lexluthier72 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Just thought Id vent. 5 hours today to change the water pump. The Power steering pump has to come completely off as well as the mounting bracket for the power steering pump, as the last bolt for the PS bracket is dead center behind the pump. Ugh. On top of that, jeep redesigned the casting on the water pump to use longer bolts. Something I did not realize till almost 8:00pm. (auto parts stores closed!) The bolts I had were useless. Still not done..... -Erin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 do it a few more times and you'll have it down to about 45mins total. ask me how I can do that. :shake: same as tranny swaps, piece of cake now, about 1.5hrs. :yes: its a jeep and for as long as you own one it will make you become an expert. :wrench: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexluthier72 Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 I think I could do it in 2.5h next time. That power steering pump is a special treat to remove. :fs1: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComancheKid45 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I got my 1st one finished in just over 1.5hrs... :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexluthier72 Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 For the life of me, I could not get in to get the back bolts out of the power steering pump to remove the bracket. Also, all the bolts were pretty rusted up. This is the original OE water pump. I also do not have small hands. I did take a small break. Dunno. It just took a long time. All fixed now. I had to replace both radiator hoses also, and can see the thermostat hoses are going to be next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexluthier72 Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 knowing what I now know about the power steering pump, I could probably do the next one in under 2 hours.... :wrench: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainman Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Lex did you remove the front end? You can pull the grill and its support in a bout 5 mins. Then you can take the radiator stay off in under a minute and move rad and condenser to the side quite far. Then everything is way easy to do. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexluthier72 Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 next time. :hmm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Swaps a water pump out in less than 10 minutes. Use a sledge hammer and chisel to remove the old pump. Clean old gasket material from mating surface. Hold new pump in position. take a roll of duct 6tape and wrap it around the pump and engine block. Voila! done. Now if I could just get the dern thing to quit leaking. :nuts: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexluthier72 Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 Jim, I like your style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Swaps a water pump out in less than 10 minutes. Use a sledge hammer and chisel to remove the old pump. Clean old gasket material from mating surface. Hold new pump in position. take a roll of duct 6tape and wrap it around the pump and engine block. Voila! done. Now if I could just get the dern thing to quit leaking. :nuts: just need to use a little bit more rtv. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexluthier72 Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 And of course, I still smell coolant....the upper hose was leaking after I got everything together, so...I'm sure the fan sprayed coolant into crevices I cannot see....but...NO LEAKS! Yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 good deal. :clapping: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexluthier72 Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 Of course, its going to drive me insane till the stink burns off.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 so... idk, perhaps rinse it off? power wash it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexluthier72 Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 Yep. I'm actually looking in to a steam cleaning. The PO let the valve cover leak for an extreme amount of time. (there is at least a 1/4 inch of buildup all over the block.) I did power wash it once with some engine brite, and some of the crud came off, but Id like to get it really cleaned up so I can see what else might be leaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 yeah I seen some engines look like new after steam cleaned, works good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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