How to replace the water pump on a 1988 Cougar?

Im replacing the water pump on my cougar but i ran into a snag. I got the pump unbolted but to take it off, i need to unbolt a bracket that goes behind the power steering pump pulley. I cant figure out how to get that pulley off to take off the bracket. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.How to replace the water pump on a 1988 Cougar?go to autozone.com and look it up. You can price the parts while you're there. I think it has an electric fan and you might have to take out the entire assembly to get to the crank pulley. You'll need to remove that, the belt, the pulley, then the water pump. Replace pump and gasket; oh, and all the water that spilled out because I forgot to tell you to drain it... nevermind, I just read the rest of your question. Try this:



If equipped remove the A/C drive belt and the idler pulley bracket. Remove the alternator drive belt.



Remove the power steering drive belt and the power steering pump. Do NOT disconnect the power steering pump lines.



The rest of the instructions can be found here:

http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker



Hope that helps, if not, go get you a chilton's or hayne's manual - they come in handy for lots of things.How to replace the water pump on a 1988 Cougar?remove radiator,remove fan blade,you may have to move the a/c condenser and or compressor. and move the alternator out of the way. scrape gasket off engine block. glue new gasket to water pump and install in reverse. be sure not to over tighten the bolts.How to replace the water pump on a 1988 Cougar?it would have helped if you had given an engine size of the car the procedure is different for a v-8,and a v-6 engine,i cant answer this because i don't know an engine size,,good luck,i suggest you get a good repair manual its more informative ,and gives real good details also.