There has to be some combination of v belt pulleys that would make this work, right?
Trying not to throw away everything I already have. Upper radiator hose from driver's side to passenger side water neck/stat housing is really tight. Taking the hose over the AC compressor looks like (*&%.
I may not go this direction, but a drivers side water pump inlet would make life easier in my case. Still would need standard rotation pump to accommodate v belt drive. Which means a slightly longer water pump (about 1/4", because I don't think Bronco offset of 5.4x" and drivers side inlet is produced - only comes in 5.70" as far as I have found). No problem on fan-to-radiator clearance because I can reduce the fan spacer to accommodate.
The question is how much shimming and other adjustment and on which pulleys?
Is there a water pump v belt pulley (2 groove) that can be mounted on the longer pump and still place the grooves where the stock pump/pulley combo leaves them?
If not, then all the sudden, crank pulley has to be shimmed out or a slightly longer 3 bolt crank pulley has to exist, and accessory brackets have to accommodate everything shifting out 1/4" (for which I have room)
Ideas?
I'm going to try to make the upper hose work - mostly because I don't want to re install this newly gasketed and sealed water pump - but if I can't, will a drivers side inlet H20 pump work with a 3 bolt crank and vbelts? Ideas on years/specs for that mismatch of pulleys?
Trying not to throw away everything I already have. Upper radiator hose from driver's side to passenger side water neck/stat housing is really tight. Taking the hose over the AC compressor looks like (*&%.
I may not go this direction, but a drivers side water pump inlet would make life easier in my case. Still would need standard rotation pump to accommodate v belt drive. Which means a slightly longer water pump (about 1/4", because I don't think Bronco offset of 5.4x" and drivers side inlet is produced - only comes in 5.70" as far as I have found). No problem on fan-to-radiator clearance because I can reduce the fan spacer to accommodate.
The question is how much shimming and other adjustment and on which pulleys?
Is there a water pump v belt pulley (2 groove) that can be mounted on the longer pump and still place the grooves where the stock pump/pulley combo leaves them?
If not, then all the sudden, crank pulley has to be shimmed out or a slightly longer 3 bolt crank pulley has to exist, and accessory brackets have to accommodate everything shifting out 1/4" (for which I have room)
Ideas?
I'm going to try to make the upper hose work - mostly because I don't want to re install this newly gasketed and sealed water pump - but if I can't, will a drivers side inlet H20 pump work with a 3 bolt crank and vbelts? Ideas on years/specs for that mismatch of pulleys?