Saturday 6th July 2019

Music: Karen was in charge of music so played tracks like ‘I can fix you’ and ‘All right now’ Very funny Karen!

As I was packing up last night I noticed a wet patch under the front tyre. When I investigated I found a very small leak from two of the modified water pump pipes. Unfortunately there was no way round it, the pump will have to be removed, the pipes removed and resealed. A call to Tony Palmer revealed that there had been other cases of leaking and was put down to a loose fitting pipe. The solution is to cut the thread slightly further down the pipe so it’s a tight fit when at the correct angle. Karen came along to give me a hand.

The slight leak. Can’t ignore it, if it leaks with no pressure in the system it’ll certainly leak a lot more when the engine is running.
So the coolant needs to be drained…
…so I can remove the pump. I’ve removed the pipes from the water pump, cleaned the thread but now have to order an 18mm die. I’ll use the die to cut a slightly longer thread.
As I can’t do anymore on the water pump I though i’d Loctite the12 set screws, 4 on each blade and…
… add some Torque Seal on the set screws to allow any movement to be identified.
I know have to wait for the Die to come before I can finish off the water pump.