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So now the REAL fun begins.  #1065 was making a funny noise on the way home
last night.  I stopped at the tire store to pick up a flat repair for my
Brand X, opened the hood, smelled coolant (the worst smell in the world if
you ask me), looked underneath, saw a drip puddle.  Got home, crawled
underneath and saw lots of coolant spray in lots of places.  I was praying
it was the lower hose, but I started it up and did some revs with the
throttle rod, and  - lo and behld - the fan mounting was wobbling around and
something was making a funny noise.  My steel trap mind immediately jumps to
the water pump.

It looks to me like the fan is directly attached to the water pump, right?
I ordered a pump and hoses from Dave T-bow this morning.  Anything special I
need to know to remove and replace?  I have an R2.  There goes my Saturday
(hopefully not my weekend).

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   You can do the whole thing in a few hours with the shroud in place. One thing
I do to make it easier is to cut the heads of two bolts to line the heavy pulley
and fan assembly. Now would be a good time to check the fan clutch too.

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I had to replace the water pump on my '63 R2 as well. In the course of
talking to folks, I learned that the Studebaker V8 water pumps are notorious
for failing, particularly on R2's because of the side pull from the
supercharger. I actually ordered a spare water pump, and I make sure
everything I need to swap in the new one is in the car when I travel any
distance. 

The fan shroud on mine has been cut so it can lift straight up and out.
Getting the fan off is a lot easier with it removed.  I also put a piece of
thick cardboard over the inside of the radiator while I was doing the job.
It definitely saved me from dinging the radiator fins on several occasions.
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Take John P'.s advice and saw off 2 bolts to guide the pulley and fan back 
on.  I just changed mine the hard way because I didn't know the trick.  It 
would have made the job a lot easier.

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