[DeTomaso] please look at this pic of a water pump and tell me if it has a bypass hole

[thomas]

> 15 nov 2013 kl. 02:37 skrev Pantdino <pantdino at aol.com>:
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> I took the car over to Tommy and he says he uses an Edelbrock pump with a regular HATLESS thermostat.  His logic is that he has been working on these cars for 30 yrs and this is what works for him. He did not have a pump on hand for me to see.
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> From what Jack said in the newsletter, my guess is that Tommy has been using a water pump without a bypass outlet, which would explain why he has had no ill effects from this.
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> Please look at this FlowKooler webpage to see if this pump has the bypass hole. (I don't see a photo of the inside of an Edelbrock pump on their website.)

I have an Edelbrock pump and it certainly has a bypass.

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> http://tinyurl.com/lkv4trx

This pump appears to have a bypass. 

Thomas

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> Thanks,
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> Jim
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Drew <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
> To: Pantdino <pantdino at aol.com>
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> Sent: Thu, Nov 14, 2013 10:20 am
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] do the OEM-type water pumps and thermostats even exist any more?
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> Jim,
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> I'm amazed to hear him say that. Almost every 351C water pump you can buy, from the $35 NAPA special to the $200 and up versions, shares the standard Ford architecture. There are loads of choices. 
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> 351c thermostats are easy to buy too. I prefer the RobertShaw 333-180 from Flowkooler, but Stant etc make $7 wonders for the 351c. 
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> I think you should just go direct to the Flowkooler website and order a standard (no need for polished or powdercoated) water pump and their thermostat. 
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> You could just install a normal cheap pump and thermostat if budget was an issue. But since nothing is wrong with your current setup, if you don't want to spring for the good stuff I would just leave it alone. 
> 
> Mike
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> On Nov 14, 2013, at 9:56, Pantdino <pantdino at aol.com> wrote:
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>> Tommy says that as far as he knows the OEM bypass-type pumps and thermostats are not even made any more
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>> When was the last time someone installed a new water pump of the OEM style?
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>> Jim
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