M40 Water pump hell...

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Post Thu Nov 23, 2006 1:34 pm

Jesus.

Why do all the 30m jobs turn into hours and days of pain?

Fan and coupling off. :D
Water pump bolts off and 2 back in to the 'release' holes. :D

Release hole brackets snap 8O, brittle and corroded as shit - I swear I didn't bully it.

Now the pump is stuck flush to the engine block, with no way I can see to get the sucker out. Don't even have any purchase/edges to use a gear puller.:x

I've got a new pump so I don't mind doing some madness on the stuck pump.

Please, someone end this epsiode before I end it militantly...
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Post Thu Nov 23, 2006 3:00 pm

Come on guys it's not the sexiest problem but it's real!
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Post Thu Nov 23, 2006 5:08 pm

A pair of stillsons on the pump body perhaps ?, if you can't them on maybe cut the pulley end of the shaft off.

I hate jobs like this too :x

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Post Thu Nov 23, 2006 5:51 pm

FIIIIRE!!! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Heated the water pump body where it joins the engine with a portable blow torch. Not too much you don't want to crack or warp the case.

Then slap one stilson on there and manhandle that sucker - and it's off.

Like I said, not a sexy thread but a real prob that can piss people off...

Cheers all.
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