How do you replace water pump in an Ford Falcon 1996?

Answer 1

pretty straight forward remove the thermo fan unit by undoing the two bolts at the top onto the radiator and the two wiring plugs on the passenger side and lift it out. "when removing serpentine belt i always draw a map so i know how to put it back on" use a 3/8" drive ratchet in the hole on the belt tentioner to release it and remove belt. undo the radiator hose from the water pump by undoing clamp. from there you need to remove the four 10mm bolts that hold the water pump on these can all be accessed without removing other front end components you will just need a medium sized extension on a 1/4" drive ratchet, once undone you will need to pull the pump forward releasing the water pipe from the rear of the pump, once removed make sure to clean the mounting surface of old gasket and anything else that may cause the new gasket not to seal, and make sure there is no o'ring on the water pipe to go into back of new pump.

reinstalling the pump is also just as simple take the new o'ring supplied with pump and place it in rear water inlet being sure to remove old o'ring if it has stayed in there, then using a gasket cement i use a non hardening aviation cement paint the gasket both sides place on the new pump " will only fit one way so check all four holes are aligned then place one bolt through a top hole and a bottom hole keeping both the gasket and backing plate in place put the pump in position by firstly fitting the water pipe into the back of it then doing up all four bolts until tight, refit the hose and do up clamp refit belt using diagram you have drawn leaving the crank pulley to last is usually the easiest way then using 3/8" drive ratchet on tentioner again to loosen belt over pulley. if you don't draw a picture of this it will be hard to refit belt but doable basic rule if pulley smooth the back of belt runs on it if ribbed the ribbed part of belt runs on it". place the thermo fan unit back in making sure the bottom pushes into clips to hold it do up the two top bolts refit the two wiring connectors and fill header tank with coolant .