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Larry
I pulled off the dragging pump and found the impeller was hitting on
the flat , not the side. Like the impeller wasn't pressed down on the
shaft far enough, except it only hit for less than half a turn, so it
must have been out of true.
Anyway, exchanged the pump, and the new one works fine.
I was able to do the whole job from the top. I pulled the coolant
tank, window washer tank, and disconected two coolant hoses and folded
them out of the way. also pulled the A/C compressor out of the
mounting brackets and set it out of the way, but left the brackets in
place.
I almost couldn't get the three bolts off the water pump pulley, but
then remembered the old trick of wedging a flat bar on the two other
bolt heads to pull against. Also had to use 6 point sockets (the hex
heads seem kinda sloppy) and just the right amount of extension to get
to the pump bolts but still clear the chassis.
Larry
the flat , not the side. Like the impeller wasn't pressed down on the
shaft far enough, except it only hit for less than half a turn, so it
must have been out of true.
Anyway, exchanged the pump, and the new one works fine.
I was able to do the whole job from the top. I pulled the coolant
tank, window washer tank, and disconected two coolant hoses and folded
them out of the way. also pulled the A/C compressor out of the
mounting brackets and set it out of the way, but left the brackets in
place.
I almost couldn't get the three bolts off the water pump pulley, but
then remembered the old trick of wedging a flat bar on the two other
bolt heads to pull against. Also had to use 6 point sockets (the hex
heads seem kinda sloppy) and just the right amount of extension to get
to the pump bolts but still clear the chassis.
Larry
