Nick Davis
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02 3.7 4WD Limited - So I hear a noise as I'm about to park. Upon inspection I notice the power steering pump is about to fall off and the cap is gone. Then upon further inspection I realize only one of the PS pump bolts really even line up from the pump to the engine(The upper left corner one) the other 2 are just a little bit off. So whoever put this pump on improvised. They made a homemade mount that goes from the bottom left bolt to the water pump bolt, and the top right bolt(under the reservoir) is off just a smidgen to the right so they made another mount, but they drilled the hole to far to the left... So that one appeared to be screwed in at a very slight angle, even though it would obviously strip at some point being crooked. I came to realized it was only in a few threads, almost for show. Now because the bottom water pump bolt is out further the pump is being pushed out at a slight angle, it's small enough that it has worked for the year and a half I've owned the Vehicle. Now the upper left bolt that does go in cannot get the water pump flush with the engine because of the bolt under it pushing the pump out. To improvise they used 2 washers to cover the gap between the pump and the engine.
So I make the Junkyard trip and pull a 05 3.7 Liberty PS pump. On this one I notice it has two bolt holes next to each other on the engine where the pump mounts, expect for the upper left where it lines up correctly on mine. It seems like it would make my current power steering pump line up as they are all right next to each other. Now because of this I wanted to figure this out before I buy anything. Are there Different PS pumps? I haven't seen any when searching. Obviously something has changed for mine to have 3 mount holes and the 2005 to have 5 with only 3 being used. I don't want to keep these hillbilly mounts as it seems like a disaster waiting to happen.
I will post pictures when it's daylight.
So I make the Junkyard trip and pull a 05 3.7 Liberty PS pump. On this one I notice it has two bolt holes next to each other on the engine where the pump mounts, expect for the upper left where it lines up correctly on mine. It seems like it would make my current power steering pump line up as they are all right next to each other. Now because of this I wanted to figure this out before I buy anything. Are there Different PS pumps? I haven't seen any when searching. Obviously something has changed for mine to have 3 mount holes and the 2005 to have 5 with only 3 being used. I don't want to keep these hillbilly mounts as it seems like a disaster waiting to happen.
I will post pictures when it's daylight.