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| awemawson:
Well that's the end of that brilliant plan :bugeye: Drilled a 20 mm hole, put in a few pints of coolant, mopped a few pints of coolant off the floor then bunged the hole up with a blind grommet. Time to seek plan B. |
| philf:
--- Quote from: awemawson on October 09, 2013, 10:02:04 AM ---Well that's the end of that brilliant plan :bugeye: Drilled a 20 mm hole, put in a few pints of coolant, mopped a few pints of coolant off the floor then bunged the hole up with a blind grommet. Time to seek plan B. --- End quote --- Andrew, To quote one of my old bosses: The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything! :beer: Phil. (Hope you don't need a plan C!) |
| awemawson:
Well plan B is to put it in an external housing (yes I know, John S you did offer me a pump in an external housing but it was only 1/8 HP!) The chap who I got the pump from took a housing off to reduce the carriage cost - well it's on the way to me now :ddb: It's not ideal as it's something else to trip over but it should solve the problem. |
| awemawson:
Plan B was rejected on aesthetic grounds :clap: With a bit of jiggling and wriggling I reckoned I could get the third pump round the back of the machine next to the other two coolant pumps - it would be a squash but better than having a lump sticking out at the front 'like a carbuncle on the face of an old friend' to quote a well known person. Best to do a mock up before cutting holes ! |
| awemawson:
So yes, they JUST fit, with very limited clearance on the sloping panel to the right - but hey - they're in, albeit balanced on bits of flat iron! The two original pumps will need moving 50 mm left, their mounting plate shortening, another mounting plate will need to be made for the third pump, and there is a filter in the tank that will need a bit of re-jigging. Oh, and the new pump, and the middle pump will need careful alignment or their outputs will not be accessible. Simples really :clap: |
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