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i do not see this rear housing or the water pipe. manual sez to remove thermostat. i will do that but there is no rear housing in manual. water pump gasket needs replacement. i kant find one anywhere. lots of housing to block gaskets which they call a water pump gasket but it is in fact not. when i have an fsm over 600 pages long and start disassembling things that arent in there i get to go to the ATM and withdraw more money than usual.


The water pump is a clam shell with 2 parts and the part that is closest to the engine is the rear housing.<PIC 1>

The rear housing connects to the pipe you mention. It runs underneath the intake manifold.


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