[gregh429]

Trying to mount an alternator on a 429, I want to mount it low on the passenger side. I have brackets to do this but the water pump does not have the same mounting hole as the one I took the brackets off of in the junkyard. What years came with what mounting holes and are they interchangeable?

Thanks,

Greg Havemann

 

[jeremyl]

I *think* it's early T-Bird that has the different water pump. Supposedly the snout is shorter too. It maybe Lincoln too, but they also have the crank mounted power steering pump.

 

[Greg P]

Greg, I ran into this with a '69 N code I bought from a T-bird.

None of the original brackets work with the '70 and up water pump, and vice versa. I got all wigged out, because I bought the brackets off a van 460, and none worked till I bought a newer style waterpump.