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Changed out the water pump this past weekend as the old one was leaking. The block is a '69 302 but the front wear's an early 289 timing cover. Any Ford guy knows where this is leading. Picked up a high volume pump and went at it. The new pump put the pulley exactly 1/2 of the sheave width ahead of the original location. Made some spacers for the crank pulley, shifted a couple other brackets and viola - done. Only problem I encountered were the two bolt holes inboard of the passageways to the block. There are no provisions for these bolts in the early timing covers so......here's hoping. I have a couple later timing covers but that would entail pulling the entire front off and I wasn't in the mood. I'll change it next time I do the timing chain. Most important thing is - it doesn't leak and the high volume pump lowered overall temps 30' . Since the Comet has run hotter than I'd like,  since the day I got it mebbe I'll try a high volume on it too. I also need to build a shroud for the Comet, putting one on the Falcon made a huge difference.



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Ran into the pulley being off when I went to a short waterpump on my Chevy BB. I cut up the pulley and welded it to suite.

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I think that the shroud is what made the big difference in the water temp, more than the different pump.

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parklane wrote:

I think that the shroud is what made the big difference in the water temp, more than the different pump.

 Mebbe....but I had the shroud on it with the old pump too John. I mean, yeah, when I first put the shroud on it dropped considerably....I stole the shroud from a '66 Valiant I had at one time. Trimmed it up a little and it works great.



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High flow pump will make a big difference as long as the rad is large enough to cool the volume passing through........sounds like you are almost ready for summer ............

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henrystoys wrote:

Ran into the pulley being off when I went to a short waterpump on my Chevy BB. I cut up the pulley and welded it to suite.

http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL1054/6190841/17122090/397981681.jpg

http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL1054/6190841/17122090/397981682.jpg

 



 That crossed my mind as well Henry, if I could have sectioned the pulley on a lathe, cut a ring and welded it up I would have.....but I don't have a metal lathe.....yet.



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Almost Davy, almost



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