another problem- water pump

hey guys. noticed my water temp guage wasnt getting a reading so opened up the coolant and noticed it was dry. filled it up and see it all ****ing out on the floor. went down to the local landrover specialists and the mechanic did some kind of pumping pressure test and told me my water pump is ****ed. got quoted £65 plus vat for pump and £75 plus vat for labour. its really money i dont have atm. has anybody replaced a water pump themselves before? if so is it a hard job. mechanic mentioned removing the fan and belt and you can get to it then.
cheers james

its a ****-easy job - most difficult bit will be removing that crappy viscous fan.

Even Nelly cud do it. - now theres a thought .

Not forgetting of course, that the viscous coupling on the fan has a left hand thread....

paddocks sell **** part fur about £25 - fleabay from £21 to £40.

I did one on my v8 Range and I agree the worst part was getting bleedin' fan off - was jammed solid. But I found it's possible (but not advisable if you can avoid it) to get water pump off with the fan still attached if worst case comes to worst...
I reckon you'll also be able to get a pump a lot cheaper than £65 from Paddock or Lrdirect.
Plus you'll want to get some hylomar and make sure you get a new gasket with the pump. I'm rubbish with cars and it took me about 2 hours to take it apart and put it back togther. I did have one bolt left over which was worrying. That went in the bushes.

just ordered new pump from paddocks. had to pay 10 quid for express postage though as i really need it quick

Just done my TD3 no probs you dont need to remove the fan just the pullys obv water pump and pwr steering its tight but not 2 bad 2/3 hours
Good luck

right got everything off i.e fan, fan cover, fan belt and all but 1 of the water pump bolts. the last one is rounded and i dont know how i can get it off. anybody got any advice.

cheers james

GamekeeperJames said:

right got everything off i.e fan, fan cover, fan belt and all but 1 of the water pump bolts. the last one is rounded and i dont know how i can get it off. anybody got any advice.

cheers james

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weld a new (big) nut onto the rounded one - or grind the rounded one orf and then weld a bit of bar to the stud and use the bar to crack it free

thats assuming you've got either a welding or a grinder

got a grinder, no welder unfortunately

GamekeeperJames said:

got a grinder, no welder unfortunately

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grind the head off, you should then be able to remove the pump - and then wind a couple of nuts down onto the stud, lock them together then use the bottom one to undo it

or - if you have a thin slitting wheel cut a thin slot in the stud to fit a good sized screwdriver (or bit of flat bar)

GamekeeperJames said:

got a grinder, no welder unfortunately

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Ya got two choices then my friend.

Find someone close who's got a welder you can borrow or.....
the brute force n ignorance technique.

i.e. Mole grips done up as tight as somethink very tight.

I would go with give the mole grips a good try.

James said:

I would go with give the mole grips a good try.

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Yeah but if that fails go with what Sean sed

Bromsgrove Defender said:

Ya got two choices then my friend.

Find someone close who's got a welder you can borrow or.....
the brute force n ignorance technique.

i.e. Mole grips done up as tight as somethink very tight.

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grind a couple of flats on the rounded nut (if there is enough metal left) so you can get a small spanner on it

thermal shock it before you try to undone it

mole grips are tools of Satan

Sean said:

grind a couple of flats on the rounded nut (if there is enough metal left) so you can get a small spanner on it

thermal shock it before you try to undone it

mole grips are tools of Satan

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Have to agree with Sean when I stop to think about it seriously.

Its been rounded off therefor it may well be bl**dy tight and someone may have used mole grips before.

no worries, ive done it. got a 3/8 imperial spanner, smacked that onto head with hammer and made a new head size bugger me that was stiff. the bolt was so rusty. off to get a new bolt now and wait for my water pump from paddocks which should have been here. payed extra for express delivery too

oops forgot to add i also used my bosch head gun to heat it up aswell as the bodged new head size which seemed to help. cheers for your advice guys although i didnt realise you had wrote it till i had finished