Re: 1968 Holiday Restoration w/pics
OK so for now it seems i need to go ahead & repair this drive and deal with it this year or until I can get a new or rebuilt one. So I went ahead and install the water pump. But have run into a little dilema wich has made me do some serious reading. If you notice the old impeller the vanes are facing as if the shaft was moving counter clock wise.
I was gonna install the impeller the same but for grins & giggles
I read on the correct way of installing or direction of the impellers blades. It seems it doesnt matter since they position themselfs to the drag (not to scrape) on the housing to the direction of the turn of the engine. Wich in this case is counterclockwise. Looking at the front of the engine it turns clockwise, looking at the flywheel it turns counterclockwise. You guys dig? So I turned the shaft same way of the flywheel and turned the blades to drag that direction. Ok so far except that when I compare it to the old impeller it sits opposite!
Ok,, no problem. According to reading it will be ok, right? Because it automatically straightens itself out. OK, so why does the old impeller facing as if it was scraping the housing instead of dragging????
