[SoCal LS-L]

Dude if you want to hear from the quiet minority, I was in the same place you are about 14 months ago when my waterpump took a bleep. I didnt have mucho funds to drop on it right then, so I bought a used (good condition) belt from a member here for $20, bought an A1 Cardone reman waterpump for around $50, spent a couple hours under the hood removing and reinstalling parts, and the cooling system/timing belt have been fine since. It has bought me almost 20,000 more miles so far for an investment of $70 and an afternoon*, so dont feel so despairing about how hard its going to be to get your SVX back. Just get it back . *(Didnt include my freak idler dust cover debacle here in Reno, or the $15 pulley I bought from Scott {Sperry}, wouldnt happen to anyone else in a billion years!)


Id almost say doing the timing belt and waterpump on our cars is on the same level as doing the spark plugs, and a hell of a lot easier than the valve cover gaskets. Theres just not that much stuff that has to be removed.