89AccordNate
01-28-2003, 10:06 PM
Today I noticed my car was ALWAYS low on antifreeze so I decided to get under the car and see what was up. It was leaking from the water pump.....so off I go to the auto parts store happy and merry...$25 later, new pump..10 hours later..still not installed.
I pulled this off today determined to get it done..my friends thought I was crazy, working outside in 6" of snow in a snow suit for 10 hours straight..no stops, no drink breaks to stare at the progress..my friends brought me dinner, and its still sitting outside on the ground.
Its still smoking from the alt belt..anyone know how I can adjust it to make sure its the correct tension? I also lost the bolt that goes on to the end of the ALT adjusting rod (the one on top at the end of the bolt) DO I really need it? It seems tight enough right now..
..I will be looking for that tommorrow. It was 20-25 degrees outside, and snowing all day....therefore the nimbless in the fingers was lost..and the small bolts got dropped, and they dropped into the most screwed up places possible, just my luck.
What to look out for......
The damn plastic timing belt cover! Its a bitch to deal with, it will hender your progess more times then you can count. Its always pushing tight enough where you just cant quite pull the water pump off of the stationary rod... It needs the three bolts taken off of it to loosen it up. There are a few up top, and one on the bottom.
I didnt drain the radiator like the manual says..i was in to much of a hurry at the get go....so you shouldnt have to deal with that.
Dont drop your bolts! I know everyone does this from time to time, but dropping them with this project isn't fun. Their going to go down into your engine bay, plinko style and you have to get them out by some ghetto way....you also run the risk of dropping them into your timing belt cover..which creates a whole another headache.
Make sure you remember where the bolts go on the water pump..
What I did was I layed the new water pump on the ground just as it was sitting in the car, as I took the bolts off I put them into the holes exactly like the original was. Once the old pump was off, I just transfered the new bolts into the old one, making sure I remember where each one went. ..their all different lengths/sizes, etc...so getting them mixed up costs you more time... Most are 10mm.
Water pumps + snow + inexperience with water pumps, dont mix..Im writing a book titled "Fuck you, and your water pumps, Honda".
So what started out as a stroll to finish it in 3 hours, turned into a 10 hour project after dropping bolts, cussing and just trying to figure out the easiest way to get it out of there!
Now the test.....will it hold? I didnt use any RTV sealant...
Now to only fix the alt belt..its letting off some nice smoke..does that mean its to tight or to loose?
Anything else I should check tommorrow?
Nate.
I pulled this off today determined to get it done..my friends thought I was crazy, working outside in 6" of snow in a snow suit for 10 hours straight..no stops, no drink breaks to stare at the progress..my friends brought me dinner, and its still sitting outside on the ground.
Its still smoking from the alt belt..anyone know how I can adjust it to make sure its the correct tension? I also lost the bolt that goes on to the end of the ALT adjusting rod (the one on top at the end of the bolt) DO I really need it? It seems tight enough right now..
..I will be looking for that tommorrow. It was 20-25 degrees outside, and snowing all day....therefore the nimbless in the fingers was lost..and the small bolts got dropped, and they dropped into the most screwed up places possible, just my luck.
What to look out for......
The damn plastic timing belt cover! Its a bitch to deal with, it will hender your progess more times then you can count. Its always pushing tight enough where you just cant quite pull the water pump off of the stationary rod... It needs the three bolts taken off of it to loosen it up. There are a few up top, and one on the bottom.
I didnt drain the radiator like the manual says..i was in to much of a hurry at the get go....so you shouldnt have to deal with that.
Dont drop your bolts! I know everyone does this from time to time, but dropping them with this project isn't fun. Their going to go down into your engine bay, plinko style and you have to get them out by some ghetto way....you also run the risk of dropping them into your timing belt cover..which creates a whole another headache.
Make sure you remember where the bolts go on the water pump..
What I did was I layed the new water pump on the ground just as it was sitting in the car, as I took the bolts off I put them into the holes exactly like the original was. Once the old pump was off, I just transfered the new bolts into the old one, making sure I remember where each one went. ..their all different lengths/sizes, etc...so getting them mixed up costs you more time... Most are 10mm.
Water pumps + snow + inexperience with water pumps, dont mix..Im writing a book titled "Fuck you, and your water pumps, Honda".
So what started out as a stroll to finish it in 3 hours, turned into a 10 hour project after dropping bolts, cussing and just trying to figure out the easiest way to get it out of there!
Now the test.....will it hold? I didnt use any RTV sealant...
Now to only fix the alt belt..its letting off some nice smoke..does that mean its to tight or to loose?
Anything else I should check tommorrow?
Nate.