mattypat

So I have the water pump off, but the tube coming out of the upper inlet will not come off. Does anyone know what this is called and can it be purchase at Auto Zone.

Also is there an easy way to bleed the air out of the cooling system when I am finished. I have the standard plastic resivior 2 core plastic radiator.

finneys98xj

Does it go to the heat coil?

finneys98xj

the one right above the inlet in this pic should go to the heater ciol and yea autozone should have a peplacement!

mattypat

Umm, goes to a hose coming from the coolant res. Just a simple aluminum tube about 5 inch long 1/2 in diameter.

finneys98xj

O that on IDK if they have or not!

finneys98xj

What is holdin it on? Got a pic?

mattypat

Silly tube is stuck on the old water pump. Someone got over zealous with the wrench I guess. Mechanic or builder on steroids I think. I just need to vice it out of there, no one sells the part.

COSXJFAN

You can buy what you need at a hardware store. Just take it in and match the threads, it's a simple pipe fitting, or you can pull one from a JY. HTH!!

BlueXJ

Yes that is standard pipe threads IIRC any way it does not need to come off to replace a water pump anyway.

OverlandZJ

They can be tough at times, but brute force always worked for me. I put the old pump in a vice, then use a closed end wrench on it. If you need more leverage use the double wrench method... or a pipe that fits over the wrench.