Little Help - Water Pump Replacement

atticusfaul · Dec 29, 2013

So I woke up this morning and pulled the truck out of the garage and saw a small puddle under it and was pretty sure it was coolant. Took it into a local service center and my seal on my water pump went out so I have to replace it. They quoted me $515 and I just about **** myself.

Anyway watched a couple youtube videos and went and bought the parts for a grand total of $80. I'm going to take a crack at it tomorrow. I'm by no means a gear head but I'm pretty handy I like working with my hands so I'm pretty excited to get after it...any input from anybody who has replaced one would be helpful.

Cheers!

05daytona · Dec 29, 2013

The easiest way to get the clutch fan off is take a 1-1/4 inch open ended wrench and widen it until it fits over the nut on the fan. Oh btw, make sure it's an offset wrench. Then all you do is give the end a sharp smack with a ballpeen hammer and it will loosen the nut. Do the opposite to tighten.

Redtruck-VA · Dec 30, 2013

Get a friend who has some experience to help you.

atticusfaul · Dec 30, 2013

Well...knocked it out in about 4 hours yesterday. Pretty much just removing bolts and putting back in the right place. Only had to make one extra trip to the parts store to buy coolant.

No leaks this morning. Total saved by avoiding the shop: $415. Boom!

atticusfaul · Dec 30, 2013

05daytona said:
The easiest way to get the clutch fan off is take a 1-1/4 inch open ended wrench and widen it until it fits over the nut on the fan. Oh btw, make sure it's an offset wrench. Then all you do is give the end a sharp smack with a ballpeen hammer and it will loosen the nut. Do the opposite to tighten.

Oh yeah...this part sucked.

ATXHEMI · Dec 30, 2013

Did you replace the pump? I just noticed water/antifreeze dripping on the bottom bolt of my water pump. I'm going to reace it while I have it off.

atticusfaul · Dec 30, 2013

ATXHEMI said:
Did you replace the pump? I just noticed water/antifreeze dripping on the bottom bolt of my water pump. I'm going to reace it while I have it off.

Sure did...easy job in my opinion.

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