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Old June 11th, 2009, 09:31 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Best BB Water Pump Vendor / Source?

All,
Just wondering what vendor / brand you prefer for water pumps for your BB olds. Suggestions?

I have two BB's, one with A/C which has a pretty wobbly pulley and the pump's about 10 years old so I'm thinking it might be nice preventative maintenance to swap the pump and hoses so nothing has a catastrophic failure somewhere or sometime inconvenient.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts

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Old June 11th, 2009, 11:18 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I just buy the house brand from O'Reillys with the lifetime warranty.
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Old June 11th, 2009, 06:47 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I actually bought an aluminum from Mondello seems to flow a little better i also liked the quality of the pump compared to the box store the inside of the pump was smoother
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Got mine at NAPA.
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Old June 11th, 2009, 07:38 PM   #5 (permalink)
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BB Water pump

I have a FlowKooler, works great, $90.00
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Old June 11th, 2009, 07:45 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I ordered mine from NAPA on line
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Old June 11th, 2009, 10:38 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I use Airtex pumps.

Make sure you get the right length. measure twice, buy once.

I hate wrong water pump threads worse than Joe P. hates motor mount threads.
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