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    7/01/2025 1:07 PM  #1

    MS
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    Fifth water pump being installed

    Wish me luck!

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

    7/01/2025 4:17 PM  #2

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    Re: Fifth water pump being installed

    Good luck!👍

    Good work ain't cheap, Cheap work ain't good!   Simple Man
     

    7/02/2025 12:13 AM  #3

    Ron68
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    Re: Fifth water pump being installed

    You should install this one with velcro. Much easier to change #6....

    68 coupe - 351W, 4R70W, 9" 3.25 -- 65 convertible - 289 4v, C4, 8" 3.00
     

    7/02/2025 4:22 PM  #4

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    Re: Fifth water pump being installed

    Once you get the 247 bolts off holding all the serpentine crap, the water pump is easy.

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
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    7/02/2025 6:21 PM  #5

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    Re: Fifth water pump being installed

    MS wrote:

    Once you get the 247 bolts off holding all the serpentine crap, the water pump is easy.

    Good reason to stay with belts.

     

    Original owner - 351w,T-5, 4whl disks, power R&P
     

    7/03/2025 5:00 AM  #6

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    Re: Fifth water pump being installed

    Not this kinda “fifth”? 😜

     

    7/03/2025 5:19 AM  #7

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    Re: Fifth water pump being installed

    "My advice is to start drinking heavily."

    -Brother Bluto

     

    7/03/2025 6:00 AM  #8

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    Re: Fifth water pump being installed

    TKOPerformance wrote:

    "My advice is to start drinking heavily."

    -Brother Bluto

    LOL
     

    65 Fastback, 351W, 5-speed, 4 wheel discs, 9" rear,  R&C Front End.
     

    Yesterday 5:46 PM  #9

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    Re: Fifth water pump being installed

    New pump is in. Changed crank and alternator pulley to slow down the system but keep the alternator at same speed. New belt went on by hand with the tensioner held at loosest position.
    No noise.
    No leaks.
    Fans come on with compressor, or right at 195 degrees if AC is off. Turns off at 185 degrees.
    Looks like I finally have all the right pieces installed and it seems to be perfect. Hopefully the water pump lasts longer now that there is no fan bolted to it.

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
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    Yesterday 8:18 PM  #10

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    Re: Fifth water pump being installed

    Soooo, still selling or keeping it?

    If this forum can't fix it, it isn't broke.
     

    Yesterday 8:33 PM  #11

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    Re: Fifth water pump being installed

    There is a guy in Arizona that wants to come see it. If he doesn’t buy it, I am going to keep it and put the AOD in it I got from Gaba.
    As long as it proves reliable, it will be a good car. There are not many T5’s in the USA. Hagerty estimated maybe 300 across all the years 1965-1979.

    If I have to keep working on it to keep it going, I will sell it. Everything is new, so if the water pump thing is cured, it may be fine.

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
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