Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Ed_Strong
Just remove the cowl for easy access and it can be done!
I did remove the fresh air Intake Duct for the cabin, it's the big oval plastic shroud that sits right behind the PS Pump. All you need is to remove 2 nuts, one on top one on bottom (12" extension and a deep 7/16 socket) and a small vaccum hose that connects to it on top. Takes less than 5 mins to do and I feel is well worht it considering the amount of room you get!
Especially for the removal of the heater hose which sits behind the engine.
The "Y" Pipe is held on in place by 2 (10mm) screws, one on top of the Water Pump and the other on top of the PS Pump which is hard to see.
In my case, hoses that go into the "Y" Pipe were very easy to remove as I thought they were going to be caked on by the heat, age and presence of rust!
The only thing that gave me a hard time was the removal of the "Y" Pipe from the Water Pump. It was caked on and there's not much room to wiggle it or pull it out. So I used standard plyers to rotate and break it free (maybe 1/4 inch to each direction as there's little room for play) and a small 6 to 8 inch pry bar to the flangethat attaches it to the Water Pump to force it out while wiggling, time consuming, but it did the trick.
As a precaution I removed the serpentine belt and the connector for the cam synchronizer which sits right behind the water pump to give me more room to play and to avoid any further damages to both any of those parts and my knuckles.
All in all, it was fairly easy and even tho i took my time and went slow and carefull it took me about 1½ hours to remove and less than 1 hour to put it back together.
|
Thanks. That doesn't sound like anything I can't do. Now if I can convince my wife to wait a little longer instead of having to get the part from the dealer.
I don't know why I let new cars intimidate me. Old cars are just so much simpler, so much less to go wrong. I guess I just don't like to jump into something new without seeing someone else do it first or help guide me through it. I just found this forum, and reading it has been pretty encouraging.