Thread: Got the '35 back on the road, but I got problems...

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Nah, the original pump was purchased for a '66 impala and the Edelbrock is the #8810 which is short style, standard rotation, advertised to fit '55-68 cars, '69-70 vettes, and trucks through '72. It has 8810-2 cast into the back of the pump. Should be the correct one. Funny thing is it's a "high flow" pump but it only overheats at idle....my stock one is high flow at 6000 rpm, I was trying to get more flow at idle.

Well, I'm so stoked I had to get a picture of this.........this is a shot of my temperature gauge after idling for almost an hour. I turned the fan off and let it get up over 200, turned it back on and it cooled back down within a couple of minutes. Edelbrock told me today to send the water pump in so they can check it out. gauge resized.jpg

Well, here's a picture of the problem with the Edelbrock pump. As you can see in the port, where the water flows through, the casting is completely closed off. No water flow at all....hard to believe this passed inspection.

Hmmmm, so much for Made In America.....