Thank you Jim!! First water pump I have changed in over 30 years. Had your video up and it was perfect. Even though this was a '97 Grand Cherokee with a V-8, there used to be a lot more room back in the old days. Your tip on the adhesive was great! I swear that when I removed the old pump there was only about 1/4 of the old gasket left. Thanks again for your video. Two thumbs up!!
oh my goodness! this is such an old post i hope your still around to read my very sincere thanx and appreciation for your video! my 94 jgc 5.2 feels the same ! im a 63 yr young female about ready to change out my water pump and was in full on panic mode when your video didnt show the removal of the fan! LOL but i read the comments and found your answer about your other video on replacing the fan clutch! im SO RELIEVED! lol i come from a large family of truck drivers and mechanics and thankfully ive inherited many of their tools so i shouldnt have a problem with finding such a big wrench!. i was about an 1/8th of a mile from home when i heard a weird noise id never heard before and i lost lights and some power ( alternator) and power steering and temp guage ran up to 240 almost instantly! good thing i wasnt any further away! just steering my beast took its tole on my body parts!!!! hahaha! but the belt had come off still intact and in almost new shape it seems but im worried without the belt detatched im going to face that fan bolt not wanting to grab hold tight for it to turn and im not sure where to wedge a large screw driver in? i hope i can get that answer here today if i cant figure it out on my own. P.S. JIM? i loved your reply to the nimrod who left a comment on your other video i referred to watching above when he said he laughed the whole way through! your shotgun reply got him right between his stupid laughing cheeks! well done! im still giggling! lol thankyou again! shelli.
Thank you for recording/uploading! Everything was right where you said it was. The only things I did differently were to soak all the bolts in PB Blaster (my jeep is a bit rustier than the one in the video) and I borrowed a fan clutch tool from the parts store, which made fan removal a bit easier. All in all, it took me about 5 hours, 2 of which were bleeding/burping the coolant system. This fine gentleman here helped me save probably 300 bucks by doing it myself! Thanks again for taking the time to make this video!
To keep up with the varying pump bolt sizes, I put a piece of masking on each bolt and numbered them 1 to I think 7 starting at the top and clockwise around the pump.
Just finished installing the water pump in my 98 GC, your guide was extremely helpful in speeding up the job. For anybody who is having issues using the pry-bar method or getting the clutch fan off, if you have a press-on style pulley the lisle 44180 tool makes this part of job the easiest. Thanks for the DIY instruction.
Great vid bud! Good tutorial. Quick tip if anyone out there is an offroader it's a great idea (once you get the shroud off) to trim the bottom inward so that you can remove the shroud without having to remove the fan. This is extremely helpful when cleaning out the radiator after a muddy day on the trails.
This video was a terrific help. Spring clamps made that main hose a bit of a challenge (I ended up replacing it with a screw band clamp), but I was able to get the job done in an afternoon. Thanks, Jim..
Thanks for the video man it helped a lot. I just did mine today and yes the fan bolt was the hardest part of the whole thing. Couldn't find the right size wrench to fit so finally went to Lowe's and got an adjustable think the bolt was 1 3/8. All and all thanks for the help you saved me a lot of headache.
This was a very helpful video, only problem we had when changing the water pump was the o'l Jeep didn't have O-rings, they had these old school clamps. So we changed the major ones that were a headache and thanks to your video the Jeep is running beautifully with no coolant leaking everywhere :)
Very good question.when you install the fan with the wrench and hit it on to tighten it with a hammer that will be tight enough but the rotation of the fan will make it tighter . Thanks for watching
Major suggestion to anyone watching. Neverr drain your coolant from your hose, coolant can corrode and make parts WEAKER. Just do the drain plug method, we don't take off the oil pan gasket to do oil changes, we use the drain plug...
Thank you Jim!! First water pump I have changed in over 30 years. Had your video up and it was perfect. Even though this was a '97 Grand Cherokee with a V-8, there used to be a lot more room back in the old days. Your tip on the adhesive was great! I swear that when I removed the old pump there was only about 1/4 of the old gasket left. Thanks again for your video. Two thumbs up!!
oh my goodness! this is such an old post i hope your still around to read my very sincere thanx and appreciation for your video! my 94 jgc 5.2 feels the same ! im a 63 yr young female about ready to change out my water pump and was in full on panic mode when your video didnt show the removal of the fan! LOL but i read the comments and found your answer about your other video on replacing the fan clutch! im SO RELIEVED! lol i come from a large family of truck drivers and mechanics and thankfully ive inherited many of their tools so i shouldnt have a problem with finding such a big wrench!. i was about an 1/8th of a mile from home when i heard a weird noise id never heard before and i lost lights and some power ( alternator) and power steering and temp guage ran up to 240 almost instantly! good thing i wasnt any further away! just steering my beast took its tole on my body parts!!!! hahaha! but the belt had come off still intact and in almost new shape it seems but im worried without the belt detatched im going to face that fan bolt not wanting to grab hold tight for it to turn and im not sure where to wedge a large screw driver in? i hope i can get that answer here today if i cant figure it out on my own. P.S. JIM? i loved your reply to the nimrod who left a comment on your other video i referred to watching above when he said he laughed the whole way through! your shotgun reply got him right between his stupid laughing cheeks! well done! im still giggling! lol thankyou again! shelli.
Thank you for recording/uploading! Everything was right where you said it was. The only things I did differently were to soak all the bolts in PB Blaster (my jeep is a bit rustier than the one in the video) and I borrowed a fan clutch tool from the parts store, which made fan removal a bit easier. All in all, it took me about 5 hours, 2 of which were bleeding/burping the coolant system. This fine gentleman here helped me save probably 300 bucks by doing it myself! Thanks again for taking the time to make this video!
To keep up with the varying pump bolt sizes, I put a piece of masking on each bolt and numbered them 1 to I think 7 starting at the top and clockwise around the pump.
I followed this video today on my 98 ZJ 5.2 and it was spot on. I appreciate the detail. Thanks!
Just finished installing the water pump in my 98 GC, your guide was extremely helpful in speeding up the job. For anybody who is having issues using the pry-bar method or getting the clutch fan off, if you have a press-on style pulley the lisle 44180 tool makes this part of job the easiest. Thanks for the DIY instruction.
Great vid bud! Good tutorial. Quick tip if anyone out there is an offroader it's a great idea (once you get the shroud off) to trim the bottom inward so that you can remove the shroud without having to remove the fan. This is extremely helpful when cleaning out the radiator after a muddy day on the trails.
I'll be doing this very job in my driveway this weekend. This video will help immensely. Thank you very much for making this video.
TWO WORDS : LIFE SAVER. Thank you for your great video. Most of the time I can't find a good video for the zj's. This one really helped me out.
Thank you Jim! You saved me tons of time and money with this video!
This video was a terrific help. Spring clamps made that main hose a bit of a challenge (I ended up replacing it with a screw band clamp), but I was able to get the job done in an afternoon. Thanks, Jim..
Great vid, --- I need to change a water pump, and you have done a great job showing the procedure to do it! thanks, so much,Rick / Arizona.
Thanks for the video man it helped a lot. I just did mine today and yes the fan bolt was the hardest part of the whole thing. Couldn't find the right size wrench to fit so finally went to Lowe's and got an adjustable think the bolt was 1 3/8. All and all thanks for the help you saved me a lot of headache.
This was a very helpful video, only problem we had when changing the water pump was the o'l Jeep didn't have O-rings, they had these old school clamps. So we changed the major ones that were a headache and thanks to your video the Jeep is running beautifully with no coolant leaking everywhere :)
Brilliant vid and thanks!
Thank you for this video.
Very good question.when you install the fan with the wrench and hit it on to tighten it with a hammer that will be tight enough but the rotation of the fan will make it tighter . Thanks for watching
Very helpful Jim. Thank you
Major suggestion to anyone watching. Neverr drain your coolant from your hose, coolant can corrode and make parts WEAKER. Just do the drain plug method, we don't take off the oil pan gasket to do oil changes, we use the drain plug...
Great video 👍