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MG MGB Technical - Cast Iron Water Pump Source

I am in need of a water pump for my 67 BGT and am wondering if the cast iron "good ones" are still available. I have the Moss A/C unit and the extra wear will destroy the aluminum aftermarket pumps pretty straightaway I am afraid. Seems like the QH ones are the aluminum replacements most parts houses sell. Appreciate any recommendation. Ralph
R Stegs

Hi R. I'm doing the same thing with the Moss AC unit. Sent a cast-iron pump to World Wide Auto Parts, Madison, WI, to be rebuilt. Contact is Peter Caldwell. I believe they may have cores available for rebuilding if you know which pump you need. Do a google search for the company.

Tom
Tom Custer

Thanks Tom. I will talk to them and see what they have to offer. Ralph
R Stegs

When I purchased my supercharger kit from Moss a cast iron pump was included in the kit. They knew that the alumminum pump would not hold up. I'm suprised that it was not included in the A/C kit. I've been running the supercharger and cast iron pump since it hit the market for my '67 and have had no problems with the pump. RAY
RAY

Moss direct supply cast iron ones. Just bought one. Sub-suppliers might not be the same.
Art Pearse

World Wide Auto Parts is at http://www.nosimport.com

They do very nice work. In addition to water pumps they do a fantastic rebuild on lever arm shocks.

Paul K

I had mine done by Peter @world wide auto and they did a wonderful job,Rich
rich osterhout

A new one is $45. How much to rebuild?
Art Pearse

I want to say around $90.00,However the new ones are not cat iron.........are they????
rich osterhout

How about cast-iron,sorry
rich osterhout

I had a replacement alloy pump many many years ago, and soon afterwards it started dripping very slightly during warm-up. I bought a cast-iron but left the alloy one in there waiting for it to get worse and be worth changing ... and I'm still waiting about 20 years and 50k miles later!
Paul Hunt

Rich, the new ones from Moss direct ARE cast iron. P/N 460-950 USD$48.95
Art Pearse

Sorry guys, correction. It is the MGA water pump I bought. I thought it was the same for the B, but the part numbers are different.
Art Pearse

MGA and 3-main MGB have a smaller diameter impeller than the 5-main cars, plus there was the long-nose variant on the mid-year cars.
Paul K

"plus there was the long-nose variant on the mid-year cars"

Indeed, but they seem to be completely interchangeable with the short nose on the same engine.
Paul Hunt

This thread was discussed between 29/06/2009 and 06/07/2009

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