Ramps-Only in Rear for Water Pump
Anybody replaced water pump & thermostat with only ramps in the rear? In between houses at the moment so jack and jack stands are at the back of a storage unit.
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Unless you were planning to do a coolant flush, ramps in the rear only will work fine.
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You can do it, but it will be difficult. You will have to crawl between the ramps from the rear, so hopefully you aren't a large guy!
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Can you fins a place that has a pronounced slope to it so the rear on the ramps really gets up in the air? I used to do oil changes that way. The car was level but the slope really elevated the rear so the pump would be somewhat elevated too.
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it will be a tough job; there is one bolt on the water pump that is very tough to reach with the motor mount in place.
I gave up trying to do the job on jackstands and put the car on my 2 post lift. probably saved myself a couple hours of work |
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It's been a few years since I replaced my water pump, but I don't even recall jacking the car up to change it. Yes there was one bolt that was a PITA, but I got it done.
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I replaced my MM when replacing my WP and LTT. With the motor mount removed it was an absolute breeze.
I live in a small HOA (24 units) and my CCRs and R&Rs say "no repairs" in our carports. That's where I've performed all of my maintenance on my 3 cars. Always leave my area clean, with no fluid spills on the concrete. When I replaced thge WP, LTT, MM, AOS, etc. I had the car on stands for a week... cardboard and plastic under it... my neighbor mid-way through asked me, "Something break?", to which I replied, "No. Just keeping up on the maintenance". Nothing was "broken" or needed "repairing" I'm waiting for the HOA board one-day to give me a ration about working on my car... and I'll be playing the "maintenance, not repair" card. :dance: |
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