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| | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 71 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 71 | Hi there,
I am a novice restoring a '54 Chevy truck. I swapped in a '55 engine and purchased the short water pump and pulley so the radiator would fit. I installed it, placed the spacer on next to allow clearance for the harmonic balancer and then attached the fan. My challenge now is the really small space in between the fan and the radiator and getting them both to fit.
Does anyone out there have any tricks that have worked to get the radiator to line up without being obstructed by the fan blade?
Any ideas are appreciated.
Thanks,
Carlos | | | | | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | Ive never done this but the guy's say that the coversion kit that's available now uses the original water pump & put's the pump in the higher up position.
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne SuperIn the Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | search for: +water +adapter +plate
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| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 | I have been running a 55 engine in my 52 with a shortened water pump, and the original 216 fan clears by about 1/8" on both pulley and radiator.
Would I do it again now that we know about the water pump relocation plate?
Absolutely not!
Seems to me short shaft water pumps should become extinct with the superior water pump adapter plate now on the scene.
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See the USA in your vintage Chevrolet! My Blog | | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 71 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 71 | I appreciate everyone's feedback. IT seems my fan now needs to be tweaked a bit to avoid hitting the harmonic balancer on the bottom, the radiator in front, and possible even shortened to not nick the fixed drain outlet from the bottom of the radiator. Hopefully this is the last tweak before I can get running. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | Some people find that after getting over all the above hurdles, it overheats at idle because the fan is too low. I don't mean to discourage you but one of my friends has this problem too. | | |
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