Robert,
If you water pump shaft is correct and your engine mounts are good
then you have the wrong radiator. Additionally, I'm unclear what you
mean about the "engine mount rubbers are also pushed as far forwards
as they will go". On my 68, there is no forward or aft adjustment on
the engine mounts that I recall (I'm not looking under the hood at
1:30 am). I don't recall them being adjustable. At any rate, the
tranny mounts also have rubber dampers so there should be at least a
little lee way. From your descriptions something is not kosher with
the whole set-up....
Cheers!!
Jim
On 5/17/07, Robert Weeks <lists@woozy.com> wrote:
> The saga continues:
>
> Finally got around to pulling the destroyed radiator and fan tonight. I
> was hoping the problem with clearance between the fan and radiator was
> because the new water pump was longer, but once I got everything off the
> pump so I could measure it, it turned out to be the exact same size as
> the one that came with the car. That's good because it means I'm not as
> much of a bonehead as I was thinking I was, but then again it's bad
> because I no longer have a quick easy fix for the problem.
>
> I measured the front of the pulley that extends from the water pump to
> the fan and it is 3/16", the same as the original pulley. Having the
> extra pulleys adds nothing to the front of the water pump.
>
> It looks like the frame extensions that hold the bumper mounts and the
> uprights for the radiator are bent up which is what is tilting the
> radiator back. The engine mount rubbers are also pushed as far forwards
> as they will go in the slots in the mount brackets.
>
> So since I'd like to be able to drive this car sometime soon and since
> I'm really fed up with losing radiators and fans, what are my options?
> I'm giving some serious thought to relieving the recess in the back of
> the fan by 1/4" - 1/2" to gain some much needed clearance. If I try to
> adjust the engine mounts towards the back will the transmission mount
> stop the engine from going back since there doesn't seem to be any slop
> in the transmission mount holes?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert
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