Thats right! Bet you never heard of it. Me neither until I checked the shop manual on my 54 Chrysler under lubrication. I bet thats why these old Hemi water pumps wear out. Nobody greases them with the correct grease. Its not the same as ordinary grease ya know! I love it when I learn something new.
I bought the pump from a real nice HAMBer and I went to install it today but I needed to know which way to orient it. I kinda new the weep hole had to be on the bottom and checked with the shop manual and it agreed. Then I noticed my pump in the picture had a grease fitting and mine was missing one. My local TrueValue hardware had an asortment of fittings and some Water proof Lithium Grease so I went for it. Ya think it should be as good as "water pump grease" ??
Maybe. I think real water pump grease was Sodium based. There are new and better greases now, but I prefer the real thing, seems to hang in there longer. If anyone knows of a source, I'd like to know about it. My little can won't last forever.
Here is a better shot of the grease fitting in the 10 oclock position. Now I just have to find my grease gun!
So, I am to the point where I need to grease my new Chrysler water pump too, and I'm wondering what to use as well...I heard "Marine grease"..? Also, how do you know when you're done greasing the water pump? I'm ***uming you don't just pump until it blows out the seal!
I'd almost pay money to see that. Like watchin a kid stick a fork into a 110 outlet. "No, don't stop him. This is how he learns".
Product call Lubriplate 115 is what I am using to repack when I rebuild my 31 Chevy Water Pump. Its whats reccomended. My water pump doesn't have a zert for grease, like the old flathead water pumps, it has a packing barrel that has a screw on cap. Supposed to be good stuff. I got mine from The Filling Station Chevy parts when I got my rebuild kit, but it should be available anywhere.
How do you know when it is full of grease? I don't want to blow out the seal, as it took me forever to find a water pump for this thing.
Well if I remember how the flattie fittings worked, it would back out the zert at you. I would give it a few pumps to get the grease in there, mabey spin the shaft a little. I cant imagine it would take alot. 3 or 4 pumps?
I would vote for marine grease if I could not find the OEM stuff. I happen to have a tube of some magic my dad gave me 20 years ago for diesels, it was a $60 tube of grease if I remember. I use it on my mountainbike and it is amazing ****. Gooiest, stickiest grease i have ever seen! Went and looked, the brand is Dubois MPG-2, polymer fortified calcium based. It says it has "superior water washout resisttance" I have proven it in my 20 years of using it.
I'm with ken1939 I use Lubriplate 115 on my 1949 Dodge Route Van. You can buy it direct at lubriplate.com, look under 14 oz can for water pump grease. You will have to fill up a empty tube in grease gun though, just make sure it is cleaned out good. Great stuff my Dad been using it since the 60's on his Sea Boats.
Vegas - I think I recall just pumping a few good long squirts in there and maybe till a little came out around the shaft though if my memory serves me correct. Been over a year now and I don't remember what I had for breakfast today!
Cool! Thanks for all the help everyone...and thanks for telling me what to do with the lubriplate....I was wondering how to stuff it in there out of a tub!
I will be the first to admit that I don't know about the mopar water pump. But before you go pumping grease in there do a little more research. I know that the grease for a Model A water pump is special too. Very special. It is a water soluble grease! In an A if you use a "regular" grease and it gets past the packing it is warm enough from the engine heat to melt and cool enough in the radiator to solidify again and plug it up. Don't know if this is the case here but better safe than sorry.
http://www.restockit.com/grease-zert-fittings-(475-100-5).html You sure? I say potato, you say potatoe
Change made to get around the Stewart Warner trademark. Named after its inventor. Never heard it even called a zert until you posted that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grease_fitting
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