water pump w201 help/tricks?

[opossum]

Hello all,

Went to help my dad replace the water pump in his 190e with the 2.6 six banger.. Dang that thing is kind of buried. Are there any tricks to doing this or do we really have to pull off everything that seems to surround it? IE, radiator, power steering pump etc? From what I have heard its like an 8 hour job... then again, I have also heard these things never go bad.



thanks guys, Opossum