04-13-2016, 09:32 AM
Well, my o dark thirty departure time did not happen. Checking out the 4door for the journey turned up a weeping water pump. Ordered Sunday from the only parts store that had it listed close (autozone) and picked up Monday. Started putting on last night and got it mounted and torqued down and spun the hub and got the unmistakable sound of the impeller hitting the separator plate between the pump and the extension housing. This was after being proactive and picking up another lower hose (Advance) that goes between the pump and the oil cooler that I had changed when I refreshed all the hose after the hose blowing episode climbing black mountain on the was to Tellico last spring. It did not fit after fighting the whole assembly for an hour. Pulled it back apart and verified new made in china pump was not set up correctly. Put my tail between my legs and came in the house......Thinking of just packing up the van with camping gear and coming Broncoless. Heading out the door to take back defective pump and try to locate another.
:xyxthumbs: ROCKNROLL!!