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Water pump

Used a couple from RockAuto. Don’t recall the brand but both worked just fine with no issues. Just remember not getting the cheapest. I assume your working on a fairly stock setup?
 
Used a couple from RockAuto. Don’t recall the brand but both worked just fine with no issues. Just remember not getting the cheapest. I assume your working on a fairly stock setup?
Yes and its a AC car 26" rad with 3 cores. I have no cooling issues. I did buy a Rock Auto pump. Its making a noise and before I reinstall the engine I want to change the pump. Thanks for the reply.
 
Edelbrock is making a stock replacement. I would call ahead and check where it’s made though, their making some of their stuff overseas now.
 
Milodon. Aluminum, high flow, not cheap. That is, if you are talking B or RB.
 
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I gave up on aftermarket $hit. I bought a NOS for my '68 318 and all my problems disappeared. Not cheap and has some risk but I lubed the seal with some oil before installing to get it softened up and it works better and longer than anything I bought aftermarket.
 
I gave up on aftermarket $hit. I bought a NOS for my '68 318 and all my problems disappeared. Not cheap and has some risk but I lubed the seal with some oil before installing to get it softened up and it works better and longer than anything I bought aftermarket.
Yea, good luck finding a genuine NOS water pump at a reasonable price.

If you don't care about the glitz and just want it to work Steve, just go pick one up from NAPA.
Nothing wrong with after market $hit these days. I'll bet Jim has even put Chinese crap on his cars and he doesn't even know it.
Can't avoid it these days.
Those of us that live in the real world accept it and drive our cars.
 
Yea, good luck finding a genuine NOS water pump at a reasonable price.

If you don't care about the glitz and just want it to work Steve, just go pick one up from NAPA.
Nothing wrong with after market $hit these days. I'll bet Jim has even put Chinese crap on his cars and he doesn't even know it.
Can't avoid it these days.
Those of us that live in the real world accept it and drive our cars.

I put the Chinese crap where I know it is. Yes that pump was $225 but it has given me 10k miles of trouble free miles vs the 4k that I got out of the Japanese and Chinese crap. It depends on how much you value your time. These days I have more $ than time.
 
MOPAR peformance aluminum pump & housing.

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the real choice is simple math. buy it once at 230.00 and run it a long time or buy it twice at 140.00 and spend twice the time replacing it.
 
You actually found a part made in Japan? You're showing your age Jim.
You don't know where the water pump is?
Some people on here don't have more money than time, what an arrogant thing to say. If you have so much money why don't you build, buy or rent a proper shop to work on your cars in?

If you cant do a water pump on these old V8s in an hour or two and enjoy the pleasure of working on the car ,you picked the wrong hobby.
Hell, I have a Chinese water pump on my Ram 2500 with over 100,000 miles on it. Works like a charm.
 
You actually found a part made in Japan? You're showing your age Jim.
Some people on here don't have more money than time, what an arrogant thing to say. If you have so much money why don't you build, buy or rent a proper shop to work on your cars in?

If you cant do a water pump on these old V8s in an hour or two and enjoy the pleasure of working on the car , especially on these old V8s, you picked the wrong hobby.
Hell, I have a Chinese water pump on my Ram 2500 with over 100,000 miles on it. Works like a charm.

GMB is made in Japan which is why I thought that may be better.... it was not.
 
Anyone ever try the Dutchman rebuilds? Curious about price and turnaround.
 
GMB is made in Japan which is why I thought that may be better.... it was not.
I bought a pump thinking I was buying top notch (Miloden or Morroso.. can't remember), pulled it out of the name brand package and whataya know it was a GMB!! I trust nobody anymore but it's still working perfectly.
 
As for advice, I usually just look until I find something Made in the USA and call it good. Eddelbrock seams to still makes a lot of it's parts here in the states just not the dress up parts.
 
You can also get your original water pump rebuilt......you just have to allot time for that service......

All of mine are either NOS or rebuilt. My last was a rebuilt original......
 
My advice, be sure the vane count on the replacement pump matches the pulley ratio used. Many parts houses supply a generic 6-vane pump that doesn't work efficiently with non-A/C pulley ratios originally used with the 8-vane pump.
 
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