[AT] More on the water pump

[David Bruce]

Ralph,
That is why I found a shop I can trust.  Works best for me.  That issue 
I had the other day with the check engine light and the pinhole in the 
vacuum line would have been VERY difficult to find even if one was 
searching for that problem.  Luckily I have a local shop that is 
trustworthy.  Yes the labor was the significant portion of the bill but 
had I been trying to find the problem ...

David
NW NC

On 11/18/2010 1:18 PM, Ralph Goff wrote:
>
> True enough, but the new vehicles are so much harder to work on. Everything
> packed in so tight with wiring harnesses, hoses, etc everywhere. I can't
> even see the spark plugs on my V6 Blazer (97). Thank God they last a long
> time because I don't think I have the technology to change them.
> How about fuel pumps? I have changed numerous fuel pumps on older vehicles,
> the type that were mounted on the engine running off the cam. . They are
> relatively simple and uncomplicated to change in an hour or less . The newer
> fuel injected systems (GM I am thinking of) have the fuel pump in the tank.
> On the GM pickups this involves unbolting and lifting the entire truck box
> to get at the fuel pump! Thats a little ridiculous unless those pumps last
> the life of the vehicle. (They don't) I know of one farmer who had a hole
> cut in the truck box in the appropriate spot so that next time he needs a
> pump replaced it will not be necessary to remove the box.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>
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