>thermostat housing to get the waterpump out (frozen bolts or some such
> thing), and those 1.9 housings are no longer available.

Right On Folks !!!
Those Thermostat Bolts Are The Worst !!!!
Everytime ya got that engine bay lid up
soak those puppy's down with WD 42 & 1/2 !!!!
Here Ye; Here Ye !!! ;o)
There'll come a Day !!!!
( my Prophecy for the day :o)
JC...
-------------- Original message --------------
From: Richard Koerner <RKoerner@AVANTMEDICAL.COM>

> 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?