Well, an "American-made" Vanagon water pump would most likely be a rebuilt water pump anyway, and that's pretty much what I was getting at. No one should ever buy a rebuilt water pump. (In my opinion.) -Mark
>From: "Daniel L. Katz" <katzd54@YAHOO.COM> >Reply-To: "Daniel L. Katz" <katzd54@YAHOO.COM> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: Should I "bother" replacing the waterpump? >Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 05:43:32 -0400 > >mark: > >aside from taking umbrage at the following remark concerning UNITED STATES >parts quality, i wonder if the real issue may be new parts vs >remanufactured, or more questionable still, rebuilt. also, with used >parts, there is a theory that essentially defective parts that get into >recycle mode may just keep going around and around and around, failing >again and again, irrespective of where they are remanufactured ... > >dan > > So..........replace it. With a good new one, not a cheap > >American-made piece of crap. > >-Mark > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page – FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ |
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