You can see where the water pump was leaking down the return side. I am glad I caught it. It had pulled all the antifreeze out of the overflow tank, but no harm was done. The old truck now has a new water pump, new serpentine belt, new idlers, a new lower radiator hose, and new antifreeze. If you drive an old truck you always have something to do!
Yep, and by doing it yourself you know it was done right.
ReplyDeleteChanging all the wear items at the same time is very good planning, and not doing that is false economy.
Years and years ago we changed the clutch on a VW Rabbit and I chose to save money and not change the engine or transmission seals.
Not long after that we were changing the oil soaked clutch again and the seals were changed.
You can clean a clutch disk with gasoline and yes, my wife was standing by with a pressurized water hose.
I would choose a much safer method now that I am a lot older and have more sense.
My dad spent part of his WWII service as an armorer at Randolph Field and had he talked about cleaning Cosmoline from fifty caliber machine guns by using a 55 gallon drum of aviation fuel and bubbling it with an air hose.
Enjoy Thanksgiving.
Whoa! Bubbling av gas and they got away with it! That makes me sweat to think of it. My Grandpa's hired man was in the Pacific during WWII. He said that someone was smoking while they were fueling a P-38, and it burned down. If you want bolts to stay put, wash everything with gas, and they won't move. I have used kerosene and mineral spirits for cleaning, and found that mineral spirits will cause a nasty rash. While I was in the oil field I heard about a local pumper who used drip gas to clean his greasers. His coveralls lit up on him one day. I don't remember how that ended....
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