Water pump impeller blades

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by stateofidleness

Is the water pump able to be swapped without lowering the engine at all?

I did mine yesterday with the rear wheels on ramps, no engine lowering. But the back of the car does need to be up in the air.

I didn't need to remove the thermostat hose either. The pump can come out through the bulkhead access door. I also didn't replace all my coolant, it was only a couple of years old so I just replaced the 2 gallons that drained from the pump.

Originally Posted by stateofidleness

Is it a one-man job? I always get pretty paranoid when attempting a job that requires the car to be on jack stands.

There are alot of jobs that require the car to be on jack stands. Limiting yourself to jobs with the wheels on keeps you from doing alot of fairly easy jobs.

[stateofidleness]

I know... working on acquiring a lift, but the shipping/hauling home aspect is quite a hurdle.

I had an "experience" once when lowering my Blazer way back when... car on jack stands, lowering rear axle, and *SNAP* whole thing lowered on me... scary.

I'm also nervous because the jack stand area is like a donut, but the top of the jackstands is a "claw"... (they need some kind of standard here). where do y'all put the floor jack so as not to take up the jack stand spot?

EDIT: I have had the rear on ramps before and have had been able to "one tire at a time" a few jobs (spark plugs, brake rotors/pads), but thinking of tackling the motor mount / water pump combo as preventative maintenance.