As far as I understand it, Fred refuses the original canister housing as long as it’s in good condition.
You can choose between having a full restoration where the pump is completely disassembled, cleaned, and replated, or a ‘survivor’ rebuild consisting of a cleaning and rebuilding the internals only.
I’d have to say that you do get what you pay for and it seems that he has the process dialed in. The jig is pretty cool.
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Originally Posted by unruhjonny
Thank you for sharing this;
I did email him a couple years back, and I agree with this comment:
I'm not knocking it, and he has a great reputation.
I really appreciate seeing the jig he uses;
So does he re-use the original canister housing?
That would be a revelation to me!
(I have assumed that only the cast part was reused - this would seem to further justify the expense)
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