I recently rebuilt the left head on my '87 and decided to go ahead and do
the water pump while I was at it (trying to be a bit PROactive for a
change...). It's pretty straight forward. It's also a good idea to replace
all those little hoses connected to it at the same time. (dealership and
Napa). I've also been slowly going through and replacing all the hose clamps
with screw down types, nice and tight.

Darrell has a great Napa hose guide on his site
http://www.loam.org/vw/Vanagon/VWtoNapaHoses/

Expect to get coolant everywhere while doing this job as well.

The bus depot has water pumps for about $50
http://www.busdepot.com/ASP/heating_and_coolant.asp?PartType=H&VehCod=F&B1=S
earch
They sell the O-ring seperatly, but I beleive that there is one already in
the kit.

Hope this helps. Just follow your Bentley (or a Haynes will do fine) and
take you time.

And above all,
Relax. Don't worry. Have a homebrew......

Don Preston
'87 Wolfy GL
~Betsy the Mp3 Bus~

----- Original Message -----
From: "John W. Parkins" <jparkins@RTHCORP.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 8:48 AM
Subject: Water pump replacement

> I've been trying to locate articles on replacing the water pump on an '87
> Westy. I searched the archives and found an article on doing the job on
> earlier models.  Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks for
> your help.
>
> John
>