anyone know who designed the WP, Ford or Porsch? I suppose some lucky vendor with the
lowest bid.
I surmise the cone to be stainless being the farest from aluminium on the galvanic scale and easier to produce instead casting all in one piece? The thin casting probability to flex might cause problems? (temp & pressurer)
Paul
Had a fishing buddy a retired OJT (not college trained) R & D Engineer for Gorman Rupp Pumps, I'll have to look him up and show him my old one. He made a pump (all out unkwn plastics for my solar domestic hot water heater. Milled by hand not pressure injected.