I used Tizzy1 method which is awsome, I just did the water pump today, litteraly took 5seconds to remove the pump

I used a 24inch prybar from harbor freight, put the angled tip against the tension bolt and then pushed against the frame done,

on the other hand, after removing the 5 bolts holding the pump to the engine, the pump would not budge, I then thought the gasket was stuck, but I could turn the metal mounting base easily, finally after spinning the pully bracket around (spins easily no binding) it slide out, anyone see the problem,

oh yeah, van temp ran at 1 tick below the mid, no noise(there was noise for 2 days in january, I figured it was the p/s pump since is was cold out) the only problem was a marble size wet snot ball hanging off the bottom

glad I changed it, and while I was in there I changed the belt, tensioner, idel pully too, I got 2 gallons of coolant out from draing the rad

replacement is all metal

GlI debated about not doing it since it was only a slight seap, no drops on the floor,

 

Nice job!! Seen that before, not very often though. Told you it would go smooth

 

yeah, that prybar trick saved a good bit of time for sure,

I did put all the broken pieces back together, to make sure I had them all, I did minus one super tinny sliver, but oh well, I will drain the coolant again in a week

draining the coolant took longer then rest of the job,

only tricky part was the rear water pump bolt, my 10mm wrench was a bit short, but I got it done,

total time for the water pump,tensioner, idle pully, belt, drain/refill coolant, test drive, rotate tires, and clean up was, 2hrs,

 

Looks like you could make some money at this

 

yeah, one of the moms at my daughters pre-school had her 2005 water pump go out last fall, I think she paid 400$ for the repair

keeping busy at it anyway, the High pressure power steering hose that i replaced on it last week, that connection at the gear was a pain to get at, I will gladly do the water pump over that hose again


it is amazing how that 1/4 of the fins provided enough flow for the engine temp to remain normal

 

I find it weird you didn't get a vibration more than the cooling part.

 

only a slight vibration, nothing I was concerned with, which it does seem much more smoother now,

 

win / win I'm guessing. Have a good evening!