Today, we're going to be showing you the Merchant Automotive water pump kit for the 2001
to 2005 Chevrolet Duramaxs. Now the really nice thing that Merchant Automotive does with
a lot of the kits that they offer is they offer you an all in one installation solution that you
can purchase from them. So, if you purchase something for them from Merchant Automotive,
in some instances like this water pump kit, they send all of the necessary seals and hardware to
do the installation. And then you don't have to go looking for anything or there's not that one
seal that you're missing and you wind up having to stop the job in the middle and go to the autopilot
store and grab that part or whatever it is. It's just all kinds of aggravation. That's
one thing that Merchant does really, really good at in servicing their customers.
Now, another good thing about Merchant Automotive, there's a lot of good
points to the company. Good people, they make a great product, they stand behind what they sell,
but they really center around Duramax trucks. So, these guys are very knowledgeable on it.
They know what you're going to need to be able to do this installation. So,
enough yapping about that. Let's talk about the product that you're purchasing or looking
to purchase. So, at the time of this filming the Merchant Automotive water pump and cover
kit is a part number 10549. Now inside of this kit, what you're going to be receiving is you're
going to be receiving the OE style cover and water pump already assembled and ready to go
on the truck. Now you'll notice that with the water pumps on the Duramaxs, when you remove
the water pump from the truck, it comes off, cover all in one assembly, and then you simply unbolt a
water pump from the cover and change the water pump out, and then put it all back together.
So, you're probably asking, well why do I need the cover Wade? Well,
a lot of times with that installation, what you're going to get is people over torque the water pump,
they break the ears off of it. And what we really see a lot of is guys on this upper bypass pipe,
they strip out these threads on the upper bypass pipe. Just don't get it lined up right, strip it
out, and then the housing's useless. So, if your truck's got a lot of miles on it, it's already
had a couple of water pumps on it, I suggest going with this kit that comes with the pump
and the cover already assembled and ready to go in your truck. Now, you guys that have done this
before, you're probably wondering, is the seal already on the water pump inside the cover?
Yes, it comes to you again, assembled and the seal on the inside internal portion of this is already
on the water pump, so you don't have to worry about it. You just bolt this on the truck and go.
All right. What else comes in the kit? Now, all the seals that you're going to need to
do this installation come with the kit. So, you're going to get the bypass pipe seal,
O-ring seal that goes at the water pump cover. You're going to get the upper bypass pipe seal
that goes at the thermostat housing, which is nice. You're going to get the O-ring seal that
seals the water pump from the front cover, which is very nice and these are all OE style seals.
You're going to get the tube seal from the water pump cover, that's going to come with it. And what
really makes this a nice kit I really think and separates this kit from everybody else out there
in the field, you're going to get the flywheel lock for the automatic transmission trucks.
Now, if you got an Allison Transmission Duramax truck, this flywheel lock, there's inspection
cover down on the transmission you just remove the cover. You take this flywheel lock, you slip it in
there, and that will help you lock the flex plate down, so you can remove the harmonic bouncer from
the truck. So, if you've ever done a water pump on a Duramax or you're thinking about doing it
and you've studied on it, you know the harmonic balancer is going to have to come off the truck.
This flywheel lock makes that very, very easy for you. Don't have to worry about it. You can
break the bolt off or loosen the bolt up and get the harmonic bouncer off no problem.
Now if this doesn't work, the flywheel holder or flex plate holder whatever you want to call it,
this doesn't work for the standard shift trucks. We're actually going to be installing this pump
on a standard shift truck in a future video. So, we're going to show you how we hold the flywheel
in that video going on that. So again, flywheel holder makes it really nice, don't have to drop a
starter, goes in the access cover really, really nice piece. But yeah, this is a fully full kit,
ready to go, everything you need for your installation. 2001 to 2005 Duramax as these
trucks are getting a little bit older, water pump is a normal failure piece that you're going
to have on the engine, is just like brakes and serpentine belt and do da da. You're going to have
wear on it. It's going to fail, needs to be replaced. I definitely suggest going with this
kit, get you everything you need. You're not going to need anything else. You can have it
on and off and today and back up and running. So, if you have a question about this water pump
kit or any other Merchant automotive Products, please give us a call and like can subscribe to
our channel. And we'll link you in this video where you can purchase the Merchant Automotive
water pump kit for your 2001 to 2005 Duramax. I forgot to mention the OE style studs that come
already pre-installed on this water pump cover, ready to go. Now this is the end of the video.
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