Stovebolt.com Forums The Shop Area The Engine Shop 235 Water pump Relocation

Archburycontrol You could use copper brake washers easy to get at FLAPS no rust-dont ask me why but there always seems to be corrosion around the water pump area bolts,and the gooseneck.

Klhansen When I worked on those the first time we would pry the crank forward with a board and use amoderate sized hammer to drive the balancer on using an oaken 2x2. We have all seen them bruised up from direct hammer blows. Since that , you are right the push-on tool is best. I dont recall of hurting one with the board method though !

The speed of the damper vs pump is not belt width, the diameters are different.
The late water pump has far more capacity than the early pump. Its rated output is 14.5 GPM (gallons per minute) per 1,000 pump RPM, 72% higher than the early pump at 8.4 GPM. In use, the water delivery rates are more similar because the early pump turns faster due to its pulley sizes.

Yes, the pump speed will be proportionate to the ratio of the pump pulley and the balancer pully; I get that

@panic (or our other valued contributors) - can you clarify what are you saying here ........
I think you are you confirming that, although the later pump has higher flow per rpm, the net result is similar to earlier 216 config as the ratio of (later) 235 balancer to later pump makes the net flow similar to 216 pump/balancer?
The spoiler surely is that, we want the 216 pump mounted to the adapter plate so we get the fan in the correct location; and so, we need the 216 balancer to maintain the correct flow rate.
Isn't that the case?