This is a thank you message, but first let me give some background: Back in May my D decided to dump the coolant right as I pulled in to a Volvo dealership lot (while picking up my car that was in for regular service). I didn't have time to tow it back home so I asked my favorite mechanic there to take a look and I would call back. When I came back they had replaced one of the short hoses on top, at a cost of $146.70 but it still had a leak, "probably the water pump". I was quoted $1250 to $1500 to replace the pump. I had heard and read here about the tribulations of that job and since there was no way I would pay that much I decided to do it myself. For various reasons I didn't have time to get to it until about a month ago. In the meantime I had been studying the manual, parts manual, service bulletins and although they gave me a pretty good idea what I was in for I ended up several times just standing there staring at the jumble of components, hoses and fuel lines to figure out where to start. In desperation I started to search the arcives and came across two excellent articles that proved to be invaluable! At the end of the disassembly process the engine compartment looked like a x-mas tree, with connection tags on strings all over the place. The reassembly process is going as well as can be expeted -- slower than molasses, but I don't mind the time because I certainly don't want to redo it! The only problem (so far) is that I broke off one of the 7Mx35 socket head bolts on the back of the waterpump housing when I disassembled tho old one to get the back casing for the new pump. Have you ever tried to find that type and size of a bolt? Impossible locally and that includes mayn well stocked hardware stores, industrial fastener dealers and Volvo and other import shops! Almost two days wasted running around until I gave up and called Rob. Now to the kudos: A sincere thank you to Dave Swingle and Peter Lucas for their write-ups and pictures in the Tech Archives. Without the help of what they wrote I would probably have been stumped several times and probably made a number of mistakes! And a great big thank you to Rob Grady for his invaluable advice during several phone calls and for their rapid deliveries of the parts! (Now, if the USPS Express Overnight snail mail would deliver the 7mm bolt I can get the intake and all the rest of the spagetti reinstalled!) I have said it before: Without the DML experts and archives and your favorite parts suppliers, the Delorean would just be a memory! Roger VIN 1074 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]