Help with removing bypass hose on water pump on 97 Grand Cherokee - READ ONLY

2 messages, Last post on May 11, 2009 at 7:41 PM

#1 of 2 Help with removing bypass hose on water pump on 97 Grand Cherokee by lunytnz May 11, 2009 (3:44 pm)
I'm trying to replace the water pump on my 97 GC with a 5.2 V8. I have everything removed from the old pump except the bypass hose (a 1" dia hose about 4" long, from the top of the pump to the block). I can't move the hose clamp up the hose because there's not enough room under the big aluminum bracket that the AC compressor and alternator are mounted to. I tried removing the big aluminum bracket, but can't get it. Maybe I'm missing a few bolts, maybe behind the water pump? I would like to replace the bypass hose while I'm in there, but I will definitely need to remove the bracket to do that. Any help would be greatly appreciated! What I thought would take a few hours has already taken much longer and I don't even have the old pump out yet! [sorry if this is a duplicate--I think my first post was accidentally tacked on to another thread--I wasn't trying to hijack another thread] Replies to this message: tidester (May 11, 2009 7:41 pm)
#2 of 2 Re: Help with removing bypass hose on water pump on 97 Grand Cherokee [lunytnz] by tidester HOST May 11, 2009 (7:41 pm)
Replying to: lunytnz (May 11, 2009 3:44 pm) You original posting was in a perfectly appropriate location so why don't we just resume the conversation over there? Link: http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.f180bf1/4!keywords=#4 tidester, host SUVs and Smart Shopper