So yesterday was a fun day. I had to do the non-serviceable plug on my 2002 Excursion. What a PITA job. Did not help that I dropped a 8mm socket and it went in the water pump pulley - always fun spending 1hr+ trying to get that out. Talk about the dumb luck and perfect bounce, roll, etc. to fit in there.

I also did the fuel crossover from Riff-Raff. At least the plugs came out easy for me! (I bought a set of craftsman 8 point sockets from amazon for $17) Came out super easy - and a good excuse for more tools.

Now I did not mess with the IPR - did not have a correctly sized socket - and it was not leaking or anything. So i mounted the pump in the soft jaw vise with the mounting surface pointing down per instructions and then removed the non-serviceable plug. Cleaned with brake clean and a ton of Q-tips to get the threads clean. Did the locktite and installed. Hopefully the ball stayed where it is supposed to!

So now I am waiting until around noon today to fill the reservoir and start it and check for leaks. This will be 24 hours for the loctite.

Wish me luck!! - but at least now I can probably do it in 1/2 the time!!

 

Yah the socket in the water pump pulley isnt fun.
But i found a trick. With the belt off... spin the fan as fast as you can manage... the socket should roll around inside the pulley and then roll out the side. Took me just 2 spins and it rolled out.

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