Wayne,
Looks pretty sweet. Is your p/s pump under the alt? How is the p/s
pump mounted?
Has anyone used the curvy bracket to mount the alt on the other side?
there are two bosses on the pass side of the water pump that look like
a perfect place to mount the curvy bracket.
Quoting wayne osborne <wayne@chevytrucks.org>:
> I've seen the hoses routed underneath the current alternator bracket
> you
> have but its a tight fit..
> I have one of these long curved alternator brackets on my 327, it
> does bolt
> to the water pump as the long curve part allows for belt tightening.
> There
> is a stationary part (sold separately) to this setup that mounts to a
>
> couple of the bolts holding the exhaust manifold or headers on to
> allow for
> swing while tightening. Here is a link to a photo of my engine, its
> from
> the passenger side but it shows how it will look after installed.
> These are
> generally used with early style heads that don't have mounting holes
>
> drilled to accommodate the alternator mount style that you currently
> have.
> Here's the link.. http://chevytrucks.org/wayne/neweng.jpg
> its a low res photo so can't see a bunch of detail but the concept is
> still
> there.
> --wayne
>
>
>
> At 09:43 AM 2/18/04 -0700, bigfred@unm.edu wrote:
> >I saw a long curved "universal mount" bracket at pep boys. Has
> anyone
> >used this? It looks like it would bolt to the pass side of the
> water
> >pump.
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