jonathon

Well it was a no go.. needed a lot more than just the pump. I think what happened is it sat through the bad winter we had and snow packed up around the passenger side exhaust manifold, cracking it. Also think it needs an alternator, it wasn't putting out the correct voltage. Decided to pass, I hate exhaust work.

Awesome, thanks. If all works out I'll be coming home with an '82 Wagon today

How's your GMB pump doing? That's what the parts store got me.. new with a lifetime warranty.

Whats the burping procedure on an EA81? Leave the cap off and let the t-stat cycle? Good to know on the overflow bottle.. As far as a gasket for the pump, should I use a gasket(fel-pro) or rtv or both? Last water pump I did was on a ranger and we rtv'd the hell out of it, but I hate that stuff. Any torque info I should be aware of?

Awesome, sounds easy as cake. Removing the alternator isn't a big deal either... One other question, where is the coolant recovery bottle at? The owner had a shop put a radiator in it last summer, but they didn't hook it up and it's either missing, or somewhere I can't see it.

Well I may be picking up an 82 4wd Wagon with 175k on for $500.. it needs a water pump at the minimum though, so to make sure it's good to go I'm replacing it before I buy it, owner was cool with it too The deal is the water pump pull sheared off and I actually found ball bearings stuck in the grease on the engine When pouring coolant in the radiator it immediately flows out of the pump. The pump and alternator were on the same v-belt, and the car does have AC on a separate belt(which is missing, not a problem we don't need AC here). I was able to start the car jumping off my Suburban, ran it briefly to see if it did run(and it did). No water in the oil and no smoke so I'm hoping it doesn't need head gaskets. I'm not new to wrenching, I'm a Chevy truck guy, however I am new to imports. This thing is remarkably simple looking, however I've never done any repairs away from my shop. So what advice can you all give me? What tools are needed? From what I've read it looks like a 10mm socket, extension, and ratchet will do the pump. However, I was looking and didn't see how to adjust the v-belts. I think I may have missed it under the grease, but I couldn't find it.. I'm hoping with a little TLC I can use it as a daily driver this summer. I love my Suburban(A '91 V2500, lifted, with 35's), but at 11mpg it's a pain the wallet to fill up. I read some folks suggest hoses and such at the same time, however I only want to do the pump and see how it runs and do a compression check. If all checks out, I'll buy the car, tune it up, replace the hoses and belts, and then drive it. Water pumps are cheap and the belt is good.