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ughh well look at this thing... Gonna be doing water pump too so probably gonna just replace rad, put efan in block off my non working omp and upgrade alternator while im at it. Never ending struggle to get to the track.
And one of the bolts holding it in was barley holding it in lol
So radiator is out n then I see this. It sure inst the oil cooler i thought id see so what is it for the a/c? thats my oil cooler in 2nd pic looks like **** too...
first pic second post is your a/c condensor, yank it out if you don't have a/c anymore, will help cool better too
Ok clears that up, ac is still hooked up and p/s. It was working when i got the car until I fixed the idle. Then it would just idle rough when it was on so Ive left it off. Might mess with it again after all this important stuff gets done. Not to ideal for a track car but I do enjoy the p/s. Im only gonna autox for now so seems smart to keep it also.
The oil coolers always look like hell but rarely leak. They take a lot of abuse from stones and stuff over the years. The only thing that leaks with them is the lines, and looks like yours have been replaced already.
So I got all the water pump bolts nuts off and the whole housing came off when I tried to separate it from the pump. So problem is I guess this pulley needs to come of the get the pump and housing off. Am I just taking off those 2 10mm nuts and then the outer part comes off the pulley? Don't wanna mess with it till I am sure. And the main nut there that should be the one where you hold the clutch down with a 2x4 or something right. Do I need to do this its not to clear in the write up I read.
Found this and seems like its just those 2 bolts holding on the hub. Am I missing 2 bolts there and still not 100 percent on this if someone wants to chime in.
Slow down there brotha . You realize your playing with the timing pulley right ? make sure you mount it exactly the way you took it off and not try and force the bolts to line up when reinstalling . There is one offset hole out of the 4 , some people don't understand that and waddle the holes out . Which now screws you If you go to check timing cause the marks aren't true to there spot . And make sure to install two more bolts . Don't remove the center 19mm bolt . That would really suck if you did . Spray some pb blaster around the pulley where it meets the hub and give it a few light of taps on each side . It will break lose . As far as the Omp . Be careful and try and easy out bolt . If not . Then rtv for the win and a thick homemade gasket . I've heard of people using 2 dimes to keep the rod with the gear from bounce around behind the gasket and block off plate . Just don't snap the only bolt left trying to tighten it . On my rebuild I taped and plugged that galley port at the front iron and cover where they meet
Slow down there brotha . You realize your playing with the timing pulley right ? make sure you mount it exactly the way you took it off and not try and force the bolts to line up when reinstalling . There is one offset hole out of the 4 , some people don't understand that and waddle the holes out . Which now screws you If you go to check timing cause the marks aren't true to there spot . And make sure to install two more bolts . Don't remove the center 19mm bolt . That would really suck if you did . Spray some pb blaster around the pulley where it meets the hub and give it a few light of taps on each side . It will break lose . As far as the Omp . Be careful and try and easy out bolt . If not . Then rtv for the win and a thick homemade gasket . I've heard of people using 2 dimes to keep the rod with the gear from bounce around behind the gasket and block off plate . Just don't snap the only bolt left trying to tighten it . On my rebuild I taped and plugged that galley port at the front iron and cover where they meet
I didn't get any further. And I did not remove the center nut. I did turn the pulley a little bit to look for these timing marks. Only saw 2 little notches on the pulley closest to keg. Didnt notice anything on the p/s air pump pulley. Ill get a mallet in the morning along with a bolt extractor and pb blaster. Hoping for better luck tomorrow haha.
should probably use sealing washers on those plugs
Definitely thought I should too, crap. Well im gonna pull em and put the oil injectors washer on. I had it on one then decided not to since I didnt do it on the 1st one I changed out. Thanks for the heads up.
Got the pulleys off. Took a min but with them off the w/p housing came right off. Pretty shocked as there were no gaskets between housing or w/p. Found tiny pinholes at ends of the housing where lower rad hose hooks up. So pulling my other w/p housing off to see if its in better shape which it should be. How much rtv sealant should i use? Do yall put it on both sides of the gaskets?
Well been working on her and made the purchase for a flyuidline radiator. Im pretty excited except i have a new problemo. The new water pump pulley wasn't lining up right. My dad was always good at telling me to match the parts up before you install and ill be dammed if this new water pump (courtesy of mazdatrix) seems like the shaft of the water pump look good but the part the water pump pulley and fan hook up to is not pressed in far enough. Whats the fix for this? The pump looks identical besides the 1/4" difference of that part of it. Help and ty as usual lol
