Re: water pump change/p-s pump/valve cover

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A: There is a plate in the front with a bolt that holds the whole thing from 
swinging. I can send you a pic of the one on the '80 Cherokee 258 I'm 
parting.


From: KSiroonian@xxxxxxx
Subject: water pump change/p-s pump/valve cover
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Wondering if someone might have a tip or two. Its been a while since I had 
to change a water pump, which I did on my pacer about 10 years ago.( Its 
still doing ok) Now I have to do it on my  81 concord, the fan housng is 
very wobbly. It is a 258, non serpentine, with a/c and p/s. Well. I easily 
got the thermostat housing off, and the fan, etc. But I can not budge the 
P/S pump to loosen the belt. I followed my amc TSM and loosened the 3 bolts 
behind the pump, on the adjusting bracket, including the one hidden by the 
small flange. I put the half inch drive into the adjusting plate and try to 
loosen it, and I even used a small Hammer to hit the socket wrench handle. 
Not a budge. What am I doing wrong? or am i just not smacking it enough, I 
just do not want to bust up the adjusting bracket cause it looks like its 
made of pot metal or aluminum. Also, I had degreased the engine and hosed it 
all down, looks good, but it seems that now the temp guage doeesn't work, 
and the clock wil!
 l not work unless I pull out the headlamp switch. I think both were working 
before. The fuel guage workd. When I pull the wire off the temp guage and 
ground it, the gauge goes to full hot.I am not getting any heat from the 
heater. Is the guage and the clock issue related. I have also found a brown 
wire with a L shaped connector plug hanging near the cowl and the wiper. Not 
sure what it goes to, kind of looks like the plug for the temp sender unit 
when it was placed near the thermostat housing. I can not seem to find the 
answer in the book..... Since I- eventually- will have the pump and the 
thermostat houseing off, I am thinking of taking off the plastic valve cover 
and re rtv'ing it, as it's leaking. Would this would be a good time to do 
it, since the pum po and thermostat is already off, to make the job easier? 
SomeOne previously put a cork gasket under it. it is the original design, 
with only the few bolts on the top and side. The cover looks in good shape. 
If I recall, !
 it should only only have the RTC. or has anyone had good results with
using a gasket and the RTV.
thanks for any suggestions.
regards, Ken.

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