How do you change the water pump on 1997 Jeep Wrangler 4.0?

Answer 1

This is a good time to replace serpentine belt, if so cut free and remove, then back off bolts from Power Steering pump, then use something to sling it up slightly out of way, remove the coolant hose at drivers side of pump, pinch clamp and slide forward, remove hose, be sure to have 2 pans or low buckets to catch 50/50 antifreeze mixture from draining hoses, then remove small hose off the passangers side of pump down below, next undo the 4 bolts holding round pully on front of water pump, the hard part comes next, gently yet firmly use 2 pries such as long screw drivers or small pry bars to jimmy the round pully off the pump. Once you have done that undo remaining bolts holding pump in. You must remove the remainder of the gasket from the block with a flat razor blade scraper, be sure to remove all of it, check to see that you don't need to replace the metal hose on the base of the pump, it may not come off or be in poor condition, use gasket seal (form a gasket) on either side of gasket and reverse the process to put things back together. This process took 3 hours without air tools. P.S. spray all involved bolts the night before with penetrating oil to ease removal without snapping bolts.