I'll add one vote for a bolt holding the throttle spool to the intake manifold. A lack of finesse and proper lubrication were the issues. -----Original Message----- From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of David Teitelbaum Sent: Wed 4/23/2008 6:56 AM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DML] Re: water pump The problems usually encountered are breaking the bolts holding the intake manifold to the cylinder heads or the bolts holding the distribution pipe to the block. The bolts holding the water pump are the "easy" ones. You were lucky. On most cars you wind up breaking at least one bolt! Then the fun begins, drilling it out! David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "javelin1973401" <javelin1973401@...> wrote: > > Thanks for the review of this job Andy. I've wanted to tackle mine for > a while, but I'm deathly afraid of the twisting off mounting studs, as > I've been through that hell before with the exhaust manifolds. Maybe > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/