Hey guys hope everyone's summer is going great. We've been out with the classics almost every weekend and it's been great!
On to the issue. Coming back on Sunday the old girl stopped pumping appreciable amounts of water. So even tho I was told when I bought it the water pump was new I got one anyways.
Pump went in fine, some scoring of pump housing and plate for sure but it looks ok to me. Let the sealant dry over night n fired her up this morning. Nada, bone dry.
So I pulled the thermostat cover off n the thermostat looked pretty nasty and maybe even bent or warped? So I have all of that on order as well.
Now my question, can I run this engine with out a thermostat? Reason I ask is with the cover off the motor will shoot water 6 feet out of the t Stat hole so I have to assume my pump is working. However when I put the cover back on it will pump for a minute and then trickle off to nothing. Pull the cover back off n no water!?! Takes another 30 seconds n starts shooting again.
So.... what the heck? I can run a hose thru all three holes n get water out of the leg or exhaust so I'm pretty sure they aren't plugged. What am I missing???
Pics cuz everybody likes pictures.
Ps I'm off work all work so anybody local to west st paul want to earn some free beer n pizza to lend a hand...