@traction, don't be making fun of me, it's how we grew up, I didn't grow up in an environment where my parents knew anything or taught me anything about fixing cars, nor did I learn at school because they don't teach you jack squat about fixing cars in school, so I never learned, but now, I'm learning
I looked at some youtube water pump videos, it doesn't seem that hard, but is a little more involved than replacing the starter which I did successfully a few months ago, but it's not in an obscure place or anything, but now, what I'm confused about is the serp belt. Also, everybody was mentioning the aisin, so I'll get the aisin, and on amazon, it's really cheap for only 60 some dollars
http://www.amazon.com/Aisin-WPT-801-Engine-Water-Pump/dp/B00829I3LO/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8
Is this the right one? The aisin wpt 801? And for the belt, the dealer told me they don't know (I call [censored], or somebody doesn't know how to do their job right) and said it could be a gates or a bando, and oreilly uses gates, but I heard gates isn't good, so should I get a bando one? I think Napa had some oem brand too, I can't remmber if it was bando or not, but bando is the better brand, right?
I'm just a little confued about the belt part and don't want to put that on incorrectly, but the water pump removal deson't seem taht bad, though in one video it said one of the bolts was 8mm, i have a socket set from 10 to 19 mm, and I bought a 21 mm socket for my camry wheel (so I can remove it with a breaker bar the) the other day, but are there any sizes of sockets not in my range that I need such as 8mm, or anything larger (i think not, maybe smaller is the issue). thanks.
Also, I changed my oil filter yesterday, it was stuck and hard, but I used the oil filter wrench (the pliers kind, not the strap), and I didn't need to use a screwdrvier as the person at oreilly's said I could use as a last resort, and twisted it really hard so that was good. Since the other car is a taurus that takes a fl400s filter, and people have told me the fl400s motorcraft works on the 03 camry, I used it as it's larger than the normal camry filter, and is an oversized one. This is ok, right, being oversized? is an oversized filter better since it can trap more particles, or not necessarily, and it shoulnd't leak as long as the threads are the same, which apparently they are, correct? Thanks.
I also tried using the breaker bar with a 17 mm socket to loosen the ball joint bolt, but it didn't work and I sprayed pb blaster on it too and it didn't work.
But for right now, I'll do the serp/water pump and do the ball joint next.