C160SFG - 1986 Series 3

[A7RXY]

Great news ..... Wildly Wonka rools .......

[myatt1972]

Yay great news !
I told you they were the wrong way round

[KiwiDave]

Having renewed the connections to the refuckulator

My new word du jour

[ian65]

the quest to get the car fit and ready for RetroRides continues...
The water pump was leaking so had to be changed...

When undoing the pump the housing came away too so I had the remove it and change the gasket on that as well...



Made a paper template for the new gasket...



then transferred it to the gasket material and cut it out to make the gasket...



did the same for the water pump...





water pump ready to go on...



a smear of blue Hylomar on each surface and it's all bolted back up...



everything connected back up and belts back on...



Ran it up on tickover and it seems watertight... needs a good roadtest now to get it hot.

[TOOL]

Did you remember the little spacers on the outlying studs?

Common cause of water pump leaks.

[myatt1972]

Making water pump gaskets is a right pain, fiddly bastards! Yours looks like a genuine part. I'm glad you're looking after her.

[KiwiDave]

Yours looks like a genuine part. r.

How do you get the holes for the studs looking so perfect Ian?

[ian65]

Yours looks like a genuine part. r.

How do you get the holes for the studs looking so perfect Ian?

I bought a set of these Dave.... awesome things for making gaskets....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Punch-Set-12p ... xySy9SRCkF

add sheet of proper gasket material....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GASKET-PAPER- ... SwfVpYr-n3

a Stanley knife and some scissors and you're in business. 'Gaskets R Us'

[richrx]

You could make a killing on inlet manifold gaskets


Rich

[DB RX63]

Give that man a Blue Peter Badge..........