Re: [FWDLK] WANTED SOURCE OF WATER PUMP FOR 1957 DODGE 325 HEMI

[Jan & Roger van Hoy <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What I replaced on my engine was a NEW or NORS water pump.  The construction 
was significantly inferior to the MoPar part.  However, I don't know if it 
was NAPA or Monkey Wards or some other source as it was on the car when I 
bought it.  Likewise I don't know how long it functioned before leaking and 
howling.  I knew from looking at it that I didn't want to rebuild that unit.

There are some definite advantages to a new part, "if," as Tom McCahill used 
to say, "it's properly engineered."

--Roger van Hoy, Washougal, WA, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '56 Plymouth, '66 
Plymouth, '41 Dodge



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Jones" <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] WANTED SOURCE OF WATER PUMP FOR 1957 DODGE 325 HEMI


> Allow me to qualify my remarks.
> NAPA offered NEW water pumps, not NOS. These were brand new castings with 
> new bearings, shafts and seals. I agree that some NOS parts may 
> deteriorate over time.
> Ray
>
>
> On Sep 8, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Ray Jones wrote:
>
> Some years ago, NAPA offered NOS cheaper than re-builts. Don't know if 
> they are still doing it, but after several Mopar re-built pumps failed on 
> my Li'l Red  Express, I put one of NAPA's and it's still on there.
>
> Ray
>
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