Two new t-stats and new waterpump can't be faulty, right? (8v)

[area53 at validpath.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

Yeah - it's new. The old one had the shaft completely shear from the 
pump yet it still managed to stay on!
 
Thanks!  JT
Peter wrote:

>My mk1 had been running quite hot. I noticed that the flow to the radiator
>had been pretty meager. Decided that the waterpump should get switched out.
>Found one (and a t-stat) on ebay for $20. So, I finally get the opportunity
>to install the bugger today and I get no flow (that and makeshift pulley
>assembly I had to fab because the STUPID PO used some mish-mosh of pulleys
>AND BOLTS (not allens) on the crank pulley!!) I even switched out the t-stat
>for another new one I had lying around. 
>Nothing. Is drilling the t-stat recommended for 8v's too?
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>Definitely!
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>I drill 2 small holes in all my thermostats.
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>Is the ebay WP new?
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>Peter
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