It's import that some mis-information on this posting is cleared up. First, some suppliers are selling repo water pumps be assured that Max Merritt is not, our water pumps use original Packard castings, as evident on the casting # on the pump. We do our best to insure that all pumps sent out to our rebuilder are in good condition and our rebuilder does his part in quality checks and the rebuilding process. We know this because of our low return rate of pumps with defects and unfixable cores returned to us. But in any business dealing with parts new or used there are problems and we do our best to correct them as they arise. Your cores are being reused to keep Packards on the road, if you chose to have you core rebuild by someone we can supply you with the parts as needed, as always check the manufacture specifications for proper torque sequence and fluid usage. Keep the wheels turning and the oil burning.

I work for a Packard parts distribitor, I have seen a lot of cars both restored and "rodded. I'm just glad to see you have got it on the road, at the end of the day it comes down to what you want and what makes you happy, no you probably won't be invited to a premire judging event but, hey you will be the one driving your car to Autozone to get the parts you need when other cars are on the trailor? Good Drives and Good Times.

It's unfortunate this had to be listed on a open forum, but I feel a need to respond. The gasket sets in question were the gasket sets the customer ordered and they were built correctly, in fact they were built by Max himself per my request, as I was extremely busy that week. As you might have figured by now I am employed by Max Merritt, hired there because of experience in parts, I was a Store Manager for CSK Auto. It is regrettable the gasket sets ordered were not for the applications he had, you see after the customer received the gasket sets and after getting the engine numbers from him the employees at Max Merritt determined that the customers engines he thought he had did not exactly match his engines "on the floor" as he said. As for the quality of the sets, paper gaskets are original equipment, and although we have received questions from owners working on their own cars all the professional shops we deal with realize that paper gaskets lose moisture when sitting, but they have had great luck after soaking them in water for a short period of time. I hope those who have had good experience with Max Merritt will except my thanks and continue to do business with us, our inventory is expanding.