AdamDude04
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Well I just spent the last four hours draining coolant from my truck...
Undid the valve and drained from the radiator. Meanwhile I went to unscrew the plug on the bottom of the motor to drain the coolant from the motor itself. I got the correct size peice and well, it stripped. Tried other methods to get it out with no luck. So for the rest of this motors life, there is not going to be any draining from that *****.
So I then went to remove the thermostat to replace that - Mine is stuck open. Well hats off to the idiots at ford who decided to put the second bolt behind the water pump making it impossible to remove without removing (logicaly) the water pump, or the distrubutor.
Very ticked off by this point, I decided to remove the water pump. Got all but one bolt loose.. as I started to turn it with all my might, the bolt snaps. Looks like if I need to ever replace the water pump, I'm S.O.L.
Needless to say, my motor is shot. It's just under 319k miles and I probably won't make my 500k mile goal. <_<
Undid the valve and drained from the radiator. Meanwhile I went to unscrew the plug on the bottom of the motor to drain the coolant from the motor itself. I got the correct size peice and well, it stripped. Tried other methods to get it out with no luck. So for the rest of this motors life, there is not going to be any draining from that *****.
So I then went to remove the thermostat to replace that - Mine is stuck open. Well hats off to the idiots at ford who decided to put the second bolt behind the water pump making it impossible to remove without removing (logicaly) the water pump, or the distrubutor.
Very ticked off by this point, I decided to remove the water pump. Got all but one bolt loose.. as I started to turn it with all my might, the bolt snaps. Looks like if I need to ever replace the water pump, I'm S.O.L.
Needless to say, my motor is shot. It's just under 319k miles and I probably won't make my 500k mile goal. <_<