RE: Leaking Auxiliary Water Pump - 89 200tq

["Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com>]

	and strongly discouraged the idea of sealing - wouldn't hold under
pressure.
	I agreed as I've never had any luck finding something to bond well
to
	Bakelite.  I travel a lot and didn't want to worry about whether the
sealant
	would hold.  So, I bought a new pump!  The motor housing on the new
pump is
	somewhat different; but the impeller housing still has this same
seam.   Avi
	Meron's idea of using a small block Chevy electric water pump is
obviously
	another alternative; I just didn't have time to try it.   

	I am going to experiment with the old pump and see if I can find
something
	that looks like it might work as a sealant.  I'll keep the group
posted.
	
	... given that over time they will fail from different mechanisms
(broken fittings, leaking housings, frozen impellers) over time you will
collect enough cores to allow you to create one working pump eventually ...
:-(

	Steve Buchholz
	San Jose, CA (USA)

	... planning to fit an alternate pump to the Avant as it goes back
together ...