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Old 04-07-2014, 07:28 PM   #2
30yrMbr
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Default Q. Did you find a replacement that worked or....

"OK, so no pump was available in the local yards, on Saturday, but I did find one in a yard about 50 miles away in a 1997 318i sedan Sunday morning. I lucked out, as someone had pulled it, saw the failed rivets and kindly left it intact on the drivers floor.

I applied 12V/grn to the pump motor and it fired right up.

So, the motor drives a centrifugal fan. (I didn't know what was under the cap) I went to Ace Hardware and picked up some black Allen bolts and silver nuts with a friction washer. The nylon nuts turned out to be too big. Looked odder. I wish I found some black ones, but the nuts are on the bottom anyway and aren't visible. "

Somewhere I lost the tread of this writeup. You said that no pump available at the local Pick a Part and the one 50 miles away had "failed riviets". So then you say you applied 12V/grn and it worked. Would that be the original one or another?

THanks
Roger
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