Any1 do a water pump on a 98 dakota with a 318. Mine just started leaking and I want to know how hard the job is because I need to replace it problem is its cold out and I have no garage to do it in. Any help is good help. Also when I had a Chevy my water pump went up I did the timing chain think I should do them together. I have a 134000 miles on my truck

 

Are you having excessive noise coming from the chain?I guess you could poke around and make sure that the tension of the chain is within spec., but if you aren't having any issues, I would leave it alone.