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Old 05-18-2013, 05:45 PM   #1
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Last project of the day was to remove the old water pump and thermostat and install new ones. The new thermostat is a low temp unit.

Here are the olds and new units. It was pretty tough to get to all the screws to remove the units. I really thought it was going to be really hard to get some of the screws back in. Really tight quarters, especially the top left screw on the themostat.



But, I was able to get the new one back in without too much trouble. I then installed the water pump - forgot to take a picture though.

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Old 05-22-2013, 06:45 PM   #2
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Really tight quarters, especially the top left screw on the themostat.
Just an FYI for the next time, or the next guy, but I didn't have any problems getting to any of the bolts on my 99's thermostat or water pump. I used a 1/4" drive socket with a 1 1/2" (or so) drive extension to remove and tourque them down. using the extension or my fingers I was able to the bolt in question form the top to remove it. However, I already did have the water pump out at this point. Maybe that was the difference.

Putting it back together it was very easy to use the extension to start the bolt in the threads and tourque it down. FWIW, I repalced the water pump, thermostat, and all the hoses without removing the motor mount (as recommended) as well. I'm not sure if this is a quick of the 99s or not, but it was much easier to do the work than the messages I'd read here or on RennList.
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Old 05-25-2013, 06:30 PM   #3
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Got back to working on my car today. I wasn't planning on replacing the air box with the cold air intake (for the super charger kit I will be installing later this year), but it seems it would be easier with the transmission out. So I did that first. Since I had no plans of ever using the stock air box again, I was able to get it out (without removing stuff) by cutting it up with a dremell and taking it out piece by piece.



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Old 05-25-2013, 06:43 PM   #4
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Got the transmission back in today as well. Wasn't too hard to do.

New throw out bearing, guide tube with main seal and o-ring.









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