My 85 1.9 needed a new waterpump (at about 110,00 miles).  That was the
easy part...the hard part was that the mechanic had to mangle the
thermostat housing to get the waterpump out (frozen bolts or some such
thing), and those 1.9 housings are no longer available.  I got one from
a junkyard ($25) and gave it to my mechanic to finish the job.  I later
read in the archives that this event is quite common on 1.9's, whereas
on 2.1's it's a different (much better) situation regarding waterpumps
and thermostat housings.

I hope you get lucky, but be thinking about "plan B" in case your
housing gets damaged.

Rich
85 GL
San Diego
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Sisler [mailto:rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM] 
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 1:45 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: water pump leak in ocean springs, MS?

Man, I am sorry to hear that you water pump has gone bad in a 1.9. They
go
quick and without much warning. The replacement,is rather expensive, but
the
pump is only about $60(bus depot). If you start removing the old pump
now,
the replacement pump will arrive about the time you are will be ready to
install it. That 1.9 pump system has 58674 hose connections. Typical
replacement cost is about $500. Are you going to do it yourself?

 Hey...where did everybody go?