Originally Posted by cconbalsam

I don't think it is a good idea to simply bypass the servo by splicing in a piece of hose and a ball valve if your auxilliary water pump works. If you do this and run with the ball valve closed the aux pump will be deadheaded and may be dammaged. The servo, when closed, bypasses the coolant back to the return line to prevent this. I would install 2 t's where the servo was and attached a smaller line between the t's. The t's, fittings and extra lines would be cheaper than a new aux pump.