Had my first break down yesterday
Well went to pick up the 2006 cross country out of winter storage and bring to rv dealer to have a few items repaired and did not make it far. The alternator seized up and broke the belt off the engi...
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gbopp wrote:CA Traveler wrote:
No guarantee a new/rebuilt one will last any longer than the current one. But consult your crystal ball.
X2. I've had new/rebuilt parts that were bad right out of the box.
Worth doing an X3 on. My plane partner and I decided to replace the vacuum pump on the plane seeing that there were 500+ hours on it. For those unfamiliar, the vacuum pump runs the gauges you need when flying in the clouds. New one failed after 50 hours.
Water pumps come under the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" category. Additionally, you almost always break a bolt or a hose clamp trying to get the old one off, adding to the down time and expense.
I like the idea of carrying a spare to ward off the bad water pump juju.
