Fun time today coming home from work. The jeep started overheating and the GEN light came on. Pulled off and found Antifreeze pouring out. The water pump pulley was crooked and wouldn't move. Plus the serpentine belt had come off and wrapped itself around the fan. Joy!! How hard is it to change out the water pump? Should I go ahead and change the thermostat too? Thanks everyone!

 

That sounds like a lot of fun, not sure exactly how much different the "older" cherokees are from 99 ( cant imagine its much) but it wasnt too hard on mine...and yes i would do the thermostat too, its cheap and youre right there anyways

 

i had to change one on my old jeep. we removed the power steering pump, the aux fan and that was enough room to squeeze in there. and yes replace the thermostat its only like ten bucks and takes five mintues to replace.

 

Cool! Doesn't look like a lot of room in there to work with. Will the fan have to come out? Thanks

 

Guess I'll have fun this weekend. Gonna put new hoses on too. Might as well do that too.

 

yeah the fan is only like four bolts and unplug the connector.