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These are some locations where the radiator hoses connect to. It is a good idea to clean these off before installing the new hoses. Which brings up another good point — buy all new hoses when you replace the water pump. Putting the old ones back on is a terrible idea; replace them while your in there mucking around.

A picture of the engine block without the water pump. You can see some more of the coolant system hose connection locations.

This picture is similar to above, but shows a bit to the right. You can see the power steering pump (the black cylinder with the "T" on the top) and pulley. When replacing the water pump, you'll need to disconnect most of the pulley system, and it is a good idea to buy all new belts — again, why put the old ones back on?

Here's the old water pump and the new water pump side-by-side. Note the old water pump has the bolts for the fan clutch installed while the new one does not. Your new water pump should come with the appropriate studs to use in the 4-hole pulley. The pulley on the new pump should turn smoothly (and not leak!), while the old will generally be wobbly.

Before installing the new water pump, I put the radiator drain plug back in.

Again, this skips forward in time a bit. The new water pump is now installed on the engine block, using a new gasket, gasket sealant, and all new bolts. You'll probably want to buy an FJ60 repair manual, as it tells you specific torque values for the water pump bolts.

After the new pump is installed, you can start to attach the new radiator hoses. It's a good idea to map out where all of the hoses go before you start the disassembly. Or have a good repair manual. Numbering the locations does the trick nicely.