Focused Gunfire
04-26-2013, 10:13 AM
I posted this over at the F150 forum last night. I thought you guys might have some pearls of wisdom to add. Here is my stupid ramble from last night. Looks like I know what I am going to do this Saturday.
My truck started to make a siren/chainsaw noise. The line from the top reservoir is all gummed up and nasty. The fluid level was low so more was added to bring it up to just over the mid hash mark. The noise quieted down a lot, but was still there. A few days go by, the level dropped to just above the low hash mark. The truck was just sitting there the whole time.
I got a Haynes Repair Manual, and a friend and I were going to try and change out the pump and line. We have never done this repair before, but know generally what to do. I got some stands, pulley puller/installer, wrenches, PB Blaster, and some sockets. Just some basic stuff we scrounged together.
Pump Removal Steps
1. Remove the fan, shroud, and drivebelt
2. Remove power steering pump pulley
3. Remove the three reservoir bolts
4. drain and plug the system
5. Remove two upper bolts from pump
6. Raise and jack
7. Remove skidplate
8. Unplug the electrical connector from the EVO
9. Remove the last bolt from the underside of the pump
10. lower truck
11. remove pump
12. disconnect hoses
Installation is in reverse. Use proper torque on bolts, Teflon seal on the new hose ends. Afterwards, bleed the system for air.
The part that has me concerned is the fan and shroud removal. The thing has it’s own step by step process to get it out. You have to remove the clean air assembly, drain the coolant, remove the upper radiator hose, and remove the degas bottle. It also says the fan needs a special set of wrenches to get it off.
Do I really need to remove the fan and shroud to change out this pump? Any tips or tricks? Why is the pump all the way at the bottom of the engine?
My truck started to make a siren/chainsaw noise. The line from the top reservoir is all gummed up and nasty. The fluid level was low so more was added to bring it up to just over the mid hash mark. The noise quieted down a lot, but was still there. A few days go by, the level dropped to just above the low hash mark. The truck was just sitting there the whole time.
I got a Haynes Repair Manual, and a friend and I were going to try and change out the pump and line. We have never done this repair before, but know generally what to do. I got some stands, pulley puller/installer, wrenches, PB Blaster, and some sockets. Just some basic stuff we scrounged together.
Pump Removal Steps
1. Remove the fan, shroud, and drivebelt
2. Remove power steering pump pulley
3. Remove the three reservoir bolts
4. drain and plug the system
5. Remove two upper bolts from pump
6. Raise and jack
7. Remove skidplate
8. Unplug the electrical connector from the EVO
9. Remove the last bolt from the underside of the pump
10. lower truck
11. remove pump
12. disconnect hoses
Installation is in reverse. Use proper torque on bolts, Teflon seal on the new hose ends. Afterwards, bleed the system for air.
The part that has me concerned is the fan and shroud removal. The thing has it’s own step by step process to get it out. You have to remove the clean air assembly, drain the coolant, remove the upper radiator hose, and remove the degas bottle. It also says the fan needs a special set of wrenches to get it off.
Do I really need to remove the fan and shroud to change out this pump? Any tips or tricks? Why is the pump all the way at the bottom of the engine?