Thank you! the needle nose did the trick, however I've run into another problem. I put everything back together, water pump, alternator, serpentine belt, I reconnected the battery and tried to start the car, but the battery was completely dead. I jump started the car and the alternator was charging everything just fine. I got home and turned off the car and tried to start it again but the battery was dead immediately. I've since put a charger on it hoping that it fixes the issue, have you ever heard of a battery being killed by this repair job? I had the battery unplugged for about two days while doing the repair, could that have caused this?
