Chevy Tahoe 5.3 vortec water pump replacement 

Thank you. I’ve been having the worst luck lately with almost everything. I can’t do much lately without some problems coming out of it. I try to be positive though. I heard washing the coolant off the belts from south main auto. I took it as advice from someone who has quite a bit more experience than me. I didn’t used to but It seems easy so I wash it off now.

I think that was the worst part is the stores were insinuating we were trying to scam them and were lying. The issue with Autozone was never really fixed by them. The bank did a reverse debit to get our money back, Based on the two charges that were 1 minute apart. I usually get parts from eBay or rock auto too. There is an advance I deal with for our work account and they are pretty good. If something happens I don’t worry they will fix it. They are farther away is why I didn’t use them in the first place.

I hear you, it definitely take the motivation to start a project away. I used to worry about making a repair before Monday so I can get to work. Now i worry can I get the parts, will they fit, are they broken in the box, will my identity be stolen.

I can’t imagine anything is going to get better.

I think that was the expectation for the pending transaction to be reversed, but when It didn’t and completed the manager decided to ignore us and pretend like it didn’t happen. I know weird things happen and I’m fortunate enough to have a bit of wiggle room in my finances so it wasn’t a huge deal waiting to resolve the problem. The real problem was the manager refusing to do anything until forced to. In the end the bank did a reverse debit to get the money back because we did a dispute with them. I know service like this is a person by person problem and I don’t blame all parts stores. Just a run of bad luck I guess.

Thank you. I’m glad it helped.

I don’t see much changing any time soon.

What your saying makes sense. I notice they don’t give them much authority either. Everything needs to go through a corporate person that no one can talk to. I’m lucky enough that I don’t live paycheck to paycheck and I can absorb problems like these until they are fixed, it just seems like it’s happening more and more these days.

This has electric fans

You may have a clog or a bad hose. Could also be a bad pump. I’ve gotten a bad pump before that was whining. I changed everything else thinking it was a good pump and it wasn’t. I replaced the pump because of whining. I didn’t think the new one was the problem because it did it right away so I thought it wasn’t the problem.

The bolts that hold the water pump on are 10mm

No problem, glad to share them.

I believe it’s melting snow dripping off the vehicle into a puddle.

I still have a craftsman socket set I bought 20 years ago. I was pretty hard on it and never broke any of the sockets. I break the snapon tools at work all the time. The snap on does have a more refined feel and the ratchets are better but the price is ridiculous for what you get. The tools at work are the towns tools and I just use them. I don’t mind the HarborFreight stuff. They are a bit less refined but the price is right so I get them. I have some sunex and gear wrench stuff too but the harbor freight ones are usually more accessible so that’s what you see most. With the flex head ratchets from HarborFreight the pivot screw keeps coming loose and the direction selector goes to neutral and reverse too easy which is kinda annoying, but 20 for the harbor freight compared to 120 for the snap on and I’ll deal with it. With the snap on sockets I use the chrome comes off pretty easy and the impact ones get rust on them. Almost everything I use them on is covered in salt so it might not be a fair judgement. I don’t have any of the icon tools so I can’t compare those except the 3/8 impact sockets which I like, the cheap ratchets I do have will get the job done but have there faults.

@@JasonTheMunicipalMechanic Thanks, I use my old stuff until it either breaks and I replace it with the "new" V series of craftsman stuff or get the HF stuff too. It's not as good as the old stuff but like you said it gets the job done. I inherited a lot of old craftsman tools from my dad when he passed so I have two of almost everything in craftsman and the rebuild kits for the ratchets.

I believe it is a left hand thread and there are two holes in the water pump pully that you will put a large pin type wrench into to hold the pully still while you remove the fan clutch. Or you can use a air hammer with a chisel bit to remove the fan clutch. You will put the chisel on the edge of the large nut and hammer it in the direction to remove it. This vehicle has electric fans so I didn’t need to remove the mechanical fan which is why it wasn’t in the video.

The battery that was in it was a Walmart battery and it was about 6 years old when I had to change it. Not bad for an ever start.

The store I go through for work usually is pretty good. I try and do the leg work myself and find the part numbers and info from their sites so I can ask for the part I need. Just going through a rough patch I guess.

Those parts are crap !!!

Thank you. It’s been a rough spell lately.

@@JasonTheMunicipalMechanic I have been in similar situations where the store or provider has no incentive to correct the situation. The BBB (Better Business Bureau) website has an on-line system where you enter a case and they will see it thru. The store will not like a strike against them, and the corporate HQ will not be pleased as they end up in their database. Hate to do it but it does work.

I had to do that with emanual.com. I got a manual and they gave me one that was for the wrong year truck. I emailed them and tried to exchange it for a different one the correct year and they refused to exchange it or give a credit. I sent them the proof and a copy of there return policy and they still refused. They gave me a credit after I did a bbb complaint, which is all I asked for. Appently the only other manual they had was for a computer and I didn’t have a computer I used them on my phone. It worked out in the end but was problematic. I’ve gotten a few manuals from them and only had the problem once.

I can see that. I know someone that worked for a bank and she told me they were instructed to play with the transactions to make people pay overdrafts. It was quite a while ago but I started to notice it after that.

I do the same thing soooooo, no? I’ve actually been side tracked from watching people work on stuff. I’ve been getting into stock trading. I dabbled in the past but for the last 6 months I’ve been pretty engrossed into it trying to learn as much as I can. Between that, youtube, work, and my own junk, i don’t have much time to watch other people. That was kinda of an off track answer but to answer your question. No not bad at all.

@@JasonTheMunicipalMechanic I enjoy the channel of the miscellaneous stuff you do!

Thank you. I appreciate the support.

The timing chain is behind the pump. You need a puller and installer tool to get the balancer off and on to get the cover off. I have not replaced the timing chain set. I believe it’s supposed to be good for the life of the engine from what I’ve seen. I have about 235000 on mine at the moment.

@JasonTheMunicipalMechanic thank you man good on you

@@conspiracyisfactnow4765the GM timing chains are for the life of the engine.

Thank you seens I committed a few people told me that how much would you all think a cheap crate motor swop should cost ?total parts labor

@@conspiracyisfactnow4765 I don’t know. My brother purchased a new Goodwrench 5.3L engine about 6 years ago, it was $6500