99 Conti Water Pump

[velocityboy]

So the ol water pump has started leaking today on the 99 Continental. Figures. On Thursday I got new tires. Friday I washed and detailed it. Saturday I gave'r new brakes. ...And on Sunday the water pump goes. This is the thanks I get, eh car!??!

So now my quandary is to either replace it myself, or pay a mechanic to do it. I've done dozens of water pumps myself before, but always on RWD cars where I had more room to work with in the engine compartment.

THIS case looks pretty intimidating though. Not a whole lot of room on the passenger side of the engine bay, and frankly I can't even really get a good look at the water pump it's so buried in there.

So, questions are:

A- Has anybody here ever done the job yourself? If so, how much of a p.i.t.a. was it?

and

B- How much $$$ can I expect to hand over to have a mechanic do it?


Thanks.

 

[bradyelich]

check out this page:

http://repairpal.com/estimator

also shows common problems by make and model

 

[velocityboy]

Hey thanks man. Cool link. I did wind up taking it in to get it done. The estimate was right smack in the middle of the range in the repairpal link, so I figured I wasn't getting robbed.

 

[wildjoker12000]

You did right. Doing that myself with a friend's help was a cast iron b***h - no room to work.