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Truck started acting weird so I pulled into a filling station and realized all my ELC was on the ground. I started the truck to find the source of the leak, but too much had already drained out. All I could notice was the pulley on the water pump had a bad wobble. Is that a good assumption that the water pump is shot? Anyone close to 45 & Louetta?
New Napa pump was $145. 4gal of ELC was $60. I had an old, damaged Napa belt in my tool box that I got $40 credit for. Total bill was $180. Hopefully the pump is the problem. But I still need the fan removal tool. Napa didn't have one. Anyone close have one?
I used an air chisel on the edge of the nut to spin it off. Once started it turns by hand real easy. Didnt need the fan tool.
Not sure if you have access to one of those or even an air compressor but if you do makes it much easier.
Yeah I tried that from them once....What they gave me isn't what I needed.
I bought the right one for $20 at Napa then didn't use it as I had found the air chisel.
It is like a long pair of scissors with a notch at ends that hook on a couple of bolts so you can keep the fan from turning while loosening the main fan nut.
Sounds like you lost your water pump. Same thing happened to me a little over a year ago. I heard a loud screech, smelled coolant, but didn't think anything of it. 2 days later, the lower radiator hose blew and I had to replace the pump and a few hoses.
Make sure you get a good size tube of RTV, it will take some time to cure properly before you can drive the truck.
some use a little RTV as added insurance on the pump to cover mating surface. I did my pump last month and did not use it...sealed fine. It was an OEM replacement so not sure if that matters.
Last edited by spongecop; Sep 29, 2014 at 02:30 PM.
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I'm going to try to post photos of the process. Y'all may have done this before, but I found that a belt-type filter wrench holds the WP pulley very well while installing/removing the fan and the bolts on the pulley (if you've already removed the belt or you don't feel like messing with the "fan removal tool"). It was pretty obvious the WP was bad once I removed the belt, and definitely after I removed the WP. I spent a good amount of time cleaning-up behind the WP due to all the shavings. **The only problem I ran into was the outlet for the lower hose that I got with the new pump was different than the outlet on the original pump. I considered using the old outlet, but it didn't look like it was going to seal well to the WP, so I used the new outlet. I had to cut the hose to align with the new outlet, but after doing so, I found that the hose wouldn't fit properly. It took a little grease and a lot of convincing for the hose to slide onto it. I hope it lasts. If it doesn't, does anyone know a part number for the correct hose for this application?
Last edited by Capt.Schenk; Sep 30, 2014 at 06:48 AM.
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