So today I was on my way to work when I started to smell rubber, then saw the temperature gauge climb, then CRACK! and just about every light on my dash went on. I pulled over into (an all too handy) auto parts store parking lot, and promptly called my boss and told him that I was going to be fixing my car today.
Turns out its a bad water pump, frozen solid except for a lot of side-to-side play. Now I have everything stripped down to get the old pump off, and for some reason a belt tensioner bracket is placed in my path between the lower radiator hose outlet and the radiator itself. So I am stuck trying to figure out how to remove, and have just about removed everything else along the way to no avail. Whats the trick to getting around the tensioner? Any help would be great, its an 88 FJ62 and my brand new FSM is at home.
Turns out its a bad water pump, frozen solid except for a lot of side-to-side play. Now I have everything stripped down to get the old pump off, and for some reason a belt tensioner bracket is placed in my path between the lower radiator hose outlet and the radiator itself. So I am stuck trying to figure out how to remove, and have just about removed everything else along the way to no avail. Whats the trick to getting around the tensioner? Any help would be great, its an 88 FJ62 and my brand new FSM is at home.