Chris, some hubs have a semi circular bump on the hub. Mine did and I
took it off, ground it down, and repressed it on, to give the clearance
I needed for alignment with the crank pulley on my 5.0L.
For $35 dollars you can get a new pump at McParts.
Larry
Chris Hill wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> Still trying to get my buddy's fan back away from his radiator. Pulled
> the radiator (to rod it out anyway) and on removing the fan and pulley, found
> that the hub was slap up against the w.p. snout, no room to move (press) it
> back. So, for curiosity, we measured the length from the pump mounting
> surface to the end of the snout on both this pump and another in a box in the
> garage. 1/4 inch difference, but both are definitely 289 pumps.
> How many kinds of pumps were made for the 289 and is there variance in the
> snout length. I don't see how we can get the fan back without changing the
> dimensions of the pump or shoving the engine back in the passenger
> compartment.
>
> Chris Hill
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