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    BillG
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    ๐Ÿ“ Water propulsion.
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    That all sounds very promising Gav, I'll keep all this information in mind when I start putting it all together, cheers.
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    Hi Bill. Yes I think they are ok for short bursts.. that pic was of the mk1 version.. the ones I use now have a kyosho brushless motor .. with a 2.3mm shaft. Same size as pump ,so I just filed a small flat on the end of shaft for the drive gear and made a adaptor plate ..This has worked extremely well.. got over 150 hours running on the clock ..๐Ÿ‘
    BillG
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    I've ordered a pump and scrounged up a bit of copper pipe to start experimenting with, I never considered the possibility of the motor over heating itself but as I said in an earlier post, hopefully I'll only need it to work for a short burst ๐Ÿคž. I like the look of your conversion , a nice job, I'll keep it in mind for if the worst happens. Cheesey.
    GavJ
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    Ok Funny ๐Ÿคฃ. I brought four of these pumps for water cooling motor and ESC in my boats ..cooked two of them running continuously for half an hour... Running on a 3 cell lipo .๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„. ..So I modified them ,the pump part is good quality ..not so much the motor ..be perfectly ok for short bursts ..the pic below is of the first one I converted to brushless motor .
    Steves-s
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    Ok sorry about that ๐Ÿ˜† I'm safely out of range..
    I bought a MFA/COMO 12volt pump years ago for an unfinished project, it's part number is 650 and at the time it was ยฃ7.95.
    I don't know if they are still available ๐Ÿค”.
    All the best with the project. Steve ๐Ÿ‘..
    BillG
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    You might like the idea Steve-s, it's the consequences that scare me ๐Ÿ˜–. I'll play safe n buy one.
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    Awww I liked the idea of pinching the wife's windscreen washer pump and the consequences that might occur later on. ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜‚..
    BillG
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    Many thanks GavJ, I'll order one of those pumps and play about testing it. Sorry if I was a little slow replying, I've just had a few days away sailing with my son. I'll let you know what happens next. Cheers.
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    You will need one like this type ..there are two small plastic gears in these pumps ..and can pump water in both directions .
    BillG
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    Hello GavJ,
    Thank you for the prompt response. The idea of a screen wash pump sounds quite attractive, my wife's Fiat 500 has quite powerful windscreen jets so that would be a good starting point, wonder if she'll notice๐Ÿ˜€. I'm a good way off from needing such things yet but I'm trying to think ahead for the layout in the hold before I fit the decks and make it awkward to work in the enclosed space. Thanks again for the suggestion.
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