[V8] heater hose replacement

[Ronald G Wainwright]

I did a belt for some1 recently and they got the Blau kit which IMHO is a kit if junk! I also had to repurchase a pump from my local vendor to do the job correctly.
 
I wish Bruce was still around :(

 Ron 

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On Aug 24, 2013, at 1:05 AM, "toml99 at todomundo.com" <toml99 at todomundo.com> wrote:

> On the timing belt issue, I recently did one on the Black car that I sold to a friend's son and got the kit from Blau.  I already put the waterpump on, and later when I went to finish up the timing belt, the "Stop A" that bolts to the waterpump(only threaded hole in the pump), the bolt wouldn't thread in.  I checked, and it barely had any threads, and appears that it was drilled too big (5.5mm? instead of 5)......anyway, I called them, and he pulled on off the shelf, and it had no threads whatsoever......It's a Saleri pump from Italy, and he still hasn't gotten back to me.  I had no choice but to throw the old one back in.  Belt that was in there looked new, but I dug into it because the tensioner was way too loose.  Previous person also did the oil pump bearing, and pretty sure they bought the entire assembly from dealer(looked shiny, as did most of everything under there)....so I'm not that worried about that pump, but it did piss me off that the new one wasn't useable.  I could have tapped it to 6, but then the elliptical slot in the "Stop A" might not fit, and decided to just put the newish looking pump back in.  Blau know's of the problem, and will check back with them on Monday(since this reminded me to do so)......Aside from that, I'd buy it from Blau, since it's the best deal, and I got a free serpentine belt also.....Anyone have another source, that would be great.....Tom
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