Ebay water pump explodes.

[TrailBeast]

One of my friends has a Fairly new Daytona pickup, and an ebay water pump shattered doing over $1000 in damage.
That so sucks.

 

[harrisonm]

YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.

 

[Car Nut]

Cheap.

 

[plymouth4onthefloor]

adjusting the timing with that pump will be more fun than russian roulet....
I can't understand why people always buy the cheapest parts.
Collecting spare parts in the trunk instead install them....
I allways separate wrenching and driving, my tools stay at home.

 

[Krooser]

I will admit I got suckered into buying crap parts because of price.

But I learned.

I bought a manual flywheel from CAT about 20 years ago. No one I know could figure out what bolt pattern it was drilled for... I looked at Ford, GM, Jap cars, Studebaker, Hudson...nothing matched. So I bought a Hays and it fit.

I wound up having the crank bolt holes plugged and had it redrilled for an 8 bolt early Hemi.

Then I bought a set of block headers for my 354. The flange was warped so bad my machine shop could not machine it flat unless the middle of the flange was ground to about .040 thickness from its original .125.

No more.