Expert: Craig Tice - 5/6/2006

Question
1994 Honda Civic LX, Standard Transmission, AC Equipped, 147,000 Miles (and drives like new!!), well maintained. My water pump is leaking and I have told it needs to be replaced. I have SOME car repair experience but am by no means any sort of professional. I would like to change the water pump myself. Could you please tell me how to do it or possibly point me in a direction where I could get a manual like Haynes? I tried my local auto shops but they did not have the manuals for it. Thank you very much for your time in advance.

Answer
I would recommend ebay for the actual service manual for this car.  Costs about $30-40 and much better than any haynes manual.  Very easy to read and the pictures are much better.  Also, the water pump is driven by the timing belt on this car so you will need to know how to replace that as well.  Not a hard job if you are familiar with what you are doing but you can do some serious damage to the engine if its done wrong.