As part of this cooling down effort I'm going to get rid of the electric water pump but I wanted to leave it sealed to the timing cover in case I wanted to use it again. So I sold a 318 out of my old truck for a hundred bucks to some young kid and I told him all I wanted was the timing cover so I could use it with a manual water pump. So I go to get the thing off before the kid shows up and one of the long water pump bolts won't turn. I ended up cutting the head off and getting the water pump off and I mean prying It Off! Then I cannot get this bolt turn for nothing so I had to go ahead and get medieval on it! Believe it or not I got it to turn but to this moment it's still stuck in that timing chain cover! LOL at least I got it off the motor.
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Yet another blow for my $89 Harbor Freight welder and my $11 grinder.!
