It's always something else....
I just got the new coil from Daytona Sensors that I've been waiting for and got that bolted onto the firewall and hooked up,fired the Monte up and went for a drive.I stopped and popped the hood open for a look and found a coolant leak.I thought it was just the hose clamps a bit loose,but turns out it was the water pump leaking from one of the bolt holes.
I wasn't really surprised as when I put the engine together 4 years ago I somehow had the wrong water pump gaskets but I needed to get it all together and out of my buddy's shop and to the dyno,so I made gaskets out of a piece of cereal box cardboard and ,hey,they lasted four years LOL.
Now I have the proper ones,but what a bugger it is to get the water pump off because the power steering pump bracket is right in the way of the one hard to get at bolt.
But I got the water pump off and glued the new gaskets to the pump with the black aviation gasket sealant,which I hope will hold the gaskets to the pump after sitting all night so I can put it all back together tomorrow
Guy
I just got the new coil from Daytona Sensors that I've been waiting for and got that bolted onto the firewall and hooked up,fired the Monte up and went for a drive.I stopped and popped the hood open for a look and found a coolant leak.I thought it was just the hose clamps a bit loose,but turns out it was the water pump leaking from one of the bolt holes.
I wasn't really surprised as when I put the engine together 4 years ago I somehow had the wrong water pump gaskets but I needed to get it all together and out of my buddy's shop and to the dyno,so I made gaskets out of a piece of cereal box cardboard and ,hey,they lasted four years LOL.
Now I have the proper ones,but what a bugger it is to get the water pump off because the power steering pump bracket is right in the way of the one hard to get at bolt.
But I got the water pump off and glued the new gaskets to the pump with the black aviation gasket sealant,which I hope will hold the gaskets to the pump after sitting all night so I can put it all back together tomorrow
Guy