Cleaned up the original water pump for Clyde, added some more packing to the shaft seal nut to help slow down any leaks, cleaned out both of the grease cups and repacked them full. Then reinstalled the pump onto Clyde. Removed the radiator and flushed it out good with water also flushed out the engine. Reinstalled the radiator and filled up with water and a gallon of antifreeze. Then Janice and I took Clyde out for a ride around town. Went down to Village Market to get some bread and milk, stopped and got about 3 gallons of gas, and then headed back home down Barker street. Got stopped by a long, slow moving train at the crossing. Let Clyde sit and idle while waiting for the train to pass, he hardly raised the temperature on the meter. Continued on down around Grand Ave and back to home. Still running very cool when Janice and I got back. Put him away in his new shed and took the picture of the MotoMeter after about 10 minutes which shows the highest reading that I got, he ran about half that level around town.
The marking on the pump for the Jenkins Vulcan Spring Co in Richmond Ind. Is the home of the Model T Ford Club of America Museum.
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