Removing Water Pump on 3FE (1 Viewer)

[dbla]

Hey all,

Hopefully, this chapter of my LC ownership will begin to come to a close this weekend. Been a solid couple weeks of working on things, getting stuck, getting help... rinse and repeat.

I finally have everything but the water pump off... however last night I couldn't get the damn thing off. It's loose, but it's being obstructed by the AC idler pulley bracket. The hose behind that bracket is still attached but I can't get my hands in there to loosen the hose clamps.

Can anyone help me figure out how to get it free?

Thanks in advance,

-a

P.S. I am glad that I decided to take this repair as far as I have, the water pump itself is COVERED in grime leading me to believe that it's the root cause of my coolant leak. Now hopefully I can get the damn thing back together...

 

[cruisermatt]

Do you have any toddlers with small hands you can put to work?

 

[dbla]

Do you have any toddlers with small hands you can put to work?

Sadly no... haha, I think the bracket's gotta come off. I'll need to reattatch this hose to the new pump as well.

 

[dbla]

I am victorious!

So now my question is... this is the mounting area, can I use a degreaser to help clean this mess up?

Any products recommended? I'll be doing a coolant flush so does it matter if anything gets in there?

And the hose that's down and to the left (passenger side) it looks like there's a section of rigid pipe connected by two soft hoses, but it's stuck, and I can't get it out. Is this attached somewhere?

Thanks

-A

 

[cruisermatt]

Oven cleaner and powerwasher with hot water will work great. Or just leave it dirty to show the 3FE its place in the world

 

[4Cruisers]

And the hose that's down and to the left (passenger side) it looks like there's a section of rigid pipe connected by two soft hoses, but it's stuck, and I can't get it out. Is this attached somewhere?

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Thanks

-A

Upper left corner of diagram:

The pipe is attached by one bolt to the underside of the passenger side engine mount IIRC.

 

[RodrigzCrzr]

That hard line is attached to the bottom of the A/C compressor. It brings two soft hoses together that one that is sticking out and the lower radiator hose.
On the diagram it is # 16577