How to remove a 1983 Chevy Silverado water pump?

My dads needs a new water pump for his '83 Silverado v8, anyone have a DIY or a schematic or know of where I can find one? Maybe someone could tell me how. He's pretty handy with cars just doesn't know what needs to come off and in what order.



-Thanks in advance!How to remove a 1983 Chevy Silverado water pump?remove the fan shroud , then the then belt, then the fan. drain coolant then remove hoses from pump. then the water pump .. it is a 2 hour job at most . can be done as little as a hour if you have the right tools and understand the job.

you will need special too to remove fan. rest is 10mm 13mm , 14mm or 15 mm bolts .. press clamps need pliers or flat screw driver to remove clamps .How to remove a 1983 Chevy Silverado water pump?ok, this is every little step you could imagine, in detail, with reasons for doing it as said,

in the order ive put it down....negligence on my dads part has caused 2 waterpumps to crack in the winter due to lack of antifreeze, because we just put straight water in it, because the radiator is cracked for the same reason as the waterpumps.(but the block luckily hasnt cracked)



remove the fan belt, and lower radiator hose, to drain the radiator, and get the belt outta the way.



if its a smallblock, you remove the fan shroud, remove the fan and fan clutch, then remove the 3 bolts on the left, and 2 bolts on the right, after youve drained the radiator. once youve removed the 5 bolts, pull it out. wrap a cloth around 1 of the 4 studs on the waterpump, and take a pair of pliers to break it free, repeat untill all 4 are loose. remove the studs, and take the pump with you to autozone so you can get a core charge. scrape the mounting surface clean(dont get anything in the block). install the studs, and have a cloth around any stud your working with when you use the pliers to tighten it down(to avoid damaging the the threads.).apply silicon gasket sealer to both sides of the gasket, and put the gaskets on the block. quickly put the pump back on, and put the top bolts in for support. put the other bolts on, and tighten to about 10ftlbs minimum. slide the fan pulley onto the studs, and put the fan back on. put the nuts back on, and tighten as tight as you can get them, itd be terrible for the fan to go through the radiator. put the fan belt back on, put the lower radiator hose back on, and put the fan shroud back on, in that order. wait an hour for the silicon to dry, and fill the radiator with the motor running, and go for a testdriveHow to remove a 1983 Chevy Silverado water pump?alright,sonny boy. locate the water pump.anything attached to it needs to be removed or just plain moved. youll need to remove the belts.hope you have a serpentine belt though.here is what you do.#1familiarize yourself with engine layout and make a map of belt routing.#2remove radiator shroud or half shroud.#3 loosen fan bolts.#4 loosen all belts riding on the water pump pulley,then remove fan and pulley loosened earlier.#5 remove the bolts and studs holdint the waterpump.should be 2 long per side,plus anything bolted to the pump.(you may have to remove power steering pulley to remove bracket, or just loosen backside of bracket and wiggle it to the side if you dont have a powersteering pump puller)#6 remove water pump and remove studs for the fan.assembly is reverse of removal,except you have to install the old studs in the new waterpump, and it helps to use a small amount of gasket sealant to hold the gaskets in place.How to remove a 1983 Chevy Silverado water pump?Its an hour job tops.



Take off the alt. and alt belt, and bracket



Same with power steering pump



Take off the fan



Take off the lower rad hose from water pump and the heater hose from water pump.



Take the 4 bolts out of water pump thats holding it to block.



Clean the gasket area



Put new gaskets on with new pump, bolt back in place.



Put the things you removed back on



Heck the only tools you need is a straight head screwdriver, 9/16%26quot;, 1/2%26quot; and 7/16%26quot; socket, and a ratchet,