those would be degreaser cans Elinor, I buy it by the box when it is on special for $1 a can. But as you can see from the pics below this car is chewing up the supply.
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Those would be degreaser cans Elinor, I buy it by the box when it on special for $1 a can. Bus as you can see from the pics below this car is chewing up the supply.
Attachment 92179Attachment 92180
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A place for everything and everything in its place.
I rest my case.
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Rebuilt pump not up to scratch
Finally got time today to look a fitting new water pump. Unpacked the box of goodies(that also had my handbrake pivot bolts I've been waiting 3 months for).
Only to find the pump is not complete or useable.
The spigot for the heater pipe was missing,and an outlet near the power steering pump bracket bolt hole had a plug that had been drilled out.
So off to my mate who works for the local hose Doctor(Pirtek), a bit of heat and easy out then fit a new blanking plug,then into the bin of out casts to make up a spigot.
All done within 15 minutes of leaving home instead of posting pump back to supplier.
Only to find the pump is not complete or useable.
The spigot for the heater pipe was missing,and an outlet near the power steering pump bracket bolt hole had a plug that had been drilled out.
So off to my mate who works for the local hose Doctor(Pirtek), a bit of heat and easy out then fit a new blanking plug,then into the bin of out casts to make up a spigot.
All done within 15 minutes of leaving home instead of posting pump back to supplier.
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On the road again
Grant, temp was showing above quarter after a 1km round trip to corner shop,never got anywhere near that before unless it was 35c plus in the middle of summer driving mountain roads. Seems more normal to me.
Big test tomorrow coming home from work in peak traffic,can't lane split in the XJ6 like the bike does.
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I have no doubt it will all be sweet, I could have driven it for months with the pump leaking. Just that once I realised it was leaking it had to be fixed,and while I was down in that end of the engine bay I replaced belts,gaskets,thermostat,clamps,the older hoses, and some bolts that were less than adequate from corrosion.
just got to move on to the Jeep water pump now....
just got to move on to the Jeep water pump now....
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Just that once I realised it was leaking it had to be fixed,and while I was down in that end of the engine bay I replaced belts,gaskets,thermostat,clamps,the older hoses, and some bolts that were less than adequate from corrosion.
just got to move on to the Jeep water pump now....
Just that once I realised it was leaking it had to be fixed,and while I was down in that end of the engine bay I replaced belts,gaskets,thermostat,clamps,the older hoses, and some bolts that were less than adequate from corrosion.
just got to move on to the Jeep water pump now....
It's good that you have all those friends and contacts too, Clarke. I don't know how many times we used to get a new part for one of the machines that was a Fits-All that didn't just bolt up like it was supposed to. Modifying it to work was Uncle's job. He could make a space shuttle from a roll of baling wire and a 2x4.
(';')
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