If interested....
Skill Level: Intermediate
Experience: Yes done before. 1st time on a truck. Repair done in visitor parking of an apartment complex I do not reside at.
1. Removed the upper fan cover. 3 bolts across the top, above the grill and 4 bolts (2 on each side) connecting the upper and lower fan cover
2. There were no top radiator anchors on babygirl. So I removed the upper radiator hose from the radiator side, overflow bottle hose, and a 3/4" hose below the overflow bottle connection, not sure what it handles, from the radiator side as well. It's easy to stick them behind something to keep them from leaking
3. Removed the upper and lower oil cooler lines (driver side) and transmission cooler lines (passenger side) of the radiator. Stuffed small rags in each to keep from leaking
4. Eye balled the catch bucket for the cooling system drain. Removed lower radiator hose (passenger side) from radiator and directed the flow into the bucket (no spillage)
5. Removed radiator completely with no additional hardware to remove
6. Removed lower radiator hose (passenger side) from engine block
7. Removed the serpentine belt. My tensioner is located on the upper passenger side of center of the engine block
8. Removed fan blade from water pump (center of engine block) 4 bolts between back of fan and pulley for water pump. ***I did loosen with the serpentine belt still in place because you need the tension to loosen the fan blade bolts, also if you have the factory metal 5 blade fan, there's a larger gap between two of the blades for easier access to each bolt
9. Removed all 4 studs by tightening down each bolt all the way then backing them out, cleaned them up and installed into the new water pump pulley using orange thread locker. Then removed the water pump (center of engine block). 4 bolts, 2 each, driver and passenger side. I did get a small amount of seepage so be aware
10. Cleaned all engine block mating surfaces for the water pump with a brass wire brush, both hand and drill operated, a metal scraper and rag. Important to take your time. No scratches and no old gasket residue, cleaned all bolts as well.
10.5. Yes there are still some things some of you would have done already, but bare with me.
11. Applied gasket sealer to water pump, let stand 5 mins to get tacky per instructions, applied new gaskets, applied thread sealer with PFT to 2 bolts
12. While the gasket sealer is getting tacky, applied the same gasket sealer to the engine block and installed new radiator moving bottom rubber supports outward and using upper radiator supports. Got them from boneyard with new radiator
13. Installed the new water pump by placing 2 bolts into the top water pump holes and attached to the engine block, finger tight, then did the same to lower bolts, torqued to 30 lbs per service manual. Let dry overnight
14. Removed upper radiator hose from thermostat housing along with thermostat housing and old gaskets, cleaned mounting surface. Moved ground to a new ground location just below the original mount. Doesn't make sense it's a good ground with a gasket between block and ground
15. Painted thermostat housing, fan blades, and water pump pulley cover black before reinstalling. After paint, installed pulley cover and fan torqued to 30 lbs. (Must have serpentine belt reinstalled to tighten and torque fan blades to pulley cover) along with new thermostat and Thermostat housing torqued to 20 lbs.
16. Installed new lower radiator hose along with oil cooler lines and transmission cooler lines
17. Installed new upper radiator hose along with new fluids
4 hour job to completion
Hope this helps. Cheers