mark:

i think this is excellent advice.

so far as i know, water pump in our '84 1.9 l is original, now 14 y and
about 198 k mi, and no complaints.

dan

On Sun, 2 May 2004 18:16:54 -0700, Mark Seifert
<theburnvictims@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

>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
>