Water pump packing in an '28 AB - 06/06/22 09:42 PM
Hi all,
I've got a small leak of coolant coming out from around the water pump shaft and I've tightened the packing nut as far as I'm willing to go. It feels like the nut has bottomed out. ;-( According to the paperwork I received with this truck, the water pump was rebuilt by a shop in 1970, but the engine was not run until I got it going in 2012.
Is there enough room to loosen the nut enough to shove some more packing under it while the pump is still on the engine, or do I have to pull the pump out and press it apart to inspect and put new packing in there?
My eyes tell me that there is not enough room to back the nut out before it encounters the front of the pump housing.
Your thoughts?
Thanks, Dean
I've got a small leak of coolant coming out from around the water pump shaft and I've tightened the packing nut as far as I'm willing to go. It feels like the nut has bottomed out. ;-( According to the paperwork I received with this truck, the water pump was rebuilt by a shop in 1970, but the engine was not run until I got it going in 2012.
Is there enough room to loosen the nut enough to shove some more packing under it while the pump is still on the engine, or do I have to pull the pump out and press it apart to inspect and put new packing in there?
My eyes tell me that there is not enough room to back the nut out before it encounters the front of the pump housing.
Your thoughts?
Thanks, Dean
Description: 1928 AB water pump pic