Water Pump removal

While we have the belts off, it makes sense to replace the water pump. The one that is in there now should be in pretty good condition. The hassle of removing the belts, and replacing it sometime down the road outweigh the cost of doing it now while we have things apart. Tonight we removed the old one, and went to the parts store to order a new one.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

We'll St. Patrick's Day fell on a Saturday this year, and we had a small get-together at the house and remembered Great Granny "Lilly" who would have celebrated her 100th birthday if she was still with us. It also gave us the chance to do another work day with Connor's Grampy.

We installed the valve cover gasket, and re-installed the valve cover. We then installed the oil pan gasket, and the PCV valve.

At this stage we're beginning to do the re-assembly! It is encouraging to start putting parts back in the car after months of tear-down.