The Ford Barn - View Single Post

Bored&Stroked · 11-17-2020, 04:49 AM

I used to run that stuff about 45 years ago (when I ran stock pumps with bushings). My bet is that it didn't do a dang thing. The original 37-48 pumps had an oil-lite bronze bushing that received some amount of oil through a hole in the block (just a sort of 'drip feed' from the cam gear area). I'm not sure much oil ever actually got to the bushing - never took a pump off that had any appreciable amount of oil in the transfer hole . . . so who knows.

In today's world I have Skip rework my stock pumps and put in sealed roller bearings (like the truck pumps had) - so I no longer have to worry about pump lubrication and leaking bushings.

11-17-2020, 04:49 AM	#3
Bored&Stroked Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 5,070	Re: water pump lubricant I used to run that stuff about 45 years ago (when I ran stock pumps with bushings). My bet is that it didn't do a dang thing. The original 37-48 pumps had an oil-lite bronze bushing that received some amount of oil through a hole in the block (just a sort of 'drip feed' from the cam gear area). I'm not sure much oil ever actually got to the bushing - never took a pump off that had any appreciable amount of oil in the transfer hole . . . so who knows. In today's world I have Skip rework my stock pumps and put in sealed roller bearings (like the truck pumps had) - so I no longer have to worry about pump lubrication and leaking bushings.