I am undertaking replacement of my water pump. For those who have followed my railing against my mechanic, let me just preface this thread by saying, I went back and checked my invoices: 3 pumps in 3 years.

I've read the brick board FAQs and think I should be able to do this. I've also appreciated the comment by John Sargent in response to my complaints about oil leaks. He was right. On two of my three 940's there are noticeable drips of oil when I put my hand under the distributor. As soon as I get the water pump replaced, I'll be onto the distributor. (John, if you are listening, what's the deal with your replacing seals? You can email me off thread at robertmfranklin@gmail.com)

I began the replacement process and ran into this totally embarrassing stall. I removed the belly pan and I'm fairly certain which of the pulley devices is the power steering pump. I recognize the crank shaft. I am very familiar with the alternator. But I want to be sure I'm not mixing up the power steering pump with the air conditioning compressor. The power steering pump is low down on the passenger side. The air conditioning compressor is low on the drivers side and it has several discs on the pulley face. The only reason I ask, is, if I'm right the pumps respectively are opposite the rest of the systems that operate in conjunction with the pumps. For example the power steering reservoir is next to the drivers side fender and the pump is about as far away as you can get. Same for the air conditioning compressor, the refrigerant container and the piping are at the fire wall in front of the passenger compartment. its neither logical or efficient to my way of thinking, but I think that's the way it is.

May I have some confirmation. I searched high and low, both Brickboard and generally on line and could find no pictures of the general layout of the engine and its components.

Where could I acquire such a thing. Maybe its about time to buy a Volvo manual (Chiltons, etc.) Problem is when I went looking for one several years ago, there was nothing available that was any good, or maybe nothing available period.

Sometimes you just want a picture of the simplest and most obvious things that are not obvious to you.

A good example: If you were driving a friends Volvo, for the first time and you had to open the hood, you'd have a hard time figuring out where the pull was, I guarantee. But, we don't think twice about it, because we've done it at least once before.

I've never done a water pump replacement before.

Bob Franklin