Water pump stealth failure?

[Jake Spoon]

Hi,

I saw one on sale at the local Harbor Tools cheap hardware store for about
$40.

Cheers!

Jim Jordan

On 10/2/06, Louis-Alain Richard <laraa at sympatico.ca> wrote:
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>  Well, I exchanged it for a used set of tires...
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> Now, here in Montreal, it is value at 85$CAN over the counter at my FLAPS.
> But online, on eBay, they go for much less in the USA.
> http://search.ebay.com/mastercool-52224_W0QQfromZR40
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> Louis-Alain
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> -----Message d'origine-----
> *De :* David Kase [mailto:davekase at pdqlocks.com]
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>  I need that tool!
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> Where did you buy it and how much?  I didn't see the price on the site...
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>  David Kase
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> Louis-Alain Richard wrote:
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> Just a correction here : this is an infrared temperature gun. The laser
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> is only there to help you aim the gun...
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> http://www.mastercool.com/m42.html
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> I have one of these here, cheap and useful to diagnose running problems:
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> - dragging brakes, BTW, solid rear rotors are always hotter than front
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> vented in normal driving. This is on my urQ which has a pressure
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> dependent proportioning valve like the 4000Q.
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> - cooling fan switch failure, common problem on the urQ.
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> - oil temperature gauge that reads a bit highish, confirmation from the
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> oil pan temperature lecture with the gun. On the other hand, water temp
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> - air vent temperature to evaluate the AC performance (should be less
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> than 10C with recirculation ON and full blast thru only the center
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> vent). This saved me some unnecessary refills of R134a...
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> - evaluate thread temperature inside-center-outside to show alignment or
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> pressure problems on different than OEM size tires.
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> Mine is always in the glovebox now.
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