old magna
24-04-2010, 07:46 PM
G'day,
the next part of the never ending money void, refereed to as the magna is the water pump. the other day when i opened the bonnet to inspect the charging system (another problem, another post) i also decided to check fluids. as normal there was no oil, so in went a good few pints of oil but when i opened the radiator i almost died. if there is one thing that this car has never consumed or wrecked it was water, but low and behold there was none evident. immediately it was evident when i replaced the water pump belt i must have disturbed the good old o-ring between the pump and block. so i went down to bursons and bought a new gasket but he didn't have any o-rings so he just gave me one to try. of coarse it was wrong (way to thin) so this morning i went to good old auto-barn which had the 'very specific and rare' o ring that i needed. at the time i was very suspicious because the packaging had thermostat scrubbed out and replaced with 'water pump' not to mention the fact the o-ring was no where near the profile of the original but i was guaranteed it was right. so as soon as i went to put the bar$+ed thing back in i found that the o ring was way to big and could never fit. when i went back i ended up fighting with the bloke until he actually put the o ring on the pump and said 'so i see..hey dave what the hell did you order them for...' so anyway now i have no o-ring and no one seems to have them. i really need a new water pump as the impeller is ready to fall to pieces and all, so i will get one from the wreckers when i get the alternator. any suggestions on where to get the elusive o-ring will be greatly appreciated, but i dont want to have to take a bank loan to buy it either as the frigen car is costing enough as it is.
sorry about the really long post and thanks for your help
regards jay
p.s i have seen the new pumps on eBay but dont have the money nor the time for postage when i can get something reasonable for $15 from the wreckers.
the next part of the never ending money void, refereed to as the magna is the water pump. the other day when i opened the bonnet to inspect the charging system (another problem, another post) i also decided to check fluids. as normal there was no oil, so in went a good few pints of oil but when i opened the radiator i almost died. if there is one thing that this car has never consumed or wrecked it was water, but low and behold there was none evident. immediately it was evident when i replaced the water pump belt i must have disturbed the good old o-ring between the pump and block. so i went down to bursons and bought a new gasket but he didn't have any o-rings so he just gave me one to try. of coarse it was wrong (way to thin) so this morning i went to good old auto-barn which had the 'very specific and rare' o ring that i needed. at the time i was very suspicious because the packaging had thermostat scrubbed out and replaced with 'water pump' not to mention the fact the o-ring was no where near the profile of the original but i was guaranteed it was right. so as soon as i went to put the bar$+ed thing back in i found that the o ring was way to big and could never fit. when i went back i ended up fighting with the bloke until he actually put the o ring on the pump and said 'so i see..hey dave what the hell did you order them for...' so anyway now i have no o-ring and no one seems to have them. i really need a new water pump as the impeller is ready to fall to pieces and all, so i will get one from the wreckers when i get the alternator. any suggestions on where to get the elusive o-ring will be greatly appreciated, but i dont want to have to take a bank loan to buy it either as the frigen car is costing enough as it is.
sorry about the really long post and thanks for your help
regards jay
p.s i have seen the new pumps on eBay but dont have the money nor the time for postage when i can get something reasonable for $15 from the wreckers.