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07-09-2000, 12:13 PM
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I recently purchased a '59 Cat with a '65 389 in it. The water pump pulley is most likely a '59 as it almost scrubs the bolts. I am wondering about the front cover and balancer as the cover has a cast in "dowel" w/ a triangle pointer for timing and a two piece balancer assy with the pulleys sandwiched in between. Is this a '65 front cover or earlier as I thought they were alike from '65 - '68(9). I tried to put a later style balancer on to utilize 4 bolt pulleys, but ran into interfearance with the "dowel". The balancer/pulley that is on it is a 6 bolt. If this is a '65 cover will a '68 interchange?
What I am wanting to do is have a two groove water pump pulley, and three groove crank pulley so I can have alt, p/s, and a/c arrangement with correct fore/aft spacing as on my '68 350 using '68 brackets. Thank You for any help. DanC
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07-09-2000, 12:13 PM
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I recently purchased a '59 Cat with a '65 389 in it. The water pump pulley is most likely a '59 as it almost scrubs the bolts. I am wondering about the front cover and balancer as the cover has a cast in "dowel" w/ a triangle pointer for timing and a two piece balancer assy with the pulleys sandwiched in between. Is this a '65 front cover or earlier as I thought they were alike from '65 - '68(9). I tried to put a later style balancer on to utilize 4 bolt pulleys, but ran into interfearance with the "dowel". The balancer/pulley that is on it is a 6 bolt. If this is a '65 cover will a '68 interchange?
What I am wanting to do is have a two groove water pump pulley, and three groove crank pulley so I can have alt, p/s, and a/c arrangement with correct fore/aft spacing as on my '68 350 using '68 brackets. Thank You for any help. DanC
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------------------------------ 1968 Firebird Convertable - my original HS car! 1978 Firebird Esprit "survior" 1930 Ford Model A Coupe .. (original) 1994 Buick .."TowMaster" ...woody wagon |
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07-09-2000, 12:16 PM
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Dan,
A 69-up front cover will bolt on and allow the use of the late style pulleys and balancer. |
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07-09-2000, 01:14 PM
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Dan, the part number for a 65 cover is 9773571 and the part number for the water pump pulley is 544595. I have used a 65 cover on a 67 engine and it did not rub but the timing marks are different.
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07-09-2000, 03:56 PM
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The crank dampner needs to be the same style as the front cover. The 64-67 covers are the same for the most part and they used the two piece style dampners. You either have to use the two piece set up or go with a new style fron cover and dampner.
Tim
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07-09-2000, 11:35 PM
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[This message has been edited by Todd (edited 07-18-2000).] |
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