[Vwdiesel] '85 Jetta water pump

[Dave Cook]

Once again, sorry if this becomes a repost, my internet has been acting wonky today.

I recall having a wrench bent into a "C" shape to get at a bolt somewhere behind the injection pump.  It has been 4-5 years, but I am pretty sure I was doing a similar project and didn't want to remove the pump.

I just bought a cheapo 13mm wrench, had someone heat it up with a torch, and bend it sideways into the C shape.  I know you can buy them like that, but couldn't find one in town and this was much cheaper anyway.  That bent wrench is about the only 13mm wrench that I haven't lost!

As for the thermostat, I bet your are right.  My Explorer wasn't heating up at all and I pulled the t-stat assuming I'd find it open.  It wasn't but I put the new one in anyway.  After that the cooling system worked properly and I had a heater so I can only guess that it was opening too early.

Dave Cook


--- On Sun, 2/6/11, Shalyn Shourds <sshourds at flash.net> wrote:

> From: Shalyn Shourds <sshourds at flash.net>
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] '85 Jetta water pump
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Date: Sunday, February 6, 2011, 4:50 AM
> On a surprisingly rare pleasant day
> here in Texas (I'm 3 miles from 
> Cowboys Stadium if you've been watching the ice news here),
> I set out to 
> replace the water pump and the timing belt system on my '85
> Jetta TD.  
> When I bought all of the parts, I bought the entire pump,
> both halves 
> with the intention to replace the whole thing.  I got
> through the 
> obligatory antifreeze shower, but I'm stalled trying to
> pull the a/c 
> bracket.  I found the two bolts under the a/c
> compressor, but there's 
> obviously at least one more bolt somewhere......  I'd
> really appreciate 
> it if someone could tell me that the extra bolt(s) isn't
> under the 
> injection pump requiring it to be removed as well. 
> I'm going to have to 
> re-time it anyways, but I don't want to have to REALLY
> re-time it.  I 
> don't even think I have a functioning gear puller anymore
> to take it out.
> 
> Second question:  the reason I'm pulling all of this
> out is that if the 
> weather is at all cool, the temperature gauge barely leaves
> the peg.  
> It's centered on warm days.  I presumed that for some
> reason my 
> thermostat was stuck open.  When I pulled it out, it
> was, in fact, 
> closed.  Any ideas as to why it would be running so
> cold?  Could it be 
> opening really early or something?  It's not a waste
> of effort on the 
> thermostat--the water pump is leaking as well.  Thus
> the above question.
> 
> 
> Thanks.  I'm hoping to get it together again before
> the highs drop back 
> into the 20's later this week.  I know that doesn't
> sound like much to 
> y'all up north, but with the summers I live through, I
> DESERVE a good 
> winter.
> 
> 
> 
> -Shalyn
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