water pump woes

[Miss Kitten]

well after a long weekend of getting the new zf into my truck, fired it up to warm the oil for an oil change and the water pump starting leaking out of the bypass hole at the bottom of the pump. same place it leaked from 2 yrs ago

now my question to everyone is............

is there anything i can do to possibly prevent the water pump bolts from snapping off again

when i replaced it in 06 both of the bolts ended up snapping on me and i don't want to have to deal with that again

or am i up against a gamble and just have to see how it turns out

 

[Yardape]

Since they were out 2 years ago you should be fine. They were in there a lot longer last time

 

[crazyhorse85]

Yeah shouldn't be a problem this time...You might try what i use...It's a copper based anti-seize it works wonders....keeps metals from seizing up and keep aluminum and steel from galling....just a thought.... B)

 

[Miss Kitten]

i'm 80% positive i put anti seeze on them when i put them back in, but that was two years ago. my memory isn't that good :wacko:

 

[miesk5]

yo!

Give it a healthy dose of PB Blaster or Kroil, etc.; I have a Microflam mini torch and that works on those nasty, rusty, threads. GL!

 

[Miss Kitten]

ooooooooh that looks like a fun toy

 

[miesk5]

ooooooooh that looks like a fun toy

Got Heat?

 

[Miss Kitten]

what kind of heat

like torch heat, or less heat then that

or you mean heat still coming inside the truck when i turn the heater on

 

[Miss Kitten]

all the bolts came out no problem

when i was cleaning the old gasket off i took a good gouge to my back when i caught it on the frame so i called it a night

i'll have the new pump installed tomorrow afternoon

 

[Yardape]

all the bolts came out no problem
when i was cleaning the old gasket off i took a good gouge to my back when i caught it on the frame so i called it a night

i'll have the new pump installed tomorrow afternoon

Oh you *****

 

[crazyhorse85]

OUCH!!!@#$%^**If your like me there are quite a few colorful words thet could be filled in there..... :lol:

 

[BroncoJoe19]

i took a good gouge to my back when i caught it on the frame so i called it a night

Yeah... I HATE it when that happens!

And yeah... I don't know if you call your truck a he or a she, but when you get all done... take it out for a good tough ride and show it who's the Boss!

I'll bet you are glad you used some never sieze.

Glad it all worked out ok.

joe

 

[miesk5]

yo!

Sorry about the "Got Heat" comment; was rushing to pack and leave for a few days.. meant if you had access to a torch...But great that the bolts came out EZily!

 

[Miss Kitten]

so the good the bad and the ugly

took the truck out for a run on sunday to test out the new tranny and make sure the pump was working good.

transmission is freaking amazing. and the truck hadn't ran that cool in quite some time

unfortunately the clutch fan decided to leave it's assigned position. yardape first made the comment that he believed my fan was out of balance. and i think with the new water pump having nice tight bearings and the extra torque of the tranny caused the engine to torque up enough to sheer the fan right off the pump

so that being sad the new pump started puking fluid again. at first glance it looked to be cracked at the top from the fan tearing off, but upon further examination it looks like the pull from the fan was so great it pulled a few of the water pump bolts lose.

i'll be tearing down the whole front half of the engine again to fix the damage done by the fan and making sure the water pump is still ok

 

[JLasvegas]

mskitten, when your bolts broke the first time, how did you get them out?

Im fearing doing the job myself, because im limited on tools, I have a basic socket set, and some other things but nothing too techinical and was wondering if I should just have a shop do the job

 

[Miss Kitten]

i had to have a shop get the bolts out. i got it towed to the shop after the bolts snapped on me

and for a quick update, the fan toasted out the bearings on the brand new water pump so i have to get it all replaced before sunday morning so we can head out on a run again

 

[miesk5]

yo!

For my edification, where da ya get da WP from? Read my comment under my Doc Lecter av;

"Use Ford parts, let da ZONE handle ice scrapers"

And can you get ARP bolts? Didn't see any Canadian Distributors, but some maybe close enuf in da upper States

 

[Miss Kitten]

i have a friend with an "in" at one of the auto value stores

the pump is under warranty so that's not an issue. it's just a pita having to go through the process of changing it out again

 

[JLasvegas]

I got to further investigate mine after work and found that the water pump had been seeping but the bypass hose was shot and spewing coolant, so I will replace all the hoses, belts and pump

hopefully there will be nothing left to fail