Ran into some issues this weekend with wrong parts and problems with the water pump. I remembered when I bought my first 604 the passenger side timing cover bolt had to be ground down so the water pump would clear and fit tight against the block. I did grind it down, but unfortunately not enough. Three hours later, after removing the belts, pump and then grinding the bolt down even more, the pump fit and did not leak. Things wouldn’t have been so tough if I had one person with me to do the fan belt for the water pump, I needed 4 hands for that job.
David and Eddie helped on Saturday for a while, and Billi and Abby helped on Friday.
The Mod has to wait for any TLC until the Late Model is done. The season starts in 6 days for the Quaker State Impala…..I will be starting much earlier for 2017….like in 5 months.