Oh, and to be clear; the waterpump replacement had new seals, bushing and bearing. I just used the best other parts between mine and a used one I had bought. It's parts were fine other than a hole in the case that the seller didn't tell me about.
So I rebuild my waterpump with a used pump awhile back and parked it only riding it a few miles here and there for over a year. It stopped the weep hole leak. Now that I want to ride ride, it overheats and blows steam into the resevior, pushing out its coolant and the system ends up low...