Mopar water pump quality vs aftermarket?

pbeach said:
Yeah, it was scrapped in 2015. Gone. 😫

Pics?... you asked for it — here ya go! (took the majority of 'em with my trustie Pentax Spotmatic (except for the aerial) I bought in the base exchange in Rota, Spain)

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Ahh man, I feel like I'm back on the carrier!!! (CVN-70) The camera took good photos...heck of a base-exchange purchase. :)

Love it man, those photos of guys hanging out with their shirts off are from the good old days...no float coats lol I love it. The best photos were when everything up top was chained down for bad weather or port visits (no flight-ops).

I think I see the F4, EA-6, E-2...do I also see A-7 Corsairs? (man-eaters)

I love the patch, that's great.

Why did the carrier spell out "people"....was it something political for the Vietnam war?

The views we had under the stars were were something else. :)
 
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Always assumed my Napa was Gates... perhaps it is not.

Lots of manufacturers do binning...good stuff might go to Napa and other relablers.

Rest of it might be sold as Gates. Who knows.

-Mac
 
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Vtx531 said:
Bought Gates water pump for a different vehicle I owned. It failed in short order. Got a free replacement, the replacement impeller rubbed inside the engine block. Threw it in the trash. Bought OEM, worked perfect.

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Same thing happened on a different vehicle…soured me on Gates bc the job was terrible on that engine.

The Napa unit I installed next wasn’t a Gates, but that was a different vehicle and 6 years ago.
 
pbeach said:
Yeah, it was scrapped in 2015. Gone. 😫

Pics?... you asked for it — here ya go! (took the majority of 'em with my trustie Pentax Spotmatic (except for the aerial) I bought in the base exchange in Rota, Spain)

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Thanks for sharing ! You don't get to see an A-5 Vigilante nuke bomber everyday ! 🤔
 
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Same here. The Gates has been running well since last July.

No idea if I got lucky or how long it will last.
 
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MikeE024 said:
Same here. The Gates has been running well since last July.

No idea if I got lucky or how long it will last.
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I have a car quest water pump that was installed on the 99 in 12/ 2014 still doing fine . Also a Murrey pump from Oreilly on the 04 since last June. who knows !?
 
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i had a gates last 6 months before it filled my cooling system with glitter. A napa pump has been on for a years. A Japanese gmb i think? It's luck of the draw with these. At least they aren't 300$ each.
 
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