V8 60 water pump
 

Did anyone ever bother making a V8 60 water pump with modern seals, like they did with the big brother?

I have looked but cannot find any.

Thanks,
Rick

Re: V8 60 water pump
 

I looked into it a number of years ago. It would be a major project to
modify the 60 pumps. If I recall there were 2 different style pumps.
I even bought the front engine mount where the pumps mount. There
is not enough volume to warrant the time and money it would cost.
G.M.

Re: V8 60 water pump
 

GR,
I rebuild these occasionally, no upgrades because of what GM said. I have
found that refacing the original bakelite impellers is the best place to start. The repop
impellers are some type of tough plastic and don't take to refacing. The reface is not
on a belt sander but in a lathe using cross feed. When truing up the housing seal/im-
peller face what seems to work best is wringing the housing on an arbor (after re-
bushing the housing) and do the reface in a lathe with the cross feed.
No doubt these babies can be frustrating, to say the least.
One last fun fact.....the plastic repop impellers are seldom flat enough to
seal, unless a miracle happens......keep the orig impellers if possible.
Charlie ny

Re: V8 60 water pump
 

Charlie has it !!!
After following the procedure that Charlie has laid out I like to lap the impellers to the housing .
Cheers
Tony

Re: V8 60 water pump
 

I hope the impellers are original, but who knows after all this time.

We have had this car twice, and my wife won't let me sell it again, so it sits in a carport.

It is a 1922 'T' Touring, with a V8 60 conversion from about 1955. The last time it was redone was in 1972. I am too tall and fat to drive it, and can hardly get my feet on the pedals. The car has sat for a couple years now, and I am sure the water pumps are frozen.