Water pump questions for 351W

[Crawdad]

Has anyone had problems viewing their timing marks on their 351Ws? My original water pump and hose covers this up. What do I do? Get a water pump that pours out on drivers side and pipe it underneath?? Any advice or links to fix would be greatly appreciated! :beer:

[broncosbybart]

Depending on what the 351W came from, it could go either way. Where is the timing pointer located? On the driver's side, or pass side?

I cheated on mine. I wanted to use a stock type radiator. My water pump inlet went toward the driver side, on the donor engine. I removed all the accessories off of it (fan, belts, pulleys), and ran it for a minute or so (not long as it had no coolant in it) to get it timed right. Then I took the water pump off and got a new one with the inlet on the pass side. It covers the timing mark up, but I don't care... To do it right you would need to replace the timing cover, water pump, timing pointer, and harmonic balancer with an EB setup. Everything from the EB 302 is 28oz balance, just like a 351w is, so you would be good to go.

[Crawdad]

Depending on what the 351W came from, it could go either way. Where is the timing pointer located? On the driver's side, or pass side?

I cheated on mine. I wanted to use a stock type radiator. My water pump inlet went toward the driver side, on the donor engine. I removed all the accessories off of it (fan, belts, pulleys), and ran it for a minute or so (not long as it had no coolant in it) to get it timed right. Then I took the water pump off and got a new one with the inlet on the pass side. It covers the timing mark up, but I don't care... To do it right you would need to replace the timing cover, water pump, timing pointer, and harmonic balancer with an EB setup. Everything from the EB 302 is 28oz balance, just like a 351w is, so you would be good to go.

My uncle said the timing marks are underneath. He too said to crank it w/o all the pullys and stuff but was really hesitant on doing that. I'd like to view the timing marks from up top. How can that be done??? I have plenty of old longblock 302s!!! I figure since I'm replacing the cam I might be able to change the location of the timing marks too.:banghead:

UPDATE: I bought a FlowKooler (#1681) this afternoon for $80. Also got new hoses for $35. Should be here by this weekend.

[bucketobolts]

You probably just need the correct ballancer and pointer for a passanger side inlet pump. Do you have a 3 or 4 bolt pulley?