I have all the bolts off (4) but it won’t move. I smacked it a few times with a plastic mallet and it is still frozen on. Any ideas of how to break the water pump loose or did I miss a bolt?
Thanks,
Jim
I did mine about a year ago, and my word of advise is:
Get a Bigger Hammer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They can be a real PITA to get out, and it shouldn't have sealer on it, it has an O-ring that swells over time, and makes it a pretty tight fit, just keep on working at it, and eventually it'll come out.
Had the same thin when I did my Mark VIII. I mistook one of the bolts... I think the upper left, there are two within about 1" of each other. Check and make sure you got all water pump bolts and not one or front cover bolts instead.
If you're getting rid of that water pump, then it needs a little persuasion. Between the outside elements and the inner o-ring, it can give some resistance. I gave mine a few raps with a hammer from varying angles on the pulley mount. Nothing too nasty, but it took a bit of time to work loose. A pry bar might also work.
If you're keeping the pump, however, you'll have to be less aggressive. You definitely would NOT want to impact the pulley mount in any way.
If you're going to be replacing the pump with a new unit (no idea why else you'd be removing it, but that's besides the point...), just smash it around with the biggest hammer or mallet you can wield under your hood - you're not going to damage the block. Lubricants are not likely to help a lot.
Get yourself some Hulk Hand gloves and go to town.
get a 2x4, place it on the top of the pump or on the mounting surface for the pulley and whack it with a big hammer. It wil break the seal and it then should come out. That is how I got mine off.
The service manual says "pull the bolts, pull it off" pretty much, I have one.
It does point out the 'tabs' for prying; they're pretty obvious if you look at it. I broke those off in about 10 seconds...
The problem is the aluminum waterpump in an iron block, and at least one long interval between coolant changes... Mine was pretty much corroded in place; bet the OP's was too. Can't really complain, my water pump had 200k on it when it went bad. That's a lot better than any other car I've ever owned.
Getting it out is hard also because it has to come straight out; if you get it cocked to the side, it will never come out. Too bad no one makes a puller, lol.
In most cars, changing the coolant every other year will keep any corrosion problems at bay; unfortunately, most of us didn't own the cars new, and the damage is done.
How the hell do you get it off of a '96 Cougar? I removed all the bolts: (4 of them, or is there another one I am missing?) but it is secured like it is still bolted down!! WHAT gives?
Any help would be appericiated....
I have the motor all ripped down and almost ready to swap the PI intake on, I just need to get the waterpump off so I can swap out the nipple in the block for the PI heater tube and start putting it back together...
you dont remove the water pump for the swap , just leave it alone . You do need to change the
heater core tube that runs through the valley of the engine under the intake and also need to make a T for the temp gauge .
FYI I used the old heater core tube for the T, I just cut it to length and used the climate control bung to attache the temp sensor .
Here is a picture of the T fitting , kind of hard to see but its there .
figures, I should have waited for your response. Oh well I already had the new parts on order so I cant return them anyways. The new intake has the two ports already drilled and tapped for both sensors.
Got the pump off and the nipple knocked out of the block, now I am just waiting on my parts to show up tomorrow, so I can start reassembly.
yeah put the silicone on and wait for it to get tacky then bolt on the intake and wait for it to cure before you start it up. As for the not removing the waterpump... the PI requires the different tube for the valley and I'm pretty sure that the tube requires a different water pump nipple on the back. The only way to remove that nipple is to remove the waterpump. Atleast that's how it was done when I did my PI intake swap.
No problems with putting the silicone on first, letting it cure completely then putting everything back together, is there?
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