I made a liner for the pump housing today so the Honda impeller would fit tighter.
I found a thin wall brass tube affair that I believe came out of an old
garden sprayer. It just happened to be the same OD, or darn near,
as the SS pump liner OD. After I cut off a piece of it “to height”,
I had to cut about 3/16″ chunk on one end for the brass ring
to drop inside the SS liner. Lots of measuring, filing, sanding,
and using a Dremel with a rotary burr to cut out the discharge
hole in the liner, I glued the brass liner in place with “Seal All”,
coating both surface lightly, waiting a minute per instructions,
and darn near didn’t get it back in the pump housing all the way.
I had to use the vise for the last 1/8″ down as the glue was fighting
me. Cure time should be about over, so I may go out and put the
pump back together using my dummy drive shaft again, and see if it pumps.
The Honda impeller “slack vane” now touches the side of the brass liner.
The brass I used was .035 thick, hence I reduced the inside diameter
of the pump housing by .070.
Discharge hole in the brass liner drilled and routed out to fit.
I got lucky with the seam in the liner!
Wish me luck.
Prepare to be boarded!