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Hello - I need to replace my water pump. I was told I need the casting number from the pump but the truck is my daily driver so i cant take it apart and have the vehicle down for days. I was told the engine is a 261 (in a 52 suburban truck) I found two engine vins on the block by the distributor - F0507XTA and CEO 14363. I cant seem to find out what engine i really have from these vins. If I know for certain what the engine is i am hoping i can call a place that knows enough about the trucks to get me the correct part i need. Any help here is appreciated. Thank you

As it turns out I ran the casting number from the block (352194) and I have a 292 engine. Can anybody recommend a good source for a water pump for this engine? It listed as a 73-84 available engine and when i ask for parts from napa or the like they always ask for the vehicle. I don't know what this engine came from and I get nowhere. Also, any tips for swapping a water pump on these engines? Thanks

Just tell them the year spread 73-84 Chevy truck 6 cyl and they should be able to match it.

pep boys here in lovely jersey city does not operate that way. They need year, model and make of the car then they match the engine. I was able to get a hit by using a 1974 chevy c10 which had a 292 inline 6. Does anyone think that part will work? I picked it up and brought it home and visually it looks like a match to whats on the block but thats as far as i have gotten. Before i strip the parts from my engine i just want t be sure. Any help is appreciated.

I kinda did the same on my '53 when I swapped over to alt(one wire).

Drew Peacock, I think you'll get better service at your local NAPA and price often is cheaper than PBoys. At least I do. You can also use NAPA's web site to locate parts yourself and order them and have them shipped to your store for pickup or to your home. Still have to pay our NJ sales tax though. LOL

Thanks for the tip. I dont have the part number as the pump is still on the block and functioning (but the bearing is getting looser and worse in the housing each day). It seems every online site requires the make model and year of the car in order to get the part. I ran the casting numbers off the block and figured out it was a 292 made available from 73 - 84. I dont know what truck model the 292 came in between those years so that part is missing and i cant pull the part number i need for the pump.

Plug in your earliest year and use Chev C20 as that model definitely had 292 available. Actually C10 and others did too, but C20 was the bigger truck, so bigger engine. Here's what I came up with.

http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/CatalogItemDetail.aspx?A=WP_58167_0131268435&An=0&Ar=AND(P_RecType%3aA)

I truly appreciate your help Drew. regards