Changing my Water Pump

[3fan4life]

I'm changing out my Water Pump this weekend.
I've looked through several threads on the subject.
I've discovered that I need to drain the oil before removing the old pump.

Is there any other things that I should be aware of?

[Chrisj CMA]

Yes start the engine first thing, get them bolts and the block warm.  High chance of breaking bolt, worse when cold.  Tap on the socket And extension with a small hammer before attempting to loosen, this is to help break loose any corrosion.

[3fan4life]

Changing out the water pump went off without a hitch today.

Warming it up a bit before loosening the bolts was probably a really good idea.

They were very rusted when they came out.

I was hesitant about reusing them but since I didn't have new ones and I didn't want to wait another week, I went ahead and reused them.

I tried something to remove the rust that turned out to work pretty well.

I let them soak for awhile in vinegar.

The vinegar really did remove a lot of the rust.

I finished cleaning them with a wire brush and sprayed them with a liberal coating of WD40 before reinstalling them.

[Harryc]

I finished cleaning them with a wire brush and sprayed them with a liberal coating of WD40 before reinstalling them.

Next time consider anti-seize. it will remain in place much longer than WD-40.

[58Woody]

Any one ever used "fluid film" ?
Instead of "anti seize".

[Hooter]

I've used The Works to clean / soak parts in.

[sandy]

WD40 won't help in this application. It evaporates and leaves clean dry metal behind. Remove the bolts (one at a time) and use Never Sieze on the threads.

[falconbrother]

I usually just brush some 10-W30 or whatever is handy in motoroil when installing bolts like that.  I haven't used real anti seize in years.  WD-40 doesn't work all that well.  It works best at removing glue and goo.  The Walmart spray lube works better than WD-40 for actual lubrication. 

[$ Ball]

What was wrong with water pump. and how many miles on it,

Thanks

[Jess from VA]

Man, I got only one water pump.  It's kind of old and beat up, but I don't want a new one.   

[RudyF6]

Did a w/pump on one of mine this past spring. On advice of a tech, I ordered new bolts with the pump. Mine were corroded almost 1/2 their diameter  Got lucky and they didn't break coming out!