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NAPA pump w/ metal impeller: $50. Labor: $100. My car's temp. gauge now reads slightly left of N on the hwy.

Changeing the water pump is easy as hell. Take out your battery and the plastic cover ont he engine, Remove that belt you see on the right side. The bottom pulley is the water pump. Take out the 8 bolts that hold it in and done. then put in the new one. And your inthere like swim wear!!!!!!
its soo easy to me about 25mins after i found out where it was

From the above posts it seems time for DIY types to replace are getting shorter. I read another post on another thread that said 6 hours and that sounds more my current speed, not counting interruptions that DIY types in the driveway experience.

In fairness I understand complexity/accessibility varies between models and atx vs mtx. Some models require stone shield to be removed to drain rad. Some no doubt speed task by solely dumping coolant when wp removed.
I'm in middle of replacement; old out of housing, but stopped work last night unable to get pump (minus tensioner and impeller) out of car due to hoses blocking escape route.

did you take out your battery? I don't know about the Automatics but mine was really easy.
Seriously my friends went to get subway by the time they came back i was putting in new antifreeze and water. I flushed mine when i did it. its a pretty good time to do it, Make sure no little bitty plastic parts floating around in there.

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I considered removing battery but wasn't sure that would help access, since it was hoses at left of battery that seemed to block access.

Perhaps it was a really large sub.

I took out my battery. it gives you a lot more space to mess with those hose clamps