What engine to power water pump??

northcreek2624 · Nov 23, 2004

Thanks JRP,I'm thinking Honda too....Mike

MossRoad · Nov 23, 2004

What about the diesel VW engines? They seem to be plentiful in the junkyards.

jeffmc134 · Nov 23, 2004

Awwh, the steel city trucks are top notch. Racer Productions has some very nice and very expensive equipment. www.northerntool.com have some water pumps and engines.

what about these air valves, how much do they cost and where can you get them?

northcreek2624 · Nov 23, 2004

Mossroad,I was thinking about an old VW rabbit diesel,don't know much about them though......thanks,Mike

northcreek2624 · Nov 23, 2004

"what about these air valves, how much do they cost and where can you get them?"
Here's where we got the valves and other stuff.

www.watertrucks.com

MossRoad · Nov 26, 2004

Me neither, but it's always fun to learn! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Also, have you considered an old tractor? I've seen several around that people just took the wheels off and put them on a stand in woods or field with a fuel tank near them and ran PTO water pumps off of them. Looks like they were old Ford units. You can still get parts for most of them.

Soundguy · Nov 27, 2004

Ford made lots of standalone power units for industrial applications.. from genset to air and waterpump engines. most of them came with the sheet metal and grill/side panels from the ford N series, including dash and gauges.

Tractor chassie and pto or pulley/flywheel setups were popular as well.

Soundguy