3 years later and still helping people. Changing mine tomorrow haha Thanks for the detailed video brother!!!

I believe this is the best of all the videos I have watched on this problem!

the how the why and the wrench sizes , with great camera angle and resolution , 5 stars dude !!!!! thanks , def a pos pump but the rest of that straight six is pretty solid

This will help me a bunch thank you for the thorough walk through.

Thanks for making this video. I have just finished replacing my 1997 RHD Grand Cherokee and the steps were almost identical (including the handy bucket step to catch the unexpected extra coolant :-) ). Thanks to this video I had a pretty good idea of what i was in for so things went to plan and she is now back in one piece and running.

This is a surprisingly good walk through on the steps to change a cater wooler. Sometimes it borderlines on an ASMR video, but that's just me lol. IMPORTANT TIP: Some water pumps are pipe threaded, meaning, the inlet tube may not thread on quite all the way! it's fine, just be sure to use teflon!

Thank you for this awesome video, i found my self in a jam when changing the water pump on my jgc, so i went to beautiful youtube and as always found the answer to my question. Thank you again for taking the time to make this video👍🏼

You definitely help me out bro. I had to swap my radiator out and decided to go ahead and put in a new water pump and thermostat in serpentine belt. I got a late start so I'm going to be sleeping in my Jeep tonight at the shop but that ain't no mountain for a climber. Thank you my friend and have a Merry Christmas!

Thanks for sharing this video. I will do mine tomorrow.

Interesting how the location of the ancillaries varies: I have a '96 XJ 4 litre which is right hand drive, Japan spec. and I changed the water pump last weekend. On mine the aircon compressor is mounted very low down on the left side of the engine, above that is a substantial aluminium bracket holding the mechanical fan and above that is the power steering pump. The fan has a shroud of its own and to the right of the radiator is mounted the electric fan in its own shroud which is easily removed. The alternator is mounted high up on the right side of the engine and the alternator is used to adjust the belt tension. Just below the alternator are 2 idlers. Nothing is mounted on the water pump flange except the pulley. The hose clip securing the bottom hose to the pump was a pig to get at but apart from that the job was straightforward.

Excellent video, I’m about to tackle this👌🏻

Well done, I appreciate your detail and no-nonsense approach.

Very good quality video. I have the exact same vehicle, I had no clue how to get the shroud out. So thank you.

Great video, sir. I'm about to go pick up my new water pump/fan clutch assembly. Figured my clutch was bad for my fan since I can just spin it and it has zero resistance to it. Thanks again!

Thanks for your help. This helped a bunch.

This has helped me tremendously!! Thanks for a GREAT and EXCEPTIONALLY DETAILED video!! Awesome!! I was advised that I should do my fan clutch too so showing how to remove the fan blade and shroud is also a great help. Thanks again!!

Thanks a lot going to help me out when I put mine on

Well done very good job. Couldn't of made it look any easier. Thanks

I'm doing the same thing now I was going to replace the new water pump because it was missing bolts, that's the way they come already stupid now much more work needed to take off the old bolts, hope I have nuts to fit looks like I have to bring old water pump to home depot to match up the nuts . thanks

Thanks you buddy 👍 great video. I didn't have a clue .. I did it myself. .

Thanks very much for the video. Replacing mine tomorrow

Very helpful thank you.

Thanks for posting this it is helping me a lot!

Nice vid, Your tips about the heater tube and your method for the antisieze helped.

Will be doing one tomorrow thanks for the help big like for the video

Doing mine now. Did you use any gasket sealer on the gasket?

Thank You very much, helped me a lot :D

Thanks so much helped me a great deal

Did you use any permatex to glue the gasket in place? My new water pump says the gasket doesn't require any sealant.

Thanks man

nice job doing this one handed

Get a Haynes Manual. The torque for the fan blade to clutch bolts is 18 ft-lbs, 1998 and earlier water pump bolts is 22 ft-lbs (6 cylinder).

how did you know to replace the water pump. I jeep will dump coolant as soon as I turn it off its coming from the area of where the water pump is but not sure exactly where. I am replacing the water pump, (with the help of this video). but not sure if that's what it is.

awesome video. one thing I didn't hear you say and I can't find it anywhere online, is there a torque spec for the fan bolts? or is it just good and tight?

While changing my water pump, thermo. & fan clutch my radiator drain plug stripped out, it was VERY HARD COMING OUT ? GARBAGE PLASTIC & IT'S NOT LIKE YOURS ON MY 97, FINE THREADS ? I wrapped a bunch of Teflon tape around it & it finally stopped leaking. I have a new RAD. but am waiting for spring to put it in then change my oil pan gasket, timing chain & gears. IT'S NEVER ENDING RIGHT NOW FOR MY 97 EVERYTHING NEEDS REPLACING BUT WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FOR OVER A 20 YEAR VEHICLE ? I thought it was ready for winter but little did I know the JEEP HAD OTHER PLANS, IT'S A JEEP THING I KEEP TELLING MYSELF, I LOVE THEM.

Great Video. Have the same vehicle and guess what....coolant all over the driveway tonight. Thought it was the lower hose at first but I'm not that lucky. This video is exactly what I need to save time. I'm curious. What's your estimate of the fix without the video?

Wait! How did you remove those four 13mm bolts holding the fan to the water pump off? They are buried, plus the pulley turns the opposite way when trying to unscrew them, making it impossible to remove those bolts without holding opposite pressure, which is extremely difficult. ** Video Marker 3:35 **

Hardest part of this job is removing those 4 nuts from the water pump relay to the fan. wish you showed your process..

its probably the same steps for a 97 right?

I wish they had a 2 piece fan shroud it would be a lot easier taking clutch fan off.

Different than mine.

U said "pos" so non-shallantly..