[W126 Coupe] water pump

[Robin Jones]

Liquid Wrench is also a good penetrant. It has helped me get many a rusty 
nut off of old Triumphs and Volkswagens.

Robin Jones
'89 560SEC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Hodgman" <jhodgman@gmail.com>
To: <mbcoupes@mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] water pump


> I'd soak the ends w/ penetrating fluid, use a bit of heat (I like mapp
> gas..)  and a Big pair of vice grips.  Usually the corrosion isn't bad
> if someone has changed the coolant religiously and used the proper
> coolant throughout...:-/
>
> For the penetrating oil I've had great results using a product called
> Screw Loose.
>
> WD-40 doesn't do much..
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
> On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 23:12:33 -0500, Shayegan, Richard
> <rishayegan@davidson.edu> wrote:
>> Will your basic bolt extractor (basically a drill bit with a clutch. You 
>> put it in a drill, set the clutch to the proper length, drill into the 
>> broken bolt, when the clutch touches the bolt it will stop going deeper 
>> and start turning the bolt in the loosening direction) work, or is 
>> something different about these? I got mine at ACE hardware when a bolt 
>> that holds on the crossbar blocking access to the torque convertor drain 
>> plug broke off in the car.
>> Richard
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: mbcoupes-admin@mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-admin@mbcoupes.com] On 
>> Behalf Of E Harder
>> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 11:07 PM
>> To: mbcoupes@mbcoupes.com
>> Subject: [W126 Coupe] water pump
>>
>> Well, the new year has brought a water pump failure. Noisy and poor flow, 
>> pretty obvious. Now the bad news, the mechanic broke two bolts off in the 
>> pump housing in his attemp to remove it.  Apperently no antiseize 
>> compound was used at the factory. So we have a nice instance of bi-metal 
>> corrosion. Has anyone changed their pump? Has anyone any good ideas for 
>> breaking the remaining bolts and broken studs loose?
>> aarrghh.
>> Eric H
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