Re: 5kcstq secondary coolant pump repair?

[rjandrew@post.cis.smu.edu (R Justin Andrews)]

Someone had one on sale within the last week not sure if it was TPC
Blau maybe.... not sure but recall the price is under $120.00USD
Maybe around $80 don't remember though....

HTH!
Rich Andrews
rjandrew@post.cis.smu.edu

oh.... BTW I have a mercedes cooling pump that spins in my used part bin...
Haven't check to see if it pumps properly yet though... 
If someone is really interested I will check it out...

Sorry for the BW..
> 
> While getting ready to flush the coolant and replace the upper radiator
> hose, I decided to take a look at my secondary coolant pump. Turns out
> that the shaft will not turn, even after disassembly. I stupidly broke
> one of the four impeller vanes off, while pushing on it to try to get it
> the impeller to turn. I didn't see any way to dissassemble the pump
> housing and find out what's really wrong.
> 
> >From what I can see, the electrical half of the motor looks fine, though
> I don't know for sure. So if I had a new pump to put on the motor, it
> might work fine again.
> 
> Is the pump the half the normally goes bad, and is it in this same
> failure mode, i.e. seized shaft, not owner-broken impeller? If the pump
> half is usually not what breaks, I might try to find a good pump half on
> another one, at a junkyard. I'm aware that general wisdom recommends
> against buying a used secondary coolant pump, so if it's because of the
> pump side failing, I'll just buy a new one. Hmm, TPC had a sale on them
> a while ago, didn't they... rats.
> 
> TIA.
> 
> - Wallace
>   '87 5kcstq 151k
>