Thread: chrome water pump pulley problem

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I found a problem with the 1929 ford model A I am running a chevy 350... the water pump pulley was up against the electric fan and I was unable to install the a/c since fan motor would be in the way of the belt (two belt system) anyway I was looking at it today and I noticed that the crank pulley is 1 1/4 inches in thickness and the water pump pulley is 1 1/2 inches thick... does anyone know where I can get a chrome water pump pulley that 1 1/4 to match my crank pulley .. that would solve my clearence problems and align my belts properly... does anyone know what the difference of a 1/4 inch is about? any help where I can get a 1 1/4 inch pulley from I would appriciate it

thanks,
simon

"IF" you have clearance between the pump body and pulley, you could press the mounting flange for the pulley another 1/4" to the rear. Some of the rebuilt units are only close. You would need to remove the rear cover plate to do this, otherwise you could damage the pump. (This won't change the location of the pump shaft)

Are you running the short nose water pump ???