It does suck Sam!
Yeah Todd, reman pump no good. This company has issues with the machine tolerances of this pump. When I was putting it together, I thought it was too tight, but put it in anyway. Should have trusted my gut. Every time I don't listen to my gut, it bites me in the ass!
Yeah Steve, some $$ for my time would be nice, but I'm not holding my breath. If it was a paying job, they would likely reimburse the labor.... we'll see.
Tim, I know the feeling bud. I still hate painting. That's why I'm not a body guy. Not that I can't, I just never enjoyed it. I'm confident you'll get it.
Coop.... yes, I'm sure I didn't get too ruff on the T/C. Not my first rebuild. As I mentioned before, this isn't the first pump from WIT that has done this.... and I suspected it wasn't right from the beginning.