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Old 03-01-2010 | 05:55 AM
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+1, see if it's leaking from the small hole on the bottom of the wp behind the pulley. Could also be upper hose or bypass hose, which btw, you should also replace, if it was not mentioned above.
 
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Old 03-07-2010 | 12:23 AM
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so after 8hrs, two broken strap wrenches, and slicing enough hand meat to make a turkey sandwich. the nut between the fan and thepump pulley has yet to budge....any advise??
 
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Old 03-07-2010 | 12:50 AM
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Make a home made strap wrench with a ratchet strap (minus the ratchet) and a strip of rubber or a belt or something with some grip. Wrap the rubber around the pulley, hook the strap on the driver side of the frame where it won't put pressure on any wires, then wrap the other end around the rubber going over the top of the pulley and tuck it under itself. The more pressure you put on the wrench, the tighter it will get.
Pulling a wrench helps your chances of no slicing up your hands also.
If you aren't in a hurry then I could just wrap it up on my truck tomorrow and take a picture since I have the front end opened up anyway.
 
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Old 03-07-2010 | 12:50 AM
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more muscle and patience...in that order.
 
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Old 03-07-2010 | 07:40 AM
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There was a guy on here not long ago, had a pic of a home made pulley wrench to hold on to the pulley with, that would be very easy to make. I'll try to find his post and pic.
 
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Old 03-07-2010 | 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by RonRacer
so after 8hrs, two broken strap wrenches, and slicing enough hand meat to make a turkey sandwich. the nut between the fan and thepump pulley has yet to budge....any advise??
less muscle - more brain.

unbolt waterpump and lift out pump, fan, and shroud all at once.
cut the short w/p bypass hose if necessary, because you're going to replace it anyway.
once out, put w/p in a vise and remove fan.
 
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Old 03-07-2010 | 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by J415
more muscle and patience...in that order.
LOL!! pretty much
 
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Old 03-07-2010 | 11:41 AM
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This is the setup I was talking about. Any old piece of rubber ought to work. The rubber off one of those broken strap wrenches would be perfect.
If the picture is too big for y'all, let me know and I'll change it to something smaller. I normally use the 500x375 pixel pictures because I know not everyone has a 22" monitor with the resolution set to 1680x1050. This one only takes up about 1/2 of the screen for me.
 
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Old 03-07-2010 | 07:41 PM
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so after 8hrs, two broken strap wrenches, and slicing enough hand meat to make a turkey sandwich. the nut between the fan and thepump pulley has yet to budge....any advise??
Just rent the tool for God sake!
 
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Old 03-07-2010 | 07:47 PM
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Im sure if he didnt have the money for the water pump, im sure he can't come up with a way to afford to rent the tool( yes i know you get your money back , but "being" able to rent it credit/debit card down with availible funds) $$$$$ tight everywhere gotta come up with some ideas ^ to make due, just sayin.
 


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