> > Many very knowledgable VW people have told me that the Melling is an
> > all cast iron housing and expands at a different rate than the OEM
> > or other aluminum housing pumps and causes the case to leak after a
> > few hundred heat cycles.
> > However all of that is mute since the only pump that will work on
> > the CV series engine is this pump that melling and nobody else makes
> > as new  This pump is $378.00 if you can find new old stock.

> I sitting here hoping that I'll hear some flames from Ken Wilford, Boston
> Bob, Jake Rabe, Ron Salmon telling me that there is a $20 / $90.00 pump
> that will fit the CV series Air Cooled Vanagon engine. I can see that
> there will possibly be rebuild jobs in my future and I'd like to locate
> the lower priced pumps ahead of time. If there is an alternate pump I'd
> like to see the part number get into the archives.

Your wish is my command. :-)

I have a small supply (maybe 10) of Genuine Volkswagen oil pumps for
aircooled bus/Vanagon, which I am now shipping instead of the Melling pumps
while supplies last.  I am using the same part number that I previously used
for the Melling, 021 115 107AK.  Price is $79.95.  (Sure beats $378 :-)

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  (215) 234-VWVW
  www.busdepot.com

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