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Keith True · 05-25-2025, 08:45 AM

Years ago when people were complaining about this a couple of us sat down with my pile of pumps.At that time I had 20-25 of them.NO TWO measured the same at that interference point.Most of them still had shafts in them,and most of them had enough clearance for the fan.Some didn't,but it wasn't by much.The few we did determine to be true originals were OK.But,after 90 years of replacement parts it would take a fine points guy to decide on most of them.The correctness of the water pumps has never been an issue for me.It is for others,and a couple of guys have pawed through my pile of them to find the correct one for their application.

05-25-2025, 08:45 AM	#21
Keith True Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Epping N.H. Posts: 3,423	Re: New aluminum fan blade problem Years ago when people were complaining about this a couple of us sat down with my pile of pumps.At that time I had 20-25 of them.NO TWO measured the same at that interference point.Most of them still had shafts in them,and most of them had enough clearance for the fan.Some didn't,but it wasn't by much.The few we did determine to be true originals were OK.But,after 90 years of replacement parts it would take a fine points guy to decide on most of them.The correctness of the water pumps has never been an issue for me.It is for others,and a couple of guys have pawed through my pile of them to find the correct one for their application.