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Old 05-18-2017, 04:21 PM
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I have no affiliation. Seems like the German pump Comet has a local distributor in Florida at http://www.cometpumps.biz/ worth a call for direct replacement. Good luck.
Thanks. I found this site before. The web page is not great and I called and got a recording and left a message- no response as yet. Possibly a distributor but sounded kinda Mom and Pop. You can get one on EBay but from Ukraine but not sure its the model I want.

Based on my experience with this pump I'd replace it if I could. Since 2013 it has never quit until now- the end of a pretty respectful duty cycle. German pump for a German car
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Follow-up:

No reply from the US Comet folks so installed a single Rule 800 pump with dual outlets for shirt and clava (as before). I did not install dual pumps- I have new back-up pump at the ready and it should be a pretty easy 5 min. swap out.

The larger space holds block ice while the space adjacent to the pump is perfect for cubed ice. The 2 in tandem are colder and last longer than either alone.
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Originally Posted by Ritter v4.0
Follow-up:

No reply from the US Comet folks so installed a single Rule 800 pump with dual outlets for shirt and clava (as before). I did not install dual pumps- I have new back-up pump at the ready and it should be a pretty easy 5 min. swap out.

The larger space holds block ice while the space adjacent to the pump is perfect for cubed ice. The 2 in tandem are colder and last longer than either alone.
Where did you source the bulkhead fittings for the water outlet/inlets?
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Originally Posted by mglobe
Where did you source the bulkhead fittings for the water outlet/inlets?
+1 Doing this exact thing now with for my Cayman. I was going to use a Grizzly cooler and the cooler walls are 2 inches thick so I'll need longer bulkhead fittings.

These are the two DIY's that I've found that have a parts list.

http://www.eatsleeptinker.com/2015/0...-shirt-system/

http://forums.nasaaz.com/showthread.php?t=6608

Also, does anyone mount the cooler under the front bonnet? I need to have a passenger seat for DE's.
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Yes- I used to have the box in my old 996 up front, then moved it when the other seat came out. Just run the lines through the firewall.
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Originally Posted by Ritter v4.0
Yes- I used to have the box in my old 996 up front, then moved it when the other seat came out. Just run the lines through the firewall.
Awesome! That's helpful. Was that an existing hole or did you drill it?
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Twins- for separate (and higher) flow to shirt and coolclava. And redundancy. Yet to put in perforated barrier to protect pumps and wiring from block ice knocking around.
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Originally Posted by gman3280
Awesome! That's helpful. Was that an existing hole or did you drill it?
Sorry- not sure I ever answered this- there are holes in the firewall you can use.



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