Sounds like fun....Thanks again for the help!
At 10:22 PM 11/18/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Yep regular thread
>
>I did it the first time with the radiator out but the second and third time
>I did it with the rad in so it can be done.
>
>Tips? I used channel locks on the nut and vice grips on the pulley. My
>friend stood on the drivers side with the vice grips on the pulley while I
>stood on the passenger side with the channel locks and pushed down as hard
>as I could. We turned the pulley so the vice grips rested against somthing
>in the engine compartment (i dont remember what it was off the top of my
>head) so when we cranked on the nut they wouldnt fall off. The frist time I
>took off the fan it came off easily but the 2nd time it was twice as hard to
>get the damm thing off. The main thing is to get the vice grips clamped on
>the pulley and locked, then get them up against somthing and hold em so they
>wont fall off...
>
>
>Chris
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: david zavetsky <zavetsky@usaor.net>
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Date: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 9:21 PM
>Subject: Re: DML: Re: water Pump HELP!!
>
>
>>Was yours a regular right hand thread?
>>
>>Also, I am trying to do this replacement without removing the
>>radiator....Did you have to remove yours?
>>
>>Any tips?? That little hose leading up to the manifold is scary looking, at
>>least from the top angle.....
>>
>>Any advice you could offer on the process would be VERY much appreciated!
>>
>>
>>
>>At 08:36 PM 11/18/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>>There's a tool to do it but since I didn't have it I put a huge pair of
>vice
>>>grips on the pulley and cranked on the nut with another pair since the nut
>>>was too big. It takes a good deal of swearing to get it off but I'll go.
>I
>>>had a friend hold the pulley while I cranked on the nut. It broke free
>>>after a few seconds, don't worry about the vice grips on the pulley it
>didnt
>>>even make a dent in mine when I did it...
>>>
>>>Good luck and watch your knuckles
>>>
>>>Chris
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: david zavetsky <zavetsky@usaor.net>
>>>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>>>Date: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 7:31 PM
>>>Subject: DML: water Pump HELP!!
>>>
>>>
>>>>I am trying to change the water pump on my 92 Dakota V8......
>>>>
>>>>I have changed pumps before, and figured no problem.....
>>>>
>>>>Well, Both of my manuals say that all I gotta do to remove the fan
>assembly
>>>>is to remove the pulley bolts.....NOT!
>>>>
>>>>There is a large nut behind the fan....the new water pump has a threaded
>>>>receiver on it that I assume will accept the fan assembly....Problem is,
>I
>>>>cant get the damn nut to budge!!! Is there a trick to getting this thing
>>>off?
>>>>
>>>>I tried leaving the belt on, applying pressure to the tensioner while
>>>trying
>>>>to remove the nut.....I tried tapping the nut with hammer blows against
>>>the
>>>>wrench....Then I removed the pulley bolts and fan bolts but NOTHING can
>be
>>>>removed till that stinkin nut is free.....
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas??
>>>>
>>>>"M ove O ver, P ickup A pproacing R apidly!"
>>>>1992 Dakota 4x4, Standard cab, short bed, 5.2 L V8, K&N, Gibson/Dynomax
>>>>exhaust,Power Puleys, MP SBEC, 180 degree thermostat, Bushwhackers,
>>>>tire/wheel package, Lund Moonvisor & Interceptor, Custom Cover tonneau,
>>>>Bundy rear bumper, chrome grillguard/pushbar
>>>>
>>>>see http://www.usaor.net/users/zavetsky for pictures!
>>>>
>>>>MOPAR or NOCAR!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>"M ove O ver, P ickup A pproacing R apidly!"
>>1992 Dakota 4x4, Standard cab, short bed, 5.2 L V8, K&N, Gibson/Dynomax
>>exhaust,Power Puleys, MP SBEC, 180 degree thermostat, Bushwhackers,
>>tire/wheel package, Lund Moonvisor & Interceptor, Custom Cover tonneau,
>>Bundy rear bumper, chrome grillguard/pushbar
>>
>>see http://www.usaor.net/users/zavetsky for pictures!
>>
>>MOPAR or NOCAR!
>>
>>
>
>
>
"M ove O ver, P ickup A pproacing R apidly!"
1992 Dakota 4x4, Standard cab, short bed, 5.2 L V8, K&N, Gibson/Dynomax
exhaust,Power Puleys, MP SBEC, 180 degree thermostat, Bushwhackers,
tire/wheel package, Lund Moonvisor & Interceptor, Custom Cover tonneau,
Bundy rear bumper, chrome grillguard/pushbar
see http://www.usaor.net/users/zavetsky for pictures!
MOPAR or NOCAR!
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