[V8] Stick a fork in the V8 I am done ;-)

[Ed Kellock]

Yes, to remove the pump, all these things help a lot.  I also removed the
heat shield that bolts to the frame rail.

When I removed that one x-cap w/o removing the pump, I just had the belly
pan off and jacked up the car a bit, threw a jack stand underneath and
worked from the bottom w/ a mirror and a light to help me see what I was
doing.  I used a 1/2-inch drive ratchet with the drag link socket and there
was just enough room to fit it inside the frame rail and get the cap loose
and tightened at the end of the job.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Kneale Brownson
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 7:25 PM
> To: Greg Furstenwerth; V8 List
> Subject: Re: [V8] Stick a fork in the V8 I am done ;-)
> 
> 
> If you take out the air plumbing and remove the electric fan, 
> then pull off the pulley, you can wiggle out the pump.
>    
>   I've done it that way several times.  Others report taking 
> off the driver side timing belt cover helps considerably.  
> That'll be what I do next time, which may be in a week or so.
> 
> Greg Furstenwerth <slicerdicer at mac.com> wrote:
>   I guess my main question is how do you get access to the pump?
> 
> Ed Kellock wrote:
> > There are several x-caps on the pump. If you're lucky and 
> it's not one 
> > that's covered (that's about all BUT one) then you'll need a sorta 
> > special tool that is kind of like a very large common 
> screwdriver that 
> > is a socket. I believe they're called impact drivers. The official 
> > torque on the caps is not great, but if it hasn't been off 
> in a long 
> > while or if it's been off and overtorqued, it may take some 
> patience. 
> > I pulled the pump to replace the o-ring on mine the first time and 
> > paid the price in that I found the mounting bolts for the pump, 
> > actually the holes they bolt into, were stripped. I got it back 
> > together okay and then had to replace the o-ring again (my 
> fault). I 
> > did not want to disturb the mounting bolts again so I did 
> it while on 
> > the car.
> >
> > Ed
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> > 
> 
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