Re: spider 2000 water pump

[Godfrey DiGiorgi <ramarren@domain.elided>]

Well, Les, according to my shop manual (and watching it done on my Spider 
last year because I don't have the equipment to pull the crank pulley 
here at home), the water pump cannot be removed without removing the 
crank pulley on the 2000 engine .. there's evidently a clearance problem. 
I just checked my receipts: the labor to R&R the water pump on my Spider 
was billed at 4 hours, and the shop that did the work is has always 
billed me for time fairly. So perhaps 5 hours is a bit high, unless 
there's other work to be done. 

I could do it easily on my 1750 (and had to once upon a time), just like 
the manual says I can. My 1750 didn't have the AC stuff in the way up 
front by the radiator either, it was much simpler in the engine bay than 
a mid-'80s Spider Veloce. 

Is there a difference between US and NZ issue Spider 2000 motors that 
allows the water pump to come off without removing the crankshaft pulley?

Godfrey

>My opinion
>is that 5 hours labour is excessive. And my advice is - do it yourself;
>this is an easy job that every Alfa owner can do.
>
>Les - done it many times, in Wellington, NZ

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