Best BB Water Pump Vendor / Source?

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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 08:31 AM
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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 Jun 11, 2009 | 10:18 AM
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I just buy the house brand from O'Reillys with the lifetime warranty.
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 05:47 PM
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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
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 06:29 PM
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Got mine at NAPA.
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 06:38 PM
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BB Water pump

I have a FlowKooler, works great, $90.00
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 06:45 PM
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I ordered mine from NAPA on line
Old Jun 11, 2009 | 09:38 PM
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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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