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Down
to the blocks and heads?!?? For the water pump?
Gads!
Not
that I'm afraid of automotive work, necessarily. It's just that this is a
20-year-old car, and every time I take off a part to work on it, I find another
underneath that needs attention. I did this when I first got the car,and
things quickly spiraled out of control, which is why it ended up with Stephen
Wynne. So I think if I actually started to work on this thing, I'd
end up doing a frame-off restoration. :-)
Gus
Schlachter
Austin, TX
VIN #4695
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From: Brandon Moody [mailto:bsmoody@xxxx] It is probably the water pump but it couldalso be
the 2 hoses behind
the water pump. These hose are very prone to
failure and can NOT be
changed unless you remove the intake
manifold, same goes for
the water pump replacement. SO, I
think your best solution is
to replace the water pump with a MASTER KIT from
P.J. Grady. He has
a kit that contains all of the hidden hoses and
gaskets to reseal
the upper coolant circulation system on the
engine. The point it,
Don't do JUST the water pump or JUST the
hoses. Do everything
at once because you don't want to have to dig in
there again. NOW,
its not a hard job but you do have to disasemble
everything on top
of that engine down to the block and heads. I
have did it about 3 or 4
times on different cars including my own.
ALSO, if you have a 5 speed
car, this is a GREAT time to change your clutch
slave cylinder. After
that intake manifold is off, its EASY to
do. MUCH easier than changing
it from under the car.
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