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
> >

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