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 To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: <ADVANCES62FRaqbC8wS0000003c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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. (Home of the 2004 AMERICAN LEAGUE PENNANT CHAMPS BOSTON REDSOX.)