Road ready (after a slight glitch) MGOC to the rescue.

[davidraw2024]

Preparing the car for show season and a mystery to solve. The Triumph engine had acquired a harsh metallic “clatter” (not desirable!) Fortunately the noise stopped when the fan belt was removed and having recently fitted a new water pump the key suspect was the alternator having being taken from a scrap yard in 1987! Spare parts quality is a hot topic in the classic car world and low and behold the problem was the new water pump fitted 7 months ago and having only covered 500 miles.

I’d heard MGOC are working hard to manufacture and source quality parts and I was pleasantly surprised to discover they supply the water pump for the Triumph 1300cc engine (never used in an MG). The part is British made, appears to be a quality item, nicely painted and competitively priced. Worth checking out when searching out parts, particularly for Morris/MG based cars.

Much as I hate doing jobs twice this was a preferable outcome to what might have been a more serious issue and happily the car sounds as sweet as ever

[rhysnolan]

Good to hear it's resolved! What an odd source of such a part. Was it different from that fitted in a Triumph 1500 (Midget motor?)

[davidraw2024]

As far as I am aware all Triumph's 1500cc engines have a water pump with a bigger pulley and a different offset. There are a few Triumph specific items in the MGOC listings and as they appear to appreciate the need for quality this is reassuring. I am now in the habit of requesting the manufacturing source when ordering parts in the hope of supporting quality manufacturers.