This morning I temporarily stuck the water pump into the block and it seemed to line up very well with the balancer. However, when I put the front motor mount on it seemed to be awfully close to the balancer. How much clearance should there be? Because of the way the mount has to go on, I have to put it on now. Should I slip some washers to create a bit more space? The balancer is just drilled out for a bolt, so the mount bolts have to go on from the bottom (is that at all clear?).
By the way, does anyone know a good way to get the pick up tube off of the oil pump? Either I am not doing it right, or I am a lot weaker than I thought. If I can't get it off, I'll use the old oil pump, which I disassembled and cleaned before the machine shop sent along a new pump. The old one looks nearly new.
Tim
I am currently digging back in to a 1953 3800 (one ton) with a nine foot bed. I've owned it since 1979, and drove it until 1982 (or so). My wife got me involved in restoring it back in 2002, got the body removed and the frame redone, then things came up. Now I am retired and starting again. If anyone is interested I have photos on Imagur (
https://timwhiteblues.imgur.com/ ). I live way back in the woods in the Ozarks on 40 acres at the end of a 2 1/2 mile private road.
Tim
