|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
07-03-2018, 08:34 PM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: san diego
Posts: 518
|
Water pump query
Hi guys .. I heard the water pumps vanpelt sell are pretty good.. any one have them ? Are they the same as drakes?
__________________
"I have built my organisation on fear"..Al Capone. |
07-04-2018, 11:48 AM | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Pittsford NY. USA
Posts: 1,096
|
Re: Water pump query
I am sure that the Vanpelt pumps are fine . For the record , I have a pair from Drakes that have worked flawlessly for 3 yrs . - F F
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
07-04-2018, 12:18 PM | #3 |
BANNED
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Utica, Ohio
Posts: 522
|
Re: Water pump query
I have a pair from Carpenter that have worked fine for five years.
|
07-04-2018, 12:50 PM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Posts: 16,425
|
Re: Water pump query
They all likely come from the same source.
|
07-04-2018, 01:21 PM | #5 |
BANNED
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Utica, Ohio
Posts: 522
|
Re: Water pump query
Carpenter told me they make their own. The black one is Carpenter's.
|
07-04-2018, 01:46 PM | #6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Minnesota, Florida Keys
Posts: 10,303
|
Re: Water pump query
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
|
07-04-2018, 02:08 PM | #7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Posts: 16,425
|
Re: Water pump query
I know Dennis got heavily involved with casting plastic parts such as dash knobs and the like but I doubt that he has a foundry for casting iron. Most of the repro part peddlers buy parts like that wholsale from the source for retail sales including Speedway Motors. If they put casting marks for different peddlers then they contract purchase from the foundry or manufacturer. It's possible they even assemble them from contracted parts but I would be surprised if they made all the parts in house like Ford did. Few repro parts outfits go to this extent. The 1940 coupe body is a classic example of contracted manufactuer.
|
07-04-2018, 02:44 PM | #8 |
BANNED
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Utica, Ohio
Posts: 522
|
Re: Water pump query
If you have your patterns any foundry will cast for you. More pictures of the pumps. The red ones are Skip's.
|
07-04-2018, 04:24 PM | #9 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Florida and Penna.
Posts: 4,471
|
Re: Water pump query
Quote:
casting. You have to have a core mold to make cores for the water passages in the pump. Then after casting the core has to be broken out. G.M.
__________________
www.fordcollector.com |
|
07-04-2018, 05:45 PM | #10 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: san diego
Posts: 518
|
Re: Water pump query
Vanpelt has a new impeller design and sealed bearings. I tried to contact Him on the H.A.M.B. but haven’t heard back. I was thinking of getting a set but didn’t know if they were different from drakes, C&G etc . Where they were made and what the fit was like
__________________
"I have built my organisation on fear"..Al Capone. |
07-04-2018, 07:06 PM | #11 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: SoCal-Redlands
Posts: 3,013
|
Re: Water pump query
C&G is just up the road from you and all their water pumps are 10% off this month with the code "waterpumps". Never had an issue with C&G. JMO
__________________
Making the simple complicated for over 30 years. |
07-05-2018, 09:32 AM | #12 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Marana Arizona
Posts: 1,776
|
Re: Water pump query
I would take a cruise to check out C&D if I were that close. Great service and quality stuff.
|
07-07-2018, 10:28 PM | #13 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Yorba Linda, SoCal
Posts: 155
|
Re: Water pump query
I have Carpenters. Drakes have "Drake" cast in them and my old ones were too bad to send to Skip. Everything works great......
|
07-08-2018, 09:45 AM | #14 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Marana, AZ
Posts: 1,194
|
Re: Water pump query
I'm with Chap and 51504bat. C&G has a great video on water pumps, along with the special they're running. Kyle and Joe are part of that group of great people here who help us solve our problems!!! I wish I were as close as you are!!!
Dick. |
07-08-2018, 09:51 AM | #15 |
Member Emeritus
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Wichita KS
Posts: 16,132
|
Re: Water pump query
Why not contact them directly? Or you could PM him here on the Barn. He was on here today around 6:20.
|
07-08-2018, 05:08 PM | #16 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: pittsfield, MA
Posts: 2,086
|
Re: Water pump query
Why all this guessing when WP's come up. Send yours to Skip for a professional rebuild. I have done this for 15 years and never a problem.
JMO John |
07-08-2018, 06:49 PM | #17 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Marana, AZ
Posts: 1,194
|
Re: Water pump query
Quote:
Dick. |
|
07-08-2018, 07:32 PM | #18 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Massillon, Ohio
Posts: 783
|
Re: Water pump query
I also had my water pumps rebuilt by Skip 5 years ago. They work perfectly and move the water. I have had my '41 out a lot this summer in 90 + degree days. The temp has never risen over 180 degrees. I did also flush the engine and radiator while the pumps were at Skips. He has excellent turnaround time. Highly recommend.
|
07-08-2018, 08:54 PM | #19 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Gurnee, Illinois
Posts: 270
|
Re: Water pump query
Reproduction castings:
If you make a mold for an iron casting part from an original part you will loose at least 3% of the dimensions, maybe even more, depending on direction of the flow. And it gets worse from there. So then you go to a pattern and lose another 6%. And that is why so much of the China stuff doesn't fit. You get what you pay for. IMHO |
07-08-2018, 09:49 PM | #20 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: MN
Posts: 7,053
|
Re: Water pump query
I have a bad batch of speedway pumps on one side (bad seals, the pump is solid fit). Leaks a manageable amount. very little, a drop a few months or less, on my list of replacement. Long list it seems....
If I could do it again I'd consider skip first then the rest. Just my opinion. |
|
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|