Jeep Question

[pontiacgp]

The pump doesn't look like it's fun to change. I watched one you tube where the guy took the whole front of the jeep off to make more room to do the job. That look just a little excessive with the rad, condenser and front grill laying on the ground...lol I'll take a good look at the jeep this spring and if I plan to keep it for one more winter I'll tackle the water pump when the GP hits the road..

 

[Bonnewagon]

On the regular Cherokee you need to remove the grill to get the headlight bezel off to drain the radiator. The fans are a pain too. Removing the radiator makes life easy but is not mandatory. Do you have the water tube that bends back up over the valve cover? Get that too, the old one will probably break. If your AC works I would NOT touch the condenser. The push-in hard line releases are probably crusty and need oiled up- not good to get in AC lines.

 

[pontiacgp]

It's easy to get to the drain plug on mine. To replace the water pump one youtube showed the air box has to be removed and the hardest bolt to get is behind the power steering pump and the rest of it pretty straight forward. I wish they had made the fan shroud in two pieces though. It does have that tube your talking about and that's a good idea to get a new one.

 

[V8 Rumble]

It's a good thing a lot of us could do stuff ourselves. That's why repairs are so expensive. So many parts get taken off to get to the problem taking extra time.

I did a radiator change on a friends jetta one time and thought it would be in and out and boy I was wrong. Bumper, headlights and some other small things had to come out and then had to pull the radiator underneath . It was a pita really.

Sorry for my rant. I'm glad my dad passed along his know how early on.

 

[pontiacgp]

This forum is really helpful even when it isn't a G body. Regarding a Volkswagen my friend who has a shop selling and installing stereo systems and remote starters will not work on Volkswagens anymore. The last guy to call about putting in a remote starter in a Volks said Future Shop wanted a little over $600 including tax to put one in. The Volks is a ridiculous car to work on. My friend put a remote start in my son's Ford Focus for $270.

 

[Bonnewagon]

I was raised on VW bugs and I can not even look at one anymore. My sister has a Jetta wagon and it is impossible to do anything. That's what I loved about the Pontiac V-8- those spark plugs up high and smiling at me! Steve that tube may or may not be shot but since to re-use it, it needs to be unscrewed from the old pump. Depending on the age you can see where replacing it is wise.

 

[pontiacgp]

Mark, I was in a Bug that challenged a 68 Buick Wildcat head on, a buddy of mine from college was driving...we lost and I ended up on the street with the forehead sliced open from going through the windshield...I don't like them for some odd reason. lol But being in college I went on that all important ski trip the next day....back on subject, That pipe shouldn't be too expensive and if I don't need it I can always return it. .

 

[pontiacgp]

Mark, I changed the pump yesterday and it wasn't bad. Only had to the remove the fan and shroud and airbox. I had a new return line tube but the old one came off easy and it was in good shape. They sure want to make sure the adjuster doesn't move with the set up they had on mine, loosen 4 bolts before the adjuster bolt. All the videos of a 1994 water pump I watched on youtube were not like mine however when it came to the power steering bracket. Mine you got all the bolts from the front and it was bolted to the intake and not a bracket that was attached to the block.
I have a bit of oil pumped into the airbox so this is the last year for this one. It's has 254,000 miles on it so it's not worth doing an engine change or a rebuild

 

[Bonnewagon]

Steve I'm glad it was an easy job. Even on the later models with serpentine belt there is an idler but no tensioner. The adjustment is a b*tch and you have to guess the tension if you don't have a tension meter. I didn't want to over tighten it but what I thought was too much resulted in squealing, so I had to make it even tighter even with a new belt. About the oil, is that from the crankcase breather? Why not just put a filter/seperator on the tube? Like what GM uses in the old air cleaners?

 

[pontiacgp]

The oil is in the air filter hose and a little on the filter itself so we both know what that means. I didn't have a belt tension meter but I think got lucky cause it still has a deflection in it but it doesn't squeal even with a full load on the alternator. I had a friend try to tell me the squeal with the old belt was a bearing so while he was standing beside the jeep on the drivers side and in line with the belt I took my bottle of water and said I'll pour some on the belt to show him it's just the belt. He said ok and didn't move so I dumped a bunch of water on the belt and he got a nice little shower....🙂