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 |