Whats the pump sitting in the alcohol have to do with anything?? The pump in the SMC kit looks pretty good to me among other things, sorry yours failed. Mines been in for several years now without a problem but I always keep the tank filled with alcohol because I thought letting the pump cavitate was what killed them. Did SMC really tell you that an alky kit would solve your BLM problem or am I reading your implication wrong? Also if you have a degree in electronics and noticed that the SMC kit was made of inferior quality stuff why did you install it? Why not just send it back for a refund if you thought it was junk? Sorry to hear about your headgaskets and thanks for the info on Julios kit, sounds like a progressive system is the way to go.
