I am in the process of replacing all of my water hoses (main, oil cooler, heater, etc...) so I have my battery/tray/alternator/bracketry out of the way. The truck (1/80 '40) has 50K miles on it and was running great until I noticed the fuel pump was spewing (replacing that too).
Question: should I take this opportunity to refresh the water pump?
Coolant was nice and green... thermostat housing was not terribly corroded inside. I was actually on the verge of running it for the season with the original hoses until the fuel pump went. Some of the water hoses were a little crunchy when I removed them, but clean inside. My heater control valve is stuck open as well, so I decided to bite the bullet and replace all of the fuel and water hoses and rebuild the heater unit.
Whaddaya think... do the water pump too?
Question: should I take this opportunity to refresh the water pump?
Coolant was nice and green... thermostat housing was not terribly corroded inside. I was actually on the verge of running it for the season with the original hoses until the fuel pump went. Some of the water hoses were a little crunchy when I removed them, but clean inside. My heater control valve is stuck open as well, so I decided to bite the bullet and replace all of the fuel and water hoses and rebuild the heater unit.
Whaddaya think... do the water pump too?
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