Well I did my water pump yesterday. As I mentioned above. Thought I would make my son do since he's home from school, but we both worked on it. As I suspected, not anywhere near 20 minutes. Here's a basic wrenching session for me.
After watching the Charger and Chiefs:
In garage at 1:30
Pull truck in garage, drain radiator, clean spilled water, loosen belts for alt and air, remove brackets for air, remove fan shroud, remove radiator, remove water pump, cleanup bolts and heater hose fitting, scrape old gasket off block can clean up for install.
3:00
Wash hands change into clean jeans, head to parts store with list.
Buy: water pump, lower hose, coolant, hose clamps = $104.00
Home by 4:00 with coffee
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install water pump with paper gaskets on right side 2 seconds. wrestling with compressor brackets on left side of pump quite awhile! Tighten all belts, install shroud, radiator, hoses. Check all bolts, fill with water. Run test drive. Park truck,
hose out garage, scrub with detergent, hose again.
Back in house 6:30. Pizza and beer at 7:30
And that's how a water pump takes me and my son a half day!
Merry Christmas... Happy New Year....
jeff