Bruce,
It's easy enough to isolate. You can just take the fan and clutch off and
see if you still get the squeal. I wouldn't drive it like that for long,
but revving it up to 1500 a few times won't hurt. It's easy enough to pull,
just jam a big screwdriver between the bolts, so it doesn't spin when you
try to loosen them. Also, be sure to put it down in the right orientation
or even if it was good, it will be ruined. If you've still got your squeal
and you know it's your water pump, you've already taken the first step to
changing it out.
Rob
>From: Bruce Stubblefield <audiblefeast@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: IML: 78 NYB squeals
>Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 19:11:19 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Hello again,
> 78 NYB is still squealing above 1500 rpm or so.
>Belts are tight and I don't think it's coming from
>there. One suggestion I got was that it could be the
>fan clutch. When I put my stethescope on the water
>pump housing(close as I can get to the fan clutch),
>the squeal sounds like its coming from there. May I
>assume that it's coming from either the water pump or
>the fan clutch, and if so, is there a way to isolate
>the problem between the two, or do I just have to
>replace both?
>
>thanks
>Bruce s
>
>
>
>
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