[DeTomaso] Weiand Water pump

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/31/08 12:03:12 PM, wdemelo at cogeco.ca writes:

> I just ordered the Weiand 8209 water pump and read that it does not have 
> the by-pass circuit in it. I know it can be modified to have the bypass in it. 
> Is the bypass recommended? What will happen if I don't have the bypass? 
> Longer time for the motor to get to proper operating temp?
> 
Thats all. Unless you regularly drive in freezing-cold weather, you'll never 
notice it. Our engine has both the waterpump bypass plugged and the intake 
manifold exhaust-heat passages plugged; warm-up now takes 4 minutes instead of 
three....   I've been running this pump for 18 yrs with no problems other than 
splitting the very thin lower boss used for a thermal switch. And since this 
boss is useless on a Pantera (hose runs into the alternator) & no one even 
remembers what a thermal switch was, I plugged it- and overtightened the pipe plug. 
A welded cap fixed the crack and the hole. FWIW- J Deryke


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