O'Reilly, what the hell? Check out the full retail price complete pump they sent me. The mounting stud on the rear has to go into the mounting bracket, but their pump has a collared nut on the stud, rendering it incompatible. I would have to grind the bracket and put a washer to make it fit. Seriously?! I'm taking it back. I wasn't gonna void warranty by swapping the stud out.
I installed the bare Crapazon pump into the old (now dented up) reservoir (using that old compatible stud/nut) but it's murder getting the pump mounted back into the bracket.
I have to have the pulley on the pump because the fan shroud is in the way of getting the pulley puller/installer in there. It's bloody hard to get the mounting holes lined up with the bracket with the pulley on though because the bolts don't have a pilot tip(or whatever it's called) to help line it up. It's very unforgiving, you have to have it absolutely perfect.
So, I have yet to get the mounting bolts put back in. I have it suspended with a bungee cord and the nut on the stud on the rear because I can't be in two places at once, holding it up while trying to see and reach it from the bottom to get the mounting bolts started.
I had to remove the PS bracket to even get the old pump with pulley out because there was no other way. At least the massive swivel bolt came out easily. Getting the bracket plus it's bushing back in is a bit of a pain. I can do it with an empty bracket, but doubt I could if I had the pump installed into the bracket.... so that's not an option.
By the looks of it, I would have to remove the fan shroud (and by extension drain the radiator of 3-4 gallons, remove the upper rad hose, and remove the fan clutch) in order to use a puller installer, so yeah it's preferable to try to get the bolts in with the pully already on.
Edit: I suppose I could cut a small hole in the fan shroud to give me room to use the pulley installer, then just put gorilla tape over the hole. Not ideal but that's easier than a lot of other things.
Edit 2: maybe I can cut the fan shroud in half with a dremel and get the drivers side half out of the way, then use something to attach the two halves back together after I get the pulley installed.
I might have to end up driving this thing to a shop without power steering (or call free roadside assistance towing and just say it went out) if I end up not being able to get it back together. Thank goodness for V-belts, since I only need the alternator/vac pump running at bare minimum to drive to/from the dump station here (it turns the WP too). I had to loosen and tilt the AC compressor to give room to get the PS pump out too, so that belt and the PS belt are loose right now. They are the two closest though, so I could remove them the rest of the way and drive with no PS or AC belts.
But of course, I want my dang power steering! It would be murder driving this thing without it. The power steering went out on a 91 Corolla I had years ago, and that was manageable... but I doubt this RV would be.
I installed the bare Crapazon pump into the old (now dented up) reservoir (using that old compatible stud/nut) but it's murder getting the pump mounted back into the bracket.
I have to have the pulley on the pump because the fan shroud is in the way of getting the pulley puller/installer in there. It's bloody hard to get the mounting holes lined up with the bracket with the pulley on though because the bolts don't have a pilot tip(or whatever it's called) to help line it up. It's very unforgiving, you have to have it absolutely perfect.
So, I have yet to get the mounting bolts put back in. I have it suspended with a bungee cord and the nut on the stud on the rear because I can't be in two places at once, holding it up while trying to see and reach it from the bottom to get the mounting bolts started.
I had to remove the PS bracket to even get the old pump with pulley out because there was no other way. At least the massive swivel bolt came out easily. Getting the bracket plus it's bushing back in is a bit of a pain. I can do it with an empty bracket, but doubt I could if I had the pump installed into the bracket.... so that's not an option.
By the looks of it, I would have to remove the fan shroud (and by extension drain the radiator of 3-4 gallons, remove the upper rad hose, and remove the fan clutch) in order to use a puller installer, so yeah it's preferable to try to get the bolts in with the pully already on.
Edit: I suppose I could cut a small hole in the fan shroud to give me room to use the pulley installer, then just put gorilla tape over the hole. Not ideal but that's easier than a lot of other things.
Edit 2: maybe I can cut the fan shroud in half with a dremel and get the drivers side half out of the way, then use something to attach the two halves back together after I get the pulley installed.
I might have to end up driving this thing to a shop without power steering (or call free roadside assistance towing and just say it went out) if I end up not being able to get it back together. Thank goodness for V-belts, since I only need the alternator/vac pump running at bare minimum to drive to/from the dump station here (it turns the WP too). I had to loosen and tilt the AC compressor to give room to get the PS pump out too, so that belt and the PS belt are loose right now. They are the two closest though, so I could remove them the rest of the way and drive with no PS or AC belts.
But of course, I want my dang power steering! It would be murder driving this thing without it. The power steering went out on a 91 Corolla I had years ago, and that was manageable... but I doubt this RV would be.
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