imported_brackie
10-12-2005, 04:31 PM
OK. Finally got round to this job I hadn't been looking forward to it as I had read off-putting reports on this and other forums about needing "bendy" spanners and lots of patience. Well, I needed neither. Very straightforward and everything very accessible.
But of course there were problems. The major of which is that 4 out of the 7 bolts holding the actual pump/impeller assembly to the housing sheared off at the heads. Luckily I could get the broken part of the bolts in the vice and rock them back and forth until they came loose. Alloy is in excellent condition with virtually no corrosion. :) The pump had been losing water out of the weep hole since I got the car and it meant topping it up with rain water (geez the rain's pure here in Tassie!) every time the car did a run and adding coolant concentrate at regular intervals. It'll be a luxury not having to worry about it!
But of course there were problems. The major of which is that 4 out of the 7 bolts holding the actual pump/impeller assembly to the housing sheared off at the heads. Luckily I could get the broken part of the bolts in the vice and rock them back and forth until they came loose. Alloy is in excellent condition with virtually no corrosion. :) The pump had been losing water out of the weep hole since I got the car and it meant topping it up with rain water (geez the rain's pure here in Tassie!) every time the car did a run and adding coolant concentrate at regular intervals. It'll be a luxury not having to worry about it!