I had decided several months ago to re-do my cooling system, the truck ran warm on the highway and the fan never kicked on. I didn’t have a real gauge in it until recently but haven’t been driving the truck except around our property. It had a squeak when accelerating or reving the engine, I already replaced the tensioner and idler pulley, it didn’t fix my squeak, I figured it may be the water pump, it has a very slight wiggle to it with belt off. I have been gathering parts..
Champion 3 row aluminum radiator
Motorcraft t-stat
FlowKooler water pump
Hayden 2833 fan clutch
Mahler water pump gasket
Gates radiator hoses
Gates serp belt
The radiator is full of calcium deposits, it is the original radiator and is on borrowed time. I was going to flush it but decided not to risk it. I got that heavy radiator out, but the fan clutch nut would not budge, it looks original as well. Heat and Napa rental tool didn’t do it. I took the pump off with fan and clutch still attached. If I could have found the fan and pulley I would have replaced them, but since I couldn’t I had the get the old ones off, that meant some destruction.
I took the t-stat housing off and found this...a crappy generic t-stat. The thing was ruptured and the guts puking out.
The previous owner is a friend, a reverend and a poor mechanic, he should have read the Tech Articles here, it would have helped him.
Tomorrow I get to remove a pound of RTV and hopefully get the water pump back in.
Champion 3 row aluminum radiator
Motorcraft t-stat
FlowKooler water pump
Hayden 2833 fan clutch
Mahler water pump gasket
Gates radiator hoses
Gates serp belt
The radiator is full of calcium deposits, it is the original radiator and is on borrowed time. I was going to flush it but decided not to risk it. I got that heavy radiator out, but the fan clutch nut would not budge, it looks original as well. Heat and Napa rental tool didn’t do it. I took the pump off with fan and clutch still attached. If I could have found the fan and pulley I would have replaced them, but since I couldn’t I had the get the old ones off, that meant some destruction.
I took the t-stat housing off and found this...a crappy generic t-stat. The thing was ruptured and the guts puking out.
The previous owner is a friend, a reverend and a poor mechanic, he should have read the Tech Articles here, it would have helped him.
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The water pump has more RTV than actual gasket and the t-stat gasket looks like it was re-used. :laughing: I have limited destruction tools so a couple drill bits, a sawzall with dull metal blades and a 3 pound sledge were my tools. I got the old fan clutch completely destroyed and only a tiny amount of fluid ran out of it.Tomorrow I get to remove a pound of RTV and hopefully get the water pump back in.