[DML] Re: Water pump replacement

["Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not everyone on the list is a good amateur machinist. Or even a bad 
one. 

Considering that a Volvo place will probably charge $700 for this job 
AND screw up your car, the ability to single-source the parts, 
get "free" advice, and do it yourself is probably worth it to a 
significant portion of the group, and they will still save money. 

To many people the ability to open the box and put the thing on vs. 
spending all day driving around, drilling and tapping, and then 
coming up short some obscure gasket on a Saturday evening, is worth 
it. The difference between a $30 pump and a $130 pump could easily be 
more than $100 of someone's time. It depends on what you mean my 
significant.

I have done it the "parts store way" and will probably do it that way 
in the future, but I also realize that quite a few of the folks out 
there don't have the time or skills (or patience!) to go that route. 

Dave S. 

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> 
wrote:
> DeLo vendors are indeed foolproof, but you pay significantly for the
> privilege.
> 
> - Going rate on eBay is $40 ("H20pumpman" has one up there all the 
time).
> - They can be had as low as $10-$15, which is where I pick them up
> - Even parts house cost is less than $100.
> 
> I see no reason why a person with rudimentary auto repair skills 
can't
> use a pump from any source (pumps not yet drilled & tapped for the
> thermal time switch come with a dimple cast into mounting pad).
> 
> Bill Robertson
> #5939

> >




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