I'm trying to install a new water pump, but I can't get the old one off because the Bypass and the radiator hose don't want to come off. I have pulled and pulled, but I don't think they want to come. Whats the best way to get them off? Should I just run to the hardware store and get new hoses? Thanks.

new hoses may be a good thing to do if they are getting old.

 

us mechanic types have hose removal tools for that verry problem. its like a large pick that you slip under the hose to break it free. also try twisting it works much better than pulling. rember those things you put your fingers in as a kid? chinese hadcuffs I think they called em. if you pulled it just got tighter. just like your hose.

All right, thanks.

get new hoses

 

-brian

Totally agree, new hoses.

 

You can get the metal intake tube out of the pump w/o remove the hose at all however. Just did this 2 weeks ago. Had good hoses on it so I didnt want to remove them. Unbolted the tube from the block... wiggled and pulled real hard :-p It's a tight fit! Prolly the second hardest part of the job. First being getting the old gasket off the block w/o scratching up the gasket surface.