1999 Ranger 3.0 Water Pump R&R

[allmyEXes]

Does anyone KOOTTOTH (Know off of the top of their head) what the "book time" R&R is on the 3.0 water pump replace?
Clearly the radiator and more need to be removed to access the front of the engine.

 

[RickOTR]

I helped my son with his 2000 Ranger and we had to remove the Radiator, no way around it. Had to unbolt the A/C compressor and move it to the side in order to get to the water pump bolts. Before installing the water pump, make sure you install the gasket to the pump or else you will be fighting it all the way. Not much room to work in there. On a side note, removing the fan clutch was not fun either. Needed to use a pair of channel locks behind the water pump in order to keep it from moving so we could remove clutch.