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Originally Posted by Chuck Sea/Tac
Two years ago, on a tour coming down from the mountain in pouring rain, one of our group in the first five cars was on the side the road. 30 miles later I pull into the hotel and he comes in within a couple of minutes.His brand new water pump had just failed from a bad bearing as I recall. Anyway he had those fake studs, and he changed it within a few minutes, along with the new belt, because of the seized pump.
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Chuck, my initial thought with that scenario is, ...how often do we find ourselves replacing water pumps on the side of the road?
Second, I realize you said a few minutes, but lets just bump that up to 5 minutes. I am guessing loosening one of the upper radiator hose clamps, and loosening two of the Hood Support Rod nuts would allow those to bump up out of the radiator support rod bracket. At that point, the radiator would/could have tilted forward, and with the fan tips located at the 3:00 & 9:00 position, the pump would have come off with clearance.
I guess it boils down to, it's your car so you can do as you wish.
