Re: 88 Comanche water pump

Hi Jim,
    If it doesn't have six sides cut into it to enable a socket as stock
pumps have pictured:  http://www.billhughes.com/waterPump.jpg
then someone
replaced it with a galvanized 5/8" pipe forcing you to use a pipe wrench.
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"cowboy67" <cowboy67111@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Howdy all,
>
>   I have a question about a water pump fitting. I bought a new water
> pump. Took the old one off and found that there was about a 6 inch
> threaded pipe attached to a coolant hose on the top. I thought no
> biggie, just remove it and put it on the old. Well, no such luck. I
> cannot get the pipe off. I went to autozone with the new pump and seen
> connectors, but none fit.
>
>  Any idea where to get one of these threaded pipes? Is this something
> that I will probably have to have made?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jim