Noob to the forum SR5 4AC coolant leak Need help

[alex16]

Well, I recently traded my 1986 CRX DX for a 1986 Corolla SR5... the ae86 has more problems (this being one of them) but I am absolutly in love with this car... the handling... is unspeakable. The only thing I can even begin to compare it to is the miata and the rx-7. But not only does it handling leave me smiling after a nice apex... but the styling is beautiful (I have a hachi with the initial d paint job) <3 pop up lights.. <3 white. Ok enough about why I <3 my ae86 lol......


Problem with the car: Leaking coolant from the front of the engine.
The old waterpump had bondo over the "weap hole" (It's there for when the pump goes bad I beleive)... then bondo on the bottom of the pump itself. I changed the pump out two weeks ago... and the day after i changed it.. it had a few minor leaks around the pump..tightened the bolts no prob. I went to change thermostat also but it didnt have one and the parts people gave me the wrong one.... (Figures). That night the car began to overheat, I found a by-pass hose from where the heater core would be messed up which i easily fixed... got back to my friends house (2 miles away) find more water leaking.... the bottom of the pump, I notice a bolt missing (Could have been from my carelessness..... I am never installing another thing with a seal without proper lube on the bolt and a torque wrench...) I noticed the water wasnt leaking from the bottom yet from the top. The whole housing that the pump is mounted to which goes onto the block was leaking some and I think theres a bolt broken or two which I didnt know about. Anyone in the Houston, Texas area willing to help me out lol. Or a shop manual pic of the waterpump removal/install w/ torque specs would be a great help.